Exercise - Personal Analysis

Body language: Learning and being in control of your body language is essential to being able to effectively participate in and control interactions. It is important to reflect on your body language in different scenarios and learn about your physical habits when faced with different stressors. There is a vast amount of material available online on how to improve or change your body language. However, to make the most of this information, you must first learn your habits so that bad ones can be unlearned and new ones can be formed.

Facial expression: Get comfortable with your face, as it is what everyone sees when they see you. Understanding and accepting this should encourage you to spend time learning about your expressions and your face. What does it say to others? Are you considered intimidating or sweet? Do you have a resting b***h face? Acceptance and understanding of our face, which is our advertisement to the world, can help us choose appropriate strategies for our success and understand how others may view us in the world.

Tone of voice: Our voices are one of the most expressive outlets we have for our body. They can demonstrate our emotions, mood, confidence, and be used to elicit different responses from others. Identifying and matching tones with responses is important when aiming to strategize and understand our emotions.

Eye contact: The eyes are the window to the soul. Learning to identify good and bad eye contact and the reasoning behind the different types of eye contact is an essential interaction skill.

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Nature/Identity: Learning to understand the vibe and nature of an interaction is essential for aiding reflection and contextualization of our interactions. By reflecting and contextualizing the interactions, we will have a greater chance of understanding and making sense of them.

Key message: You must understand who you are and what you think of yourself before you can effectively use this information to give feedback to others.

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