5 Cool Ideas For Men To Improve Their Body Language

Posted from Denver, Colorado--

No matter where I speak, the most popular segment of my presentation is usually when I remind men how they can communicate better.  Here are 5 Cool Ideas for men to improve their body language.

1. Take your hands out of your pockets.
Behavioral psychologists say that men who walk and talk with their hands in their pockets often convey anxiety and insecurity.  Be comfortable with your hands at the bottom of your arms.  That's where they belong. 

2. Sustained eye contact will serve you well.
Most men are terrible with eye contact.  Watch two men shake hands.  One of them will invariably look away.   Practice sustained eye contact by maintaining a visual connection two or three seconds longer than you normally do.  Don't get weird on me now.

3. Smiling makes you more human.
Scientist Roger Sperry discovered that men tend to be left-brain dominant.  As a result, the male gender is not overly communicative with facial expressions, which can make them difficult to read.  When a man smiles frequently, he conveys confidence and competence. 

4. Non-verbal signals cannot be underrated.
Body language is a kind of neuro-linguistic programming or NLP.  These non-verbal cues are sent most often by our eyes and hands.  Actions, of course, speak louder than words.

5. Take note of others and they will take note of you.
Men would be wise to use body language to reinforce their verbal messages.  For example, if you want to send a signal that you are really paying attention to what someone is saying, take notes.