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YOUR BODY LANGUAGE SHAPES WHO YOU ARE- AMY CUDDY

Most of the time in all our conversations, our body movement speak more volume of what we feel at that moment than our mouth does. We express if we are engaged in the chat or not unconsciously, and it may pass signal to the other person if they are keen to notice. The signals we send determine how well or wrong the conversation ends. We almost always show with our hands how we feel, whether happy, in control, shy or shaken, it will always show. Amy Cuddy, a social scientist gave a talk on TED and I felt I needed to share this science of body language and how it relates to our communication, social life and relations to others. She is incredible at how she brings out the body language when the least meet the greatest. We all have had or will have an interview at some point in our lives, she gives some tip on how to set your body in preparation for the interview. There is a lot more aspects of life she has touched on, and I hereby share her perspectives of body language in relation

HOW THE HUMAN BRAIN WORKS - MAKING FRIENDS

I have always considered myself a very friendly person, most of us have. Have you ever met someone or people for the first time and immediately mistrusted or thought they were the coolest beings ever? In this captivating documentary the scientists go a step further to explain how we relate easily with others as humans. There is a clear demonstration on how you can tell a genuine smile and otherwise. The most hillarious part is how you can detect if someone you are conversing with is lying or not. I found this mind blowing, and I believe as social beings we need to know such in order to relate well with people anytime. Who likes to be disliked anyway? Also, it is amazing how we can often lie about how people look when they seek our opinion just to be in good terms with them or avoid drama, by reading their minds and telling them exactly what they want to hear. Men score at this all the time....ladies may want to argue. There is a lot more to find out, and I would invite your audie