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The science speaks for itself. 65% of all communication is non-verbal. This might help explain why sometimes it is necessary to communicate in person rather than via email or text. Rather than risk a misunderstanding, getting in front of someone helps you clearly articulate your message. In the workplace, as well as in our lives, it is important to show passion. Using your face to face time to show enthusiasm through body language can improve your relationships with clients, co-workers, and family members.
What is Body Language?
Body language is the unspoken element of communication that we use to reveal our true feelings and emotions. Our gestures, facial expressions and posture, for instance." Body language is especially important when working with children. Brittany Williamson recounts that "positive body language in a classroom setting has the ability to motivate, inspire and engage.
By nature you may be an introvert,shy, or your cultural background may have taught you that extended eye contact with a senior or people of the opposite sex may not be appropriate. However, this is far from true. When you are meeting someone for the first time, look straight into their eyes, greet them and look into their eyes long enough to notice the colour of their eye. Eye contact exuberates confidence, however, don’t overdo it and don’t stare. For example, closely watch the activities of motivational speakers in India for students. See how they passionately talk, all the while maintaining proper eye contact with people. This creates a feeling as if the speaker is talking to you personally and carries the message across better.
Smiling is a positive signal that is underused by leaders
A smile is an invitation, a sign of welcome and inclusion. It says, “I’m friendly and approachable.A positive smile can be a conversation starter and can have a positive impact on any conversation. Smiling not only stimulates your own sense of wellbeing it also tells those around you that you are approachable and trustworthy. Research from Duke University found that the orbitofrontal cortices (a “reward centre” in the brain) were more active when subjects were learning and recalling the names of smiling individuals. When you smile at someone, they almost always smile in return.
Research from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University discovered that "posture expansiveness," positioning oneself in a way that opens up the body and takes up space, activated a sense of power that produced behavioral changes in a subject independent of their actual rank or role in an organization. In fact, it was consistently found across three studies that posture mattered more than hierarchy in making a person think, act, and be perceived in a more powerful way.
Empower your Teaching:
Develop the skills you need to realize the potential benefits of technology.
Use technology more effectively, in ways best suited to your individual context and needs.
Learn to ask the right questions, consider your learning environment, and address the challenges and opportunities technology offers.
Free Your Hands and Arms
Uncross your arms and keep them away from your body
Avoid placing your hands on your hips for any long period of time
Talking with your hands is effective when used correctly
Your arms are especially important in gymnastics
They can be used to show body position, demonstrate, or give high fives
Motivational Strategies
The very purpose of studying motivation is to translate motivation theory into practical intervention programs that improve people’s lives.
Often, motivational dilemmas dictate what type of intervention will be used, be it need based, cognition based, or emotion based.
The motivational techniques and strategies described below give examples of how we can intervene in the status of motives originating from these different sources and only scratch the surface of the many approaches to motivation.
Learning Self-Control
The meta-cognitive monitoring of our goal-setting progress is a self-regulatory process that increases our capacity to carry out long-term goals on our own.
Self-control is a big part of the process of self-regulation and is of crucial importance in sustained motivation. This capacity to suppress, restrain, and override an impulsive, short-term desire or temptation to pursue a long-term goal instead is quickly depleted when we struggle to override immediate urges.
Have you ever heard the saying, “No glucose, no willpower?” The biological basis of self-control, according to the limited strength model of self-control, is the brain fuel of glucose. The exercise of self-control depletes glucose and the capacity for future self-control but can be replenished by the following (Reeve, 2015):
Motivation and Stress
Stress can have a significant impact on our motivational states. Effective coping with stressors involves planning, execution, and feedback. During the planning component, we appraise life change events. First, we analyze if the event is positive, negative, or irrelevant to our well-being.
Then, if the event is appraised as negative, we inventory the resources we can use to manage the event. During the execution component, we determine how to cope with either the original stress or the stress itself.
Finally, during the feedback component, we experience different levels of sensitivity to feedback about the effectiveness of coping processes. If necessary, this feedback can be used to reappraise the stress-or and accompanying stress and to alter coping and emotion regulation strategies. The American Institute of Stress has a lot of helpful information about stressors, anxiety, and coping.
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