| When you meet someone for the first time, you | | | | situations where you are meeting new people all the |
| only have thirty seconds to make a lasting impression | | | | time, you grow accustomed to shaking hands and |
| so it needs to be a good one. Making direct eye | | | | can do so without any stress. Women who rarely |
| contact, smiling and confidently shaking hands are | | | | shake hands can find doing so very scary and need |
| incredibly important personal body language signals | | | | some help and practice to develop a confident |
| that you send out to other people. As an image | | | | handshake. |
| consultant, advice on body language forms a huge | | | | Your handshake also expresses the amount of |
| part of my work. | | | | respect you hold for others. If, when approaching a |
| How you shake hands can indicate how confident | | | | group, you only shake the hands of a few and ignore |
| you are and how much respect you have for the | | | | the rest you are sending clear signals that the |
| other person. Handshakes express your confidence | | | | remaining people are not as important in your |
| to others in two ways. First, by how quickly you | | | | estimation. |
| offer your hand upon meeting someone since | | | | A limp, wet fish, a finger-tip squeezer or a bone |
| hesitation conveys uncertainly and lack of confidence. | | | | crusher handshake are to be avoided at all costs. Aim |
| Second, by the firmness of your grip. If it's weak it | | | | for a firm, direct grip that puts the 'web' between |
| says you are unsure of yourself and it it's too firm | | | | your thumb and forefinger directly in contact with |
| you can come over as too confident and egotistical. | | | | that of the person whose hand you are shaking. |
| A firm and direct handshake in conjunction with a | | | | Anything less is a sign of weakness, anything more is |
| smile and eye contact will communicate to others | | | | too threatening. |
| that you are a trustworthy person and you know | | | | Handshakes in all walks of life are very important but |
| who you are. | | | | in business if you fail to extend your hand to others |
| Handshakes also tell others if you've travelled a lot or | | | | you will quickly lose credibility. Feel confident in all |
| lived life where you only socialize with very familiar | | | | aspects of body language by visiting an image |
| friends. Through working or travelling abroad in | | | | consultant. |