This video we're going to go over negative body language to avoid. So let's go right ahead and jump into this here. so confident people avoid placating gestures. Typically, these are gestures that someone makes when they're conveying that they are inferior, or in some way submitting to another person or maybe seeking some sort of approval, right. And a very common placating gesture is the shrug. And that means that you don't really know what's going on.

Or perhaps you don't even care you're like, Huh, you know, I don't know, right? And it doesn't make sense to convey that to other people, that you don't care about something, right? Because that shows that you're not someone that is you know, of importance that you don't really care. You're just like, Whatever happens happens. I'm not going to take control. I'm not going to take blame.

I'm not going to you know, have any criticism, I'm just going to keep my mouth shut. And just whatever happens happens, right? versus if you don't know something if you're not sure stating it in a Matter of fact, wait, Hey, you know what? I don't know, you know, I don't have the answer to that. But you know what? I know that I can get it right.

So confident people may not immediately have the answer, but they know that they have the resources to go and get the answer or that they have the resources to sit there and to think into creative positive scenario. So that, you know, they can put things in perspective, they can break things down into smaller components, and be able to, you know, have a step by step process or something that makes no logical sense, right. And people who are confident, have a very unique walk, right? They put their chest out, you know, their shoulders back, right, their head held up high. And inside their minds, they're essentially telling themselves, hey, I own this place. I am completely resourceful.

I am successful. And I know that, you know, whatever happens to me, I'm going to overcome going to get over Hey, it's no problem. No harm, no foul. Right. And one of the key things that you want to do is you want to avoid looking down and avoid shuffling your feet. Because that's going to make you look like you're submissive, like you are inferior.

You're not a leader, you're not confident about yourself. So avoid shuffling your feet and looking down at the ground, right? So use hand stapling. I love this because this is a gesture that conveys confidence. And so you're keeping your fingertips together while keeping your palm separate, okay? And so when you do this, this conveys confidence to others.

But then, since you know it's a confidence act, right behavior, you're going to do it and immediately feel more confident. Notice when you utilize hand steepling, you're going to realize just how confident you feel just by doing it right by yourself. And when you're in your social surrounding around others, it's going to convey that you are a confident individual to others. So I highly recommend that you have void all of these different negative placating type of gestures and that you put your chest out, stand up straight, you know, shoulders back and move through the world with deliberate steps. Okay, so that's going to be here for this video and we'll see you on the next one.