![]() ![]() While this gesture makes you look bigger‚ it definitely carries a connotation of annoyance and judgment. Try your best to avoid it simply because it’s loaded with so many misunderstandings and meanings of discomfort or being closed off.ĥ. This gesture may be comfortable and easy, but it’s difficult to overcome what others read into this gesture. Maybe they are simply trying to hide a spot on their shirt or uniform. Some cross their arms when they are cold. Some people automatically cross their arms when they are listening. I stand firm on what I said.”īut here’s another way to look at it. To some people it says, “I’m annoyed.” Others think it says, “I’m not open to discussion. ![]() This stance is probably the most misinterpreted gesture. ![]() However, if someone has his hands clasped behind his back as part of a bigger pattern, often referred to as “the royal strut” (erect posture, slow gait, head held high), the body is saying, “You’d better fear me.” The royal strut conveys superiority and extreme self-confidence, and sends the message “I know I have power.”Ĥ. Depending on context, this gesture, similar to the fig-leaf, can make you look smaller, as if to say, “I hope you like me.” Tucking your thumbs into your waistband usually says, “I’m staking my territory,” which is a gesture of power, not influence. Pockets and waistbands are fraught with meaning. Hanging your thumbs off of your pockets, or having your hands deep in your pockets, usually sends a message of diminished self-confidence, something like “Geez, I hope you like me.” Worse yet, hands in pockets jiggling change is as good as saying, “I’m nervous and I hope you like me.” It can also send a message of exaggerated self-importance such as “I know I’m pretty neat” or “Let’s get moving here, I’m really bored.” Get rid of that fig-leaf gesture (and the “fig-leaf” words “just me”).Ģ. It’s like calling someone on the phone and then saying, “Oh, it’s just me.” No! It’s not just you! It’s You. Your body is saying, “I’m harmless,” “I’m shy” or “I’m afraid.” No matter how confident you feel or how much you know, the fig-leaf pose says, “I’m trying to be small.” When you stand with one hand on top of the other, covering the groin region, you look smaller. The following common five gestures do not display self-confidence in fact, they actually lower your image in the eyes of the patient and fellow healthcare providers.ġ. ![]()
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