Body Language

You can become more self-confident by adjusting your body language. That’s a fact.

Your feelings influence your body language and your body language influences your feelings. It works both ways. It’s just that most people are not aware of the second way, of the way I’ll discuss here. What a pity! They’re missing a valuable opportunity to have a conscious effect on their subconsciousness!

Today I experienced this direct relationship when I was playing around with my own body language while walking to the train station. I decided to increase the range of my arms’ swing. Just a little. Maybe 1-2 inches into either direction.

Strangely enough, it did have a noticeable effect on my feelings: I did feel like I got more energy. Like I was more outgoing, more self-confident.
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