www.TheMasterNegotiator.com<\/a><\/p>\nWhen observing your\u00a0body language<\/strong>, do you take the time to\u00a0interpret what you see<\/strong>? I don\u2019t mean, if you see a cat, you recognize it as a cat and then go about addressing your next activity. What I\u2019m referring to, especially when it comes to major decisions, is understanding how you formulate your decision based on the way you interpret what you\u2019re seeing.<\/p>\nWhen it comes to reading\u00a0body language<\/strong>, many experts will inform you that the eyes are the window to the soul. That\u2019s true to a degree and not so truthful. The one consideration that has to be factored in that analysis is the interpreter. That means, per the way each of us see ourself, we see the world. Thus, if we say someone looks up and to the left, they\u2019re recalling something that\u2019s occurred in the past, we may be right. We could also be wrong if that person\u2019s inclination is to look up and to the left when considering future activities. Therefore, we must know how that person uses her eyes to gain a higher level of perspective per what that person is doing at that time. That\u2019s one aspect per how we perceive that person. The other aspect that we should consider is why we\u2019re giving the meaning to that person\u2019s actions (i.e. what we really saw). If you\u2019ve observed the person\u2019s eye movement throughout a conversation and you note that she looks up and to the left when considering future activities, you have a foundation upon which to base your assumptions. Ergo, be sure to base your perception and what you see on a firm foundation, not just conjecture. To do so otherwise could cause you to fall prey to your lying eyes attempting to convince you that you\u2019re seeing the truth. Your eyes may not lie to you, but they can be lied to, which could place you in a quagmire.<\/p>\nConsider the following checklist, based on the importance of the decision.<\/p>\n
\n- Ask why you\u2019re interpreting what you see the way you\u2019re interpreting it.<\/li>\n
- Ask yourself what you\u2019re not seeing or taking into account per what you\u2019re seeing.<\/li>\n
- Consider how you might alter your perspective by looking at the situation differently.<\/li>\n
- Ask, if I continue to see something from the same perspective, where might it lead my thoughts.<\/li>\n
- How long do I need to think about this? Should I take a break, and if so for how long before I can revisit and possibly reframe what I\u2019m seeing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
It\u2019s been said that seeing is believing. That\u2019s true to some degree because to a degree we see what we expect to see; that has to do with the way our brain perceives motion, fills in voids, etc. The point is, while we believe our eyes don\u2019t lie to us, we can believe a lie that we see. Thus, always be mindful about how you glean some clues as to what someone is thinking, based on the movement of their eyes. Eye movement is part of the puzzle.\u00a0To be more exact, look for clusters of body movements (i.e. hands, head, feet, etc.) to add validity to your assessment.<\/p>\n
The better you become at deciphering how you interpreted what your eyes see, the better you\u2019ll be able to read body language. Then, you\u2019ll be more certain about believing what your eyes are telling you \u2026 and everything will be right with the world.<\/p>\n
Remember, you\u2019re always negotiating!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSometimes, the subliminal mind stores impressions of what the conscious mind is unaware of. In order to see better, look for the unseen.\u201d\u00a0\u2013Greg Williams, The Master Negotiator & Body Language Expert,www.TheMasterNegotiator.com When observing your\u00a0body language, do you take the time to\u00a0interpret what you see? I don\u2019t mean, if you see a cat, you recognize it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":155906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10917,10916,10907,10918,10910],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-practices","category-human-resources","category-management","category-marketing","category-skills"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-suitenetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}