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How to Earn Respect Without Even Speaking

We have mentioned many times that you need to show self-confidence with your body, your movements, and your voice. Many are wondering how it is possible to radiate confidence and gain the respect of others with my actions if I do not know how to do it anyway?

By Jorche OliveiraPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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How to Earn Respect Without Even Speaking
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We have mentioned many times that you need to show self-confidence with your body, your movements, and your voice. Many are wondering how it is possible to radiate confidence and gain the respect of others with my actions if I do not know how to do it anyway?

It is really difficult to apply something you do not know. Fortunately, however, it is quite easy to follow the instructions below to radiate confidence with your movements and body.

Slow and controlled movements to gain respect

In nature, what sets predators apart from prey is the way they move.

If you have seen lions move you will find that their movements are slow, almost lazy, and always controlled. This is due to the fact that predators operate in a completely different reality from prey. A predator has no reason to make nervous movements because he has nothing to fear. In contrast, animals that act as prey are immobile to avoid danger.

This means that if you want to radiate a sense of fearlessness, your movements and responses must be slow and relaxed. If you have no reason to move fast, then do not do it. Hands, hand, and body movements, everything must be under control.

Your movements must be independent and unaffected by the environment. It seems that you are in control and shape the reality around you and not the other way around, so you will have the respect of others.

If you feel that you are losing control of a situation, which is natural for it to happen to you sometimes, just relax, take a deep breath and open your body language.

Your physical condition, that is, the way you move and function, changes depending on your mood. So your body takes a specific stance every time you feel an emotion. If you relax and change your posture, you will automatically put your body and mind in a different state and this will give you back control.

Turning your back

Something quite primitive that can be misunderstood if not done properly and in the right conditions. From the example of nature mentioned above, we can pick out a specific behavior that animals that do not feel threatened and that is turning their back.

When someone is talking to you and you feel that he is not a threat or important enough, you can keep your back turned.

This is normal in social situations where there are a lot of people you do not know. In a work environment or in a closed friendly — family circle it is something that can be easily misunderstood. It will make people feel insignificant and may be misunderstood.

Do not be afraid to expose yourself even if you have made a mistake

A strong character, with confidence and self-control, is not afraid to crumple. This means that it is sometimes okay to admit your mistakes or to tell the truth.

A man who is not afraid to show his weaknesses is automatically considered by others as capable and self-confident. It is a natural reaction of the people to think that what one refers to as a weakness is not so much weakness. To admit it means that he has identified it and has changed his behavior.

Remain unaffected by the respect of others

As the term is known as non-reactive. This means that it is necessary not to react to the challenges of others. The more they provoke you with teasing and jokes or insults, the less you have to react.

Be careful not to get carried away by their game, because that is how you hand over control. You owe it to yourself to have a stable emotional center.

Of course, there will be times when you will not be able to control your emotions 100% and this is to be expected. To achieve the opposite you need to have a firm emotional balance, which is almost impossible as you are a human and not a robot.

Even so, owning one is still beyond the reach of the average person.

As a control tool, start writing down the situations and people that make you lose control so that you are ready in case you find yourself in such a situation.

It is difficult to always maintain control and express it with your body. But the more you practice, the easier it will become and the most important thing to remember is that everything comes from the mind.

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Jorche Oliveira

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