No, quite literally.

Hear me out.

Good communication is just good body language.

Nobody cares much for what you actually say because generally speaking, how you say it matters more.

Albert Mehrabian, professor emeritus of psychology at UCLA, identified in a study that human communication is:

55% visual (appearance, body language)

38% vocal (tone, volume, cadence of voice)

7% verbal (what you actually say)

What does it mean?

It means that if you want to be heard, HOW you say it matters way more than what you say.

Appearance matters.

Where did you think the phrase “First impression matters!” come from?

The Halo Effect is real.

We are human and we are bias towards objects and people that look pleasant and aesthetically pleasing.

Simple translation:

Pretty people gets more attention and we naturally think better of them.

I would even add WHEN you say it is also equally important too.

Context matters.

You can always find a better time or place to say something, whatever it is, and be more effective if you provided proper context.

Setting up context, if you have the time, is totally worth it.

It allays suspicions, it dissipates doubts, it clarifies intent, it un-muddies the waters and it allows lesser chance of miscommunications to jump into the fray.

Surprisingly, what you actually say, the actual meat of your words, don’t really matter!

So be it news that you are firing someone or trying to persuade a client to buy something from you, the actual content is quite irrelevant to excellent communication.

Whether the other party actually understands you after they hear you has got nothing to do with what you actually say.

Interesting eh?

So give some thought into how you want to communicate certain things.

It will pay out in brilliant ways.

Giving the early morning updates in front of your entire team?

Make sure to sound happy, cheerful and make extra effort to gesticulate for effect.

Sure your content can be boring and they might even know about it already, but sharing the story with candor and energy shows thoughtfulness and makes you more likeable.

People are people.

We tend to listen and absorb better what someone is saying when we like them.

When we hate someone, nothing they say matters, no matter what they say.

So if people like you, you have an immediate edge over them.

The trick is to get someone to like you.

And that takes practice.

To beam a smile at a stranger, to confidently say Hi, to sound interested in what they have to say, to signal that you care enough to absorb what they are telling you and to react positively as much as possible.

Now you know why you have some friends who are just so friendly and likeable no matter what they do or say.

And there are those that annoy you just by breathing in your general vicinity.

Go practice how to speak by improving your appearance, body language, setting context and being likeable.

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Does how you say things matters more than what you have to say?

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No, quite literally.

Hear me out.

Good communication is just good body language.

Nobody cares much for what you actually say because generally speaking, how you say it matters more.

Albert Mehrabian, professor emeritus of psychology at UCLA, identified in a study that human communication is:

55% visual (appearance, body language)

38% vocal (tone, volume, cadence of voice)

7% verbal (what you actually say)

What does it mean?

It means that if you want to be heard, HOW you say it matters way more than what you say.

Appearance matters.

Where did you think the phrase “First impression matters!” come from?

The Halo Effect is real.

We are human and we are bias towards objects and people that look pleasant and aesthetically pleasing.

Simple translation:

Pretty people gets more attention and we naturally think better of them.

I would even add WHEN you say it is also equally important too.

Context matters.

You can always find a better time or place to say something, whatever it is, and be more effective if you provided proper context.

Setting up context, if you have the time, is totally worth it.

It allays suspicions, it dissipates doubts, it clarifies intent, it un-muddies the waters and it allows lesser chance of miscommunications to jump into the fray.

Surprisingly, what you actually say, the actual meat of your words, don’t really matter!

So be it news that you are firing someone or trying to persuade a client to buy something from you, the actual content is quite irrelevant to excellent communication.

Whether the other party actually understands you after they hear you has got nothing to do with what you actually say.

Interesting eh?

So give some thought into how you want to communicate certain things.

It will pay out in brilliant ways.

Giving the early morning updates in front of your entire team?

Make sure to sound happy, cheerful and make extra effort to gesticulate for effect.

Sure your content can be boring and they might even know about it already, but sharing the story with candor and energy shows thoughtfulness and makes you more likeable.

People are people.

We tend to listen and absorb better what someone is saying when we like them.

When we hate someone, nothing they say matters, no matter what they say.

So if people like you, you have an immediate edge over them.

The trick is to get someone to like you.

And that takes practice.

To beam a smile at a stranger, to confidently say Hi, to sound interested in what they have to say, to signal that you care enough to absorb what they are telling you and to react positively as much as possible.

Now you know why you have some friends who are just so friendly and likeable no matter what they do or say.

And there are those that annoy you just by breathing in your general vicinity.

Go practice how to speak by improving your appearance, body language, setting context and being likeable.

-

Does how you say things matters more than what you have to say?

-

#startups #business #startupx #growth #success #socialmedia #culture #entrepreneurship #strategy #eth #btc #crypto #personalgrowth #speaking #storytelling #likeable #bodylanguage #thoughfulness #attention