2. Make eye-contact

• Eye gaze: Directly eye contact indicates interest and paying attention. Prolonged eye contact can feel threatening.
• Blinking:  People often blink more rapidly when they are feeling distressed or uncomfortable. 
• Pupil size: Highly dilated eyes, for example...

You can predictably determine someone’s emotions from their gaze. Eye contact is the crucial first step for resonance, or a person’s ability to read someone else’s emotions.

Make and maintain eye contact when you’re giving someone feedback.

We intuitively understand the power of eye contact. It can say a thousand unspoken words. - from the stern look in your mother's face to the scrutinising gaze of the interviewer.

Highlights of what eye contact does:

• It's arousing. Someone staring back at you c...