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It is a scientific fact that people’s gestures give away their true intentions. Yet most of us don’t know how to read body language–and don’t realize how our own physi…

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“Magic Movements”

While gathering for business you always want to make sure you have the words you want to say down pack, while considering your gestures, including posture, manners, expressions, eyes, attire and so forth. If you go to a business meeting dressed like a slum, likely people are not going to take you serious. Since people judge and base their overall decision on their senses, it is important to reflect a positive meaning at all times.

Today we are in a world where images last and words take second place to the body languages. If you are at a business meeting before arriving you need to prepare. You should scan the environment as to where you are going to meet before meeting so that you can analyze the colors and dress accordingly.

Also, you want to note your body languages, since these languages convey messages that help the listeners understand what you are saying, empathize with your words, and monitor your attitude. If you have a negative attitude it will reflect on others around you. We all hate pushy salespeople, thus preparing can help you get in touch with your senses so that you can relay messages with the body at first glance. You will know how to control your body and words so that it will reflect a positive feeling in the environment. Thus, we will consider a few body languages and how some people relate to the signals for your convenience.
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“Constructional Signals”

Have you ever stood outside watching a crew work on the roads, irrigation pipes, houses, and so forth with heavy equipment blasting in the background, and the men sending signals? Maybe you see the hand go to the neck and does a cut throat chop? Ever wondered what this meant? Well, this means that the worker messed up and the job is finished.

Another body signals is the hand on top of the head. This means the position of whatever the man is doing is too high. The hand touching the chin and dropping to the stomach means the action is too low. If the fingers are briefing the chin at a level angle thus the person is telling you the project is leveled.

Another of the moves signaled in these kinds of jobs include the karate chop, or palms open, fingers extending out, and fingers flicking outward. This means everything is ok. Some people at what time a person messes up a job will cross the legs while standing with the hands across the chest. Other people will send the same signal by shaking their head. Still, others will combine hands over chest, legs crossing over, and shaking head to let someone know they screwed up.

All of us can express languages with different meanings. Most times it depends on the culture and personality reading the message. If you were flipping the middle finger at a person from Spain for example, it would mean “your mother” which could start a fight.
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“Body Languages”

A woman sits at a family table with her hands joined together and as she speaks she sends both hands to the side with the palms open. What is she saying? She is saying that she is involved in a conversation with the family and that her opened palms are making the final point.

As a man sits and speaks about an issue, he claps his hands first together at the base of his lap, and shortly raises his arms, folding them to his chest. Some people may see this as a defense signal, while others realize that most men will cross their hands over their chest area while speaking.

This is a common gesture that men will make, and does not always mean the person is on the defense. If the person has his hands cupped in his lap, some people may see this negatively, while others realize that men will often maneuver the hands/feet, arms and the like to a comfortable position while speaking.

Men will also sit with there legs slightly apart while sitting, which means they are relaxed and open to talk. Some will even move their leg back and forth while talking, but it doesn’t necessary mean the person is anxious or nervous.
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“Smoking Gestures”

At what time a person smokes it demonstrates an outward manifestation of an inner tension or conflict. Smoking is an attempt by someone to explain away relaxation without putting forth the efforts of conforming to the normal strategies. Actually, smokers often have a nervous disorder, which this language speaks out in a negative fashion. Some people smoke because of peer pressures, which the pressures will make them believe it is a cool gesture.

Although, most of these people do not really know how harmful smoking could be to the body, they still use this gesture to make a statement. Smoking still can reveal many facts about the state of mind in which a person is addressing or illustrating. This is seen through the way smokers hold their cigarettes or through other characteristic features and so on.

Smoking Gestures:

While non-smokers try to cover up their anxiety through acts like nail biting, head scratching, playing with their tie or a pen or pencil, finger tapping or foot tapping, a smoker smokes his way in a similar situation. Pipe smokers are often seen cleaning, lighting, tapping, filling, packing, and puffing their pipes to make themselves tension free at what time they are under pressure. In addition, people who smoke pipes take more time than their cigarette-smoking counterparts do.
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