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Use a hand signal to capture attention

There's a trick you can use to get people to listen to you, without raising your voice: use hand signals to capture attention.

Hold your pointer finger up while pausing mid-sentence and you can really captivate people without needing to be loud.

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Speak through a smile

A super easy trick to make people enjoy talking to you even more and that's speaking through a smile. 

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Listen with the intention of laughing

If you're not the talkative type, you can still make people love being around you just by being a likable listener. One fantastic habit for making conversation more fun for yourself and for making people like you is to listen with the intention of laughing.

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Front-load your enthusiasm

Front-load your enthusiasm

The first mistake some introverts make in conversation is forcing themselves to be outgoing all the time. Doing this will drain your social battery fast, so instead learn to front-load your enthusiasm.

This means using your social energy in the moments that matter most:

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