As I said, I've got to start somewhere. So I figured, why not a book?
Enter Janine Driver's book, You Say More Than You Think. This book claims to be able to improve your body language perception of others, while at the same time shaping your thinking to be able to respond to those body language cues in every day situations.
The promises are great, but as I view myself a moderate skeptic to loudly written claims, one can only find out if you apply yourself full-force. This book requires the use of a journal, which I will replace with this blog.
The first chapter was full of promises, backed up by strategically placed examples and a good exercise that tells about people's attention spans and their inattentive blindness. (Seeing the forest and not the trees, or shrubbery, because wherever there's trees, there's shrubbery). Anyways, this has an apparent connection to body language as a whole. One concept that intrigues me is the reading of body language signals as a whole, not specific positions and then responding. Rather, taking one's time and looking at their smaller motions, foot position, hip placement, eye contact, rate of speaking speed, facial expressions, and many more.
So actually, I'm kind of excited about this book, but tempering my expectations. Lets see.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
It's a start.
Getting right to the point, the point of this blog is to help me keep a track of what happens in social situations, whether it may be intentional or accidental.
Quite honestly, I have trouble in social situations with women. I usually seem to get along fine with males, but whenever I see or feel attracted to a cute, offbeat, beautiful, sexy, all kinds of women, I tense up, my mind goes blank, and millions of thoughts go through my mind.
Understanding the human brain's capacity for change, I am determined to start somewhere, for I've had enough of this. By 'this', I mean my fallibility, my unwanted ability to shirk away from situations that scare me, my sense of confidence, or lack thereof, and most of all, my general sense of self.
To attack this problem, I will start using a variety of sources that I can get my hands on, but at the same time, pushing myself to get out there instead of being isolated all the time. To do this will take a steady focus, inner motivation and a drive to succeed.
Quite simply put, as a fortune cookie said, "Pray for the things you want, work for the things you need."
Quite honestly, I have trouble in social situations with women. I usually seem to get along fine with males, but whenever I see or feel attracted to a cute, offbeat, beautiful, sexy, all kinds of women, I tense up, my mind goes blank, and millions of thoughts go through my mind.
Understanding the human brain's capacity for change, I am determined to start somewhere, for I've had enough of this. By 'this', I mean my fallibility, my unwanted ability to shirk away from situations that scare me, my sense of confidence, or lack thereof, and most of all, my general sense of self.
To attack this problem, I will start using a variety of sources that I can get my hands on, but at the same time, pushing myself to get out there instead of being isolated all the time. To do this will take a steady focus, inner motivation and a drive to succeed.
Quite simply put, as a fortune cookie said, "Pray for the things you want, work for the things you need."
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