The Definitive Book of Body Language

“When you cross your arms on your chest, do you cross left over right or right over left? Most people cannot confidently describe which way they do it until they try it. Cross your arms on tour chest right now and then try to quickly reverse the position. Where one way feels comfortable, the other feels completely wrong. Evidence suggests that this may well be a genetic gesture that cannot be changed.

Seven out of ten people cross their left arm over their right.”

(Sou uma das três em dez e vocês?)


“… smiles are controlled by two sets of muscles: the zygomatic major muscles, which run down the side of the face and connect the two corners of the mouth and the orbicularis oculi, which pull the eyes back.

So the first place to check the sincerity of a smile is to look for wrinkle lines besides the eyes.”

(Por isso é que tenho estas rugas, está explicado!)

“Smile constantly. Everyone will wonder what you’ve been up to.”

:)

“Most animals have a certain air space around their bodies that they claim as their personal space. How far the space extends depends mainly on how crowded the conditions were in which the animal was raised and the local population density. So personal territory can expand or contract depending on the local circumstances. A lion raised in the remote regions of Africa may have a territorial space with a radius of 50 kilometres or more, depending on the density of the lion population in that area, and it marks its territory by urinating or defecating around the boundaries. On the other hand, a lion raised in captivity with other lions may have a personal space of only several metres, the direct result of crowded conditions.”

(Actimel contribui para o reforço das defesas naturais do organismo.)

“Contact lenses can make your pupils appear dilated and moist and can also reflect lights. This can give you a softer, more sensual appearance, which is fine for social contexts but can be disastrous in business, especially for women. A woman can find herself trying her best to persuade a businessman to buy her ideas while he is mesmerised by the sensual effect of her contact lenses and doesn’t hear a word she says.”

(Tou a pensar comprar umas lentes de cor, sugestões?)

“Men like women’s legs to look athletic but will be turned off if she looks like she could play football for England.”

(Porquê?!?)

- Allan & Barbara Pease  ¶ 8:24 PM