Body Language Expert Explains How to Show Confidence | WIRED

Former FBI agent and body language expert Joe Navarro explains how we can project confidence through our body language. Joe takes a look at various celebrities and politicians and demonstrates the things that they do that can help them appear more confident.

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[RomanZolanski]

Confidence isn’t “I know they’ll like me”, it’s “I’m okay if they don’t”.

[theitalianstallion]

“a confident person takes their time to leave or enter a room”

Me: arrives at school 50 minutes late to show my confidence

[preciousmousse]

He's right. I've always loved studying the gestures and language of appealing characters and I come across as confident most of the times, to the point where people are surprised when I tell them I have anxieties and various inner struggles like we all do. It's not about feeling perfect, it's about knowing you deserve to be where you're at and accepting that you might feel uncomfortable at times.

[qpozjtb]

I became more confident when I accepted the idea that I have no control over other peoples thinking and realizing that it is not worth my time and energy to worry about. The things that people say, whether it is about you or anything else, says more about themselves. When someone speaks they showcase and represent themselves for everyone to hear and see. How you respond or choose to say will also say a lot about you, more than the person you are saying it to or about.

[januaryeliot]

"confidence can be very quiet" - finally someone said it, thank you!

[ipettynote]

My social anxiety levels already went through the roof.

**Goes to bed with confidence**

[blessing]

Thank you for this great video. My key takeaways are:
1. Show that you are in command and in control. For example, make eye contacts with others. Talk to convey your message instead of convincing others by saying the same thing in different ways or over-explaining yourself. Take your time to say it and answer the questions. Do not show any quick motion like you are in a hurry. Sit comfortably and own the space
2. Ask yourself how you want to be perceived and what should you do to make it happen. Imitate someone who you think is confident
2. You can build and nurture your confidence. Practice. Practice. Practice

[theshadow]

There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance. People are comfortable around confident people but they inwardly despise arrogance. Be confident!

[teressae.]

I cant wait to use this for all the public speaking and confrontation I won't be doing!

[QuestionsIAskMyself]

A woman complimented me saying she loves the I walk into a room, and that she loves the confidence I radiate. Probably one of the best compliments I’ve ever gotten.

[deenice]

Teaching your kids how to properly say “No” isn’t talked about enough. Thanks for mentioning it.

[bhba]

1:00 traits of confident people
3:10 modeling confidence
4:48 behaviors
5:39 intonation
7:33 cadence
9:26 nonverbals
11:32 public speaking
13:10 conclusion

[NotWoLG]

Teacher: You should be confident
Student: *Confidently answers the wrong answer*
Teacher: **Humiliates the student**
Student: - 9000Confidence

[BELPHECROW]

need me this after our years of quarantine so i can have a humanlike posture as opposed to the semi-pterodactyl stance i've developed as a result of solitude

[VaraLaFey]

Anyone who has seen an infant stare at someone unselfconsciously, or do almost anything that infants and pre-toddlers do, will understand that we are indeed born confident. I think fear and inhibition are learned, and later have to be un-learned if we are to regain our initial confidence now that we have an intellectual understanding of it.

[zazu]

my mother thought me a lot about body language, she just figured it out being a Volleyball Trainer. about public speaking, she said: stand there a sec, then start with a quiet tone, people instinctively try to hear and will pay more attention, then a joke.

i used to be confident, then had panic attacks and anxiety attacks.. while my job was to meet new people and be confident, funny and all. i would go to the toilet before, and stand in a cubicle with legs apart, hands of hips, chest up, slow stomach breathing. so confident body language practice to get your body to feel powerful. it helped soooo much!

[KimberlyGreen]

Public speaking technique: _shrink_ your audience scale. Pick 3 people in different parts of the audience. Talk just towards them. Not necessarily directly at them, but look in their general area, gliding back and forth between them. It's much easier to talk to 3 people than, 10, 100, 1000 or greater. It will bring down your anxiety and raise your confidence.

[twinkletoes]

Confidence comes when you have a deep knowing that you are of value and worthy to be on this earth and worthy of respect and being listened to.

[barcodereader]

- Feeling comfortable and looking around the room indicates confidence.
- Confidence is demonstrated through posture, gestures, and eye contact.
- Confidence can be quiet and commanding, like Jane Goodall or Colin Powell.
- Confidence is also about controlling time and speaking at your own pace.
- Modeling high-status individuals and their behaviors can help build confidence.
- The way we speak, including cadence and pauses, affects how confident we appear.
- Confidence is not just about posture but also about conveying information

[elizabethjackson]

Confidence is being beautiful on the inside and being a truly kind person. Your body language and waving to the people is just a Display!! Boom 💥