改善肢體語言的六大理由

改善肢體語言的六大理由

When we』re in school or at work, we』re taught to improve our words. We learn to improve our language and words to impress. We learn to construct clever chains of words to gain an upper hand and to communicate more clearly. But when we grow up we learn very little beyond improving our words. A bit strange since…

我們從學習工作中獲知要改進自己的語言。我們學習以豐富我們的語言和辭彙表達。我們學習以建立豐富的辭彙鏈，在溝通時取得優勢，更清晰地與人交流。但長大後，我們卻發現除了擴大了辭彙量，我們鮮有所學。這有點奇怪，直到…

1. …words are only 7 percent of your communication.

1….在你的交流中，辭彙只佔7%

The rest is your voice tonality (38 percent) and your body language at 55 percent. That』s according to research done by Albert Mehrabian, currently Professor Emeritus in psychology at UCLA. These numbers may vary depending upon the situation and what is communicated (for instance, talking over the phone is obviously different from talking face to face) but body language is a very important part of communication.

剩下的是你的音調（38%）和肢體語言（55%）。這組數據出自美國加州大學洛杉磯分校心理學在現任譽教授阿爾伯特梅拉比安的調查。這些數據會隨情境和溝通方式（例如打電話和面談就有很大不同）的變化而變化，但是肢體語言卻是溝通過程中極為重要的一部分。

2. Increase your attractiveness

2.提升你的吸引力

It』s not what you say, it』s how you say it. A better posture, a more open body language, a more controlled and focused body language will make everyone more attractive. And not just in a sexual way but when talking to new friends or in job interviews and business meetings.

並不是指你的談話內容，而是溝通方式。一種良好的姿勢，更開放，更專註，收放自如的肢體語言會使人更有吸引力。不僅是吸引異性，更多的是在你同新朋友談話或面試和商務會議中顯示出的魅力。

3. Emotions are linked to your body language

3.情緒和肢體語言密切聯繫

Emotions work backwards too. If you feel good you』ll smile. If you force yourself to smile you』ll feel good too. If you feel tired or down you might sit slumped down. If you sit slumped down you』ll feel more tired and negative. Just try to sit straight up for 5 minutes and feel the difference in energy from half-lying in your chair.

情緒也會拖後腿。如果感覺好，你會微笑。即使是迫使自己微笑，感覺也會變好。勞累或沮喪時，你會跌坐一旁。那樣垂頭喪氣地坐著，你會更加疲憊和消極。不妨試著坐直五分鐘，你會感受到一種與半躺著坐在椅子上截然不同的能量。

4. Reduce mixed messages

4.減少混亂信息

If you』re in a job interview and you talk with a steady voice and say all the confident things you should but your body language tells your maybe-employers that you are very nervous or guarded then you are incongruent (and perhaps without that job). What you want is be congruent, that is for your words, your voice and your body language to say the same thing.

如果你正在面試，你以沉穩的語氣談論所有你有信心勝任的事情，但你的肢體語言卻向可能成為你僱主的面試者透露出你十分緊張，謹小慎微。不協調的肢體語言也許會讓你錯失那個工作。其實你只想在說話時讓自己的語言、聲音和肢體語言協調一致。

5. Improve your communication skills

5.改進你的溝通技巧

If you improve your body language you can get your thoughts across in a more effective way. You can create a connection to another person more easily. When using more powerful and appropriately balanced body language your communication skills become more focused and better.

改進你的肢體語言，你就可以更輕而易舉地有效傳達自己的想法。你可以輕易與他人建立聯繫。當你能夠更有力更協調地使用肢體語言時，你的溝通就變得更集中有效。

6. Better first impressions

6.更好的第一印象

Everyone stereotypes everyone on first impression, even if we are reluctant to do it. We all get a first impression of a new person that creates a mental image of his or her personality in our minds. That image of you often lasts. Having a better body language will consistently give people a more positive mental snapshot of you.

雖然我們不喜歡一錘定音，但第一印象決定每個人給人的最終印象。結識新面孔時，對方給我們留下的第一印象會在我們頭腦中生成他或她的個性特點，這一印象根深蒂固，難以改變。良好的肢體語言會不斷加深你給人的積極印象。undefined

Be on the lookout for the follow up-article on how to improve your body language tomorrow.

明天請繼續關注以上關於如何改進你的肢體語言的文章。