From the course: Creating Great First Impressions
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How to sound confident
From the course: Creating Great First Impressions
How to sound confident
- Hello, hi, hey there, good morning. Most people don't realize that their first impression has to do with how they say something even more than what they say. We are constantly listening for vocal signs of emotion. When someone picks up a phone to say hello or greets everyone in a meeting, or introduces themselves, listeners are trying to pick up on how confident the speaker is. This is why your vocal power is incredibly important for your first impression. When someone first meets you and you say hello, or hey, or hi, or good morning, how confident do you sound? In my human behavior research lab, The Science of People, we wanted to test different versions of people's hello. Specifically, we wanted to know, can you hear facial expressions? First, we asked participants to record different versions of their hello. We had each person do a neutral hello, how they normally answer the phone, and then a smiling hello, a sadness hello, and an angry hello. We found that the very same person's…
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