Trust Me! Lessons From A Puppet
Time to focus your body language laser beam because there’s a current deteriorating trust trend right up there with those regrettable trends of the past…
(Think bad hairstyles like the asymmetrical cut, mullets, big hair, crimped hair, perms, banana clips…)
*shudder*
I lived through it once. Let’s not do that again!
With Covid numbers back on the rise, Zoom is is here to stay and its increase is taking a toll on us.
Sadly, our trust in others has started to plummet!
(insert traumatic music–dah dun dah!)
We don’t trust politicians.
Or the news.
Or companies.
And some of the people in our lives.
I stumbled across this article that addresses the said issue.
We need to have trust to do anything remotely successful in life (from relationships to careers) so understanding and nailing our connection with others is critical.
Check out this video about trust and puppets!
(An interesting phrase to utter)
I’m still not sure what I think!
So what can we do to build trust?
One of the easiest things we can do is to make good eye contact.
Ever heard the advice, “Look people in the eye when speaking with someone?”
Yes, your parents were right.
Making eye contact with others is incredibly important.
Eye contact helps build connection, which is important in any relationship. Studies show that we need to make about 60 to 70% eye contact when we speak with others to be viewed as competent and trustworthy–more than 70% comes across as creepy or judgmental and less than 60% seems a bit shifty.
Good eye contact online means looking at the camera on your device when speaking to a person or group on the other end. By doing so, we simulate in-person eye contact.
Quick Tip.
To help remind you to look at the camera, put a picture or sticky note above your camera lens.
I have a picture of my mom above my camera so I feel like I’m talking to a loved one when making eye contact online.
Yep.
Looking at the camera does make a big difference.
Try it.
Ask a friend to see if they can feel the difference when you look at the screen and when you look at the camera.
And in person, remember to keep making 60-70% eye contact!
Report back to me.
Can you feel the difference?
Did anyone notice or comment?
And what do you think of that puppet video!
Your co-pilot (who trusts you completely),
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