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Here's What Your Voice Tells Others About You - Barking Up The Wrong Tree
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You get judged by your voice
- Speakers with higher-pitched voices are judged to be less truthful, less emphatic, less potent and more nervous.
- Slower-talking speakers are judged to be less truthful, less persuasive, and more passive.
- Two speakers who utter exactly the same words but one speaks a little faster and louder and with fewer pauses and greater variation in volume will be judged to be more energetic, knowledgeable and intelligent.
- Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume and with a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.
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Even when the content is the same...
- A woman's voice is more trusted when speaking about relationships.
- A forceful male's voice is more liked than a forceful female's voice.
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The male voice
- Men with deeper voices are rated as more attractive.
- Men with deeper voices have more kids.
- Men subconsciously know the connection between voice and dominance. When they feel powerful in a group they deepen their voice and when they feel weak they raise it, unknowingly.
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- Studies show that if someone seems extroverted, confident, religious or conscientious, they probably are.
- We all pay more attention to pretty people, and so we tend to take the time to evaluate them.
- If you want to know if someone is good at their job, watch them do it for 30-60 seconds.
- Funny people are smart: Effective humor production acts as an honest indicator of intelligence in humans.
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- Smile. It is even more important than you think. It's a great way to create trust. We judge people to be more pleasant when we are smiling.
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Being More Influential
The best body language for influence depends on your goal. Make sure your body language matches your words to make you more effective.
- If you want to increase the attractiveness of an offer, think sales-y. Use animated movements. Lean forward. Move and speak quickly.
- If you want to reduce resistance to what you're saying, think calm and authoritative. Specific gestures. Lean back. Move and speak slowly.
Looking Like A Leader
It is important to balance the appearance of authority and warmth.
- You show authority and power by your upright posture, your command of physical space, purposeful stride, a firm handshake, and palm-down gestures.
- You communicate warmth nonverbally with open body postures, palm-up hand gestures, full-frontal body orientation, positive eye contact, synchronized movements, nods, head tilts, and smiles.
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Love at first sight...or not
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The language style on a date
While physical attraction will never cease to be an essential component of a relationship, it does have strong competition when talking about communication.
The fact that both partners share the same language style can only have positive effects on their future together. Language is also a sure means to see if somebody is having the time of their life or just another wasted evening.
Your partner's personal signature
Whenever you go on a date, you tend to pay attention to some aspects more than to others. Therefore, individuals find themselves judging the person across the table by taking into account his or her smell, hairiness, taste of their kiss, and so on.
All these do not only provide one with important information about the person's lifestyle, but they also say more than enough about their health and personal habit. So you better pay attention to these details next time you are on a date, as they behave like the other one's signature.