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ELEMENTS OF BODY LANGUAGE

There are worksheets at www.kevinhogan.com/worksheets.htm that you can print out and use forever. (You can use, them before sales presentations, meetings, and events where you are speaking. In addition, you can use one chart during meetings to give you an edge that you're never experienced before). The elements of body language can be broken down in many ways, form physical body parts to how these body parts are used. Academics and scientists can spend years studying just a single element, and entire books have written on each of the eight elements you'll learn about in this chapter. My purpose here is to expand your understanding of body language by breaking it down into the key elements. 1. eyes, 2. face, 3. gestures, 4. touch, 5. posture, 6. movement, 7. appearance, and 8. voice. Each one plays an important role in non-verbal behavior, but as you've come to expect, with body language, none of them operate in complete isolation. They work together, often in