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#917 - Vanessa Van Edwards - The Art Of Effortless Confidence & Social Persuasion

2025/3/20
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Vanessa Van Edwards emphasizes the importance of visible hands in social situations. Our brains prioritize observing hands to assess intentions, and using gestures enhances communication and understanding. The use of gestures in TED Talks correlates with their popularity.
  • Visible hands increase trust.
  • Gestures emphasize and clarify spoken words.
  • Popular TED Talks use significantly more gestures than less popular ones.

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Vanessa Van Edwards is a behavioral researcher, speaker, and author.

How do you make a great first impression? How can I become more charismatic? How can I stop feeling awkward in social situations? We've all wondered about these things at some point. Luckily, Vanessa is an expert on human interaction and has the answers you're looking for.

Expect to learn what we should do without hands in social situations, the 4 key things you should do when prepping for a speech, the do’s and don’ts when you’re sitting down, how to detect a liar & how to become a better liar, why so many smart people struggle to be charismatic, how to get better at small talk, how to seem more attractive when dating, how to make the best first impression possible and much more…

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