853. The Influence of Presence: How Body Language Shapes Perception (rerun)

Hey everybody, Brian Smith here with the I Am Team series and your daily influence.

And I am today going to talk about the influence of body language on the perception of others and how we act differently.

in our physical sense.

What I mean by that is facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, even what we wear, how they can create those first impressions in mere seconds before we even say a word or a person may not even know our name.

It's really important that we understand these things.

You know, a lot of people can say, well, I just don't care.

But the fact is, is we do.

We're humans.

We do care about what that perception might be, especially if we are entering a room where we want to have positive influence, where we want to be taken seriously.

And there's this line sometimes that has to be drawn between our individualism and the environment, the room that we're in.

And, you know, how we carry ourselves can overcome some of the challenges we might have from our own individualism.

Having good posture, having eye contact, being mindful of our facial expressions, how our gestures can shape how others perceive our confidence or our trustworthiness.

or even our competence.

So, you know, in our work, we emphasize that influence starts the moment we enter a space, and it does.

Just your presence makes you influential.

The fact that you were even allowed in the room or invited into the room had a ripple effect.

It started somewhere.

And it doesn't matter if you're leading a team, if you're leading individuals, if it's one-on-one.

Your nonverbal cues can either reinforce or contradict what you intended to do, what your intended message is.

And awareness of this truth sharpens our influence.

It also helps us to lead more effectively.

So being mindful about our physical self is really important.

And what that means for you individually, for anybody else individually, you have to determine what that is.

You have to decide how you can prepare yourself or to what extent you want to be prepared.

But I'll tell you, there are a lot of things that influence our influence for others that we might not even realize.

Hey everybody, Brian Smith here with the I Am Team series and your daily influence.

And I am today going to talk about the influence of body language on the perception of others and how we act differently.

in our physical sense.

What I mean by that is facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, even what we wear, how they can create those first impressions in mere seconds before we even say a word or a person may not even know our name.

It's really important that we understand these things.

You know, a lot of people can say, well, I just don't care.

But the fact is, is we do.

We're humans.

We do care about what that perception might be, especially if we are entering a room where we want to have positive influence, where we want to be taken seriously.

And there's this line sometimes that has to be drawn between our individualism and the environment, the room that we're in.

And, you know, how we carry ourselves can overcome some of the challenges we might have from our own individualism.

Having good posture, having eye contact, being mindful of our facial expressions, how our gestures can shape how others perceive our confidence or our trustworthiness.

or even our competence.

So, you know, in our work, we emphasize that influence starts the moment we enter a space, and it does.

Just your presence makes you influential.

The fact that you were even allowed in the room or invited into the room had a ripple effect.

It started somewhere.

And it doesn't matter if you're leading a team, if you're leading individuals, if it's one-on-one.

Your nonverbal cues can either reinforce or contradict what you intended to do, what your intended message is.

And awareness of this truth sharpens our influence.

It also helps us to lead more effectively.

So being mindful about our physical self is really important.

And what that means for you individually, for anybody else individually, you have to determine what that is.

You have to decide how you can prepare yourself or to what extent you want to be prepared.

But I'll tell you, there are a lot of things that influence our influence for others that we might not even realize.