Body language

1. As many researches show 93 per cent of all our communication is non-verbal. That is why it is very important to know how to behave and what kind of gestures and postures are acceptable in that society where you are now. We can control our own body language just if we have some knowledge about it. We have to read some articles or books about affective use of body language. Also we have to observe others’ people body language that can help us to understand better what is appropriate in specific situation and what is not. Observing others’ body language can give us an idea and some things that we need to know about that person and how better to communicate with him/her. 2. Reading body language is valuable and profitable. With knowledge of body language you can easily understand if someone is lying or saying the truth. If someone is not feeling comfortable talking to you or feeling pressure or anxiety. You can know with who you should make business and who you can trust. 3. Forms of body language that were discussed in movie: Facial expressions; gestures with the arms, hands and using your point finger; eye contact; use of different sounds of voice (low, high, whisper). 4. The most powerful example of body language that was presented in this film that I remember was the lady Smith, who was talking about her 2 boys that were abducted. Her facial expression didn’t have much emotions and her forehead was stiff and didn’t move at all. The lady was closing her eyes (that helped her to think what to say next) and Smith was speaking with that voice like she was crying but she didn’t cry which was obvious for people who are experts in body language that there was something she was hiding. 5. “Body language is often complex and often misunderstood”. To understand all the small invisible details is not an easy task. You need to be either expert or very attentive person who can read those signals that people send through bogy language. 6. For me the differences in body language between Barack Obama, George Bush and Vladimir Putin was not that big just because everyone wanted to demonstrate authority and that they are in control. Just everyone had their own style to show that. Obviously they had trainings and they know how to use their gestures in the right way. Barack Obama was talking to people with power voice and pointing the finger. George Bush gave a shoulder-pat to Tony Blair subconsciously saying “good boy, we know who is the boss here”. Putin’s walk was strong and in some ways like an animals’ walk, waving the hands showing that he is in control. Every president tried to put their hands up on another person’s hand while shaking hands, once again to show who is dominating. 7. Knowing even some small detail can help us to communicate better. Definitely body language affects our communication on every level with friends, co-workers, new people, etc. Without knowing some basic things about body language you can easily make a bad impression on people. If you are going for an interview you cannot prepare just your resume and the words that you are going to say about your work experience, but you have to remember that the interviewer will definitely look at your behavior, your body language. You can say something but your body language can say the opposite, and in this case people will not believe in your words. Especially when you know some signals like “itching and touching nose or looking very often down to the right can mean you are lying” will distract you from the words and you are automatically receiving information. That is why it is very important to remember about our body language and that we can give the wrong impression and probably we will not get the expected result just because we weren’t aware of some things like BODY LANGUAGE. 8. Watching this film was very useful and interesting, many examples and many stories. We have to remember that we are sending a message through our facial expression, voice, gestures, eyes, hands. In the movie one man said: “it is not what she is saying it is what she is not saying”. Many people can read us. A lot of people have trainings and they learn how to be affective by using body language. Nowadays body language is not just something popular but it is something that we have to know and use, something that can help us to choose our friends, work, etc. This movie was worth to watch.