Be it a office party, seminar, professional conference or meeting your top management, your first impression does make a big difference on your career to get more respect at work. It does not matter if you’re a shy or an extrovert personality, Psychologist Shivani Misri Sadhoo share that to impress and captivate your audience, you need a self-aware and a controlled conversational approach. Here are some tips to make a good first impression and to captive an audience.
1. Don’t pretend that you are confident: if your listener is seriously putting his/her attention to know and understand you and what you are saying, the person will immediately realize that you are not confident but pretending to be one. Instead of pretending to be confident, prior to initiating your conversation try to remember a beautiful moment that has happened in another dimension of your life, like a family function, a vacation, your parents, etc. This will immediately help you focus outside of your current situation.
2. Remember the right kind of eye contact shows respect. To make a good first impression, maintain a relaxed, warm and attentive eye contact. When you meet someone's eyes, you show that your mind is not somewhere else.
3. Prior starting your one on one conversation try active listen, as much as possible try to gather relevant information (required for a good conversation to strike ) about the person also avoid making assumptions.
4. Listen very attentively: A lot of time our anxiety or fear stops us from listening carefully what the other person says. Avoid that! If you have missed a sentence, ask the person to clarify but do not make guesses.
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