A new student walks up to you slowly,smiles,and says "Excuse me-where's the lab?" Do you think they're desperate to find the lab? Think about it they're smiling openly and approaching slowly with their head tilted.they are only trying to get to know you.
Body language us the quiet,secret language which is the most powerful language of all. According to experts,our non-verbal language communicates about 50% of what we really mean the tone and speed of our voice account for 38%,while words themselves contribute only 7%, Non-verbal singals also have five time the impact of verbal signals
Non-verbal communication is familiar to from birth A baby doesn't talk,about it smile or cries to express itself our bodies send out messages constantly,and we don't always realise that we are communicating a lot more than we say,we understand what someone's gestures and body position indicate,and we send out our own messages,too-but we rarely,stop to thing about howwe do it,Rubbing our eyes,clearing our throat,tapping our toes,scratching our nose,opening our arms or keeping our legs crossed all send out strong messages
It is important to be aware of our own boby language as well as to understand what outher people's boby language means, so we can assess and react to them effective,After all,actions speak louder than words.