We have all heard at some time or another how important body language is as a component of communication. Here are some essential rules for more effective communication:
1. Don’t cross your arms or legs – You have probably already heard you shouldn’t cross your arms as it might make you seem defensive or guarded. This goes for your legs too. Keep your arms and legs open.
2. Maintain eye contact – If there are several people you are talking to, give them all some eye contact to create a better connection and see if they are listening. Keeping too much eye-contact might seem a bit weird and no eye-contact might make you seem insecure.
We all have a capacity for reading much much faster than we typically do. Our reading speed changes as we go through life. When we are in high school, we go through about two hundred words a minute ( 200 wpm ). We get to college/university and, because we have to read faster due to more time constraints and a much greater amount to read, we read faster. Most people in university average about 400 words per minute. Then we get out of university after our first degree, and now we don’t have to read so fast.
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