Most people know that our behavior expresses our inner state and they are right, but it also works the other way around; The position of your body can affect your mood.
I'll tell you later 10 non-verbal language tricks With which you can improve your performance, feel better and have more positive thoughts.
If you want to continue learning about non-verbal communication I recommend this article .
1-Posture of power
If you want to feel more powerful or stronger, adopt a"posture of power". Researcher Carney found that when people were sitting or standing in a position of power, they felt more powerful and also increased their testosterone levels.
This posture requires you to expand: open arms and legs and keep them without crossing.
2-Getting tense for willpower
Tensing your muscles can make your willpower grow. Scientists Hung and Labroo found in 2011 that people who tightened their muscles were more able to withstand pain, self-control or resist unpleasant stimuli.
3-Cross your arms to be more persistent
If you find yourself stuck with a problem that requires persistence, try to cross your arms. Scientists Friedman and Elliot showed how participants in an experiment lasted longer by making difficult anagrams by crossing their arms. In fact twice as long and with more correct solutions.
4-Lie face down for creativity
In 2005, Lipnicki and Byrne put volunteers in an experiment to solve anagrams lying face down and resolve them more quickly. Because anagrams are a type of problem in which creative decisions are needed, it can help you build that ability.
5-Take a nap to increase performance
Brooks and Lack compared naps of 5, 10, 20 and 30 minutes and found that the best to perform better cognitively, to have more vigor and to feel more awake, was the 10-minute nap. More of that time resulted in a tendency to sleep more and only 5 minutes in half benefit, but better than nothing.
6-Make gestures to persuade
The way people in which people move their hands while speaking is important in communication.
Maricchiolo and other researchers found in 2008 that these gestures help to increase the persuasiveness of verbal languages, in addition to making them more understandable.
7-Make gestures to learn
Gestures also help us learn.
Cook and other researchers found in 2007 that children who were encouraged to make gestures while learning, retained more information.
8-Smile to feel happy
Although this seems logical, little is practiced.
The simple fact of smiling can make you happy, even if it is not justified. Strack and other researchers conducted an experiment in which a number of participants held in their mouths a pen to activate the muscles of the mouth responsible for the smile. Participants whose smile muscles became active, classified a cartoon film as more fun than those who did not activate their muscles.
Therefore, forcing a smile can make you see the world more positively.
9-Copy the behavior to empathize
If you want to understand another person's thoughts you can try to copy their behavior. People who are good empathizing do it automatically: copy posture and expressions. In fact, it is a technique that actors use to simulate the emotional states of other people.
10-Imitate to understand
In an Adank experiment in 2010, participants perceived an unfamiliar accent better if they imitated it. In addition, other psychologists say that imitating other people can help us predict what they will do.
11-Smile to like
We have already mentioned smiling, but not only serves to be happy, but to like the opposite sex more. In addition, most of the people you smile at will return the smile and establish a better relationship.
What other non-verbal language tricks do you know?