I am a big fan of looking people in the eye. I dislike when you’re talking with someone
and they don’t look at you when talking with them. That eye contact in business and personal
relationship helps to build trust, and a bond with the person you are talking
with. I think that the smart phones are
killing this with the next generation, just watch as your teenager has
conversation with their peers and with adults, I’ll bet that they don’t keep
that eye contact do they? According to a
survey that was just released adults make eye contact between 30% and 60% of
the time in an average conversation they should be making eye contact 60% to
70% of the time to create a sense of emotional connection. Try this at work today look everyone in the
eye ( but don’t stare), ask questions and listen to the answers. If you do this you will have a better work
day I bet. I interview people every day
while at work and I sure prefer the face to face interviews better than the
phone ones for this reason, I know that I have the person that I am interviewing’s
full attention when face to face because of that eye contact.
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