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Body Language: What the heck do you do with your hands while standing?

post #1 of 42
12/25/10 at 10:28am
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Well?
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post #2 of 42
12/25/10 at 10:32am
pocket pool??
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post #3 of 42
12/25/10 at 10:34am
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Originally Posted by ter1413 View Post
pocket pool??

I had to google that - I don't like to keep my hands in my pockets as I consider it poor form. Tends to encourage slouching as well, which I am not a fan of. I am not into crossing my arms either, as I'd rather not come across as defensive.

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post #4 of 42
12/25/10 at 10:49am
Pointing at people!

Or talk like an italian.
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post #5 of 42
12/25/10 at 10:53am
Hands should be relaxed at your sides, with gestures added for impact to key parts of your speech. A good gesture starts and finishes with your hands at your sides so you don't end up with your hands in a Godzilla-like position in front of you at all times.
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post #6 of 42
12/25/10 at 12:08pm
Ive read a few books about body language. Never consciously applied any of it though.

Apparently if you put your hands in your pockets its a bit of an insecurity sign.
They should be at your sides or just the thumbs in your front or back pockets.

Or you can hold your hands together in the back.
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post #7 of 42
12/25/10 at 1:49pm
I usually cross my arms and judgmentally cock an eyebrow when spoken to.
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post #8 of 42
12/25/10 at 3:43pm
I keep my left hand firmly gripping my penor. Right hand is holding a beer.
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post #9 of 42
12/25/10 at 9:18pm
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Originally Posted by leftover_salmon View Post
I usually cross my arms and judgmentally cock an eyebrow when spoken to.

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post #10 of 42
12/25/10 at 11:32pm
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Originally Posted by alan View Post
just the thumbs in your front or back pockets.

The sure sign of a dorky twelve-year-old.
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post #11 of 42
12/25/10 at 11:37pm
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I keep my left hand firmly gripping my penor. Right hand is holding a beer.

Be sure to never confuse the two, and put the wrong item in your mouth.....
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post #12 of 42
12/25/10 at 11:43pm
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Originally Posted by dtk_King View Post
Well?

If you have to ask nothing you do will look natural.
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post #13 of 42
12/25/10 at 11:54pm
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Originally Posted by alan View Post
just the thumbs in your front pockets.

Ahhh yes. We in the business call that the "Zack Morris."
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post #14 of 42
12/26/10 at 12:08am
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Originally Posted by P-K-L View Post
Or talk like an italian.

...or a Middle Eastern...
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post #15 of 42
12/26/10 at 12:13am
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...or a Middle Eastern...

or pretty much anyone who isn't Anglo Saxon or Japanese.
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