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If you’re looking for a quick way to look more confident, steepling your fingers is the perfect thing to try. Steepling is really common body language for professionals when they want someone to trust their thoughts and opinions, and you can easily make your words more powerful by doing it. Keep reading, and we’ll walk you through steepling your fingers, what it means, and how to do it effectively.
Things You Should Know
- Steepling is when someone presses their fingertips together in front of their chest or face so their hands look similar to a church steeple.
- Steeple your fingers when you want to appear more powerful or more confident in what you’re saying.
- Point your fingers down while you’re steepling when you’re listening to someone else to show that you’re being open and receptive.
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- ↑ https://ia601507.us.archive.org/29/items/LetsGoPictureDictionaryMonolingual/Body%20Language%20-%20How%20to%20Read%20Others%27%20Thoughts%20by%20Their%20Gestures.pdf
- ↑ https://ia601507.us.archive.org/29/items/LetsGoPictureDictionaryMonolingual/Body%20Language%20-%20How%20to%20Read%20Others%27%20Thoughts%20by%20Their%20Gestures.pdf
- ↑ https://sandygerber.com/7-hand-gesture-body-language-tips-to-influence-communication/
- ↑ https://www.scienceofpeople.com/office-body-language/#body-language-cue-9-steepling
- ↑ https://ia601507.us.archive.org/29/items/LetsGoPictureDictionaryMonolingual/Body%20Language%20-%20How%20to%20Read%20Others%27%20Thoughts%20by%20Their%20Gestures.pdf
- ↑ https://ia601507.us.archive.org/29/items/LetsGoPictureDictionaryMonolingual/Body%20Language%20-%20How%20to%20Read%20Others%27%20Thoughts%20by%20Their%20Gestures.pdf
- ↑ https://www.southern.edu/administration/cte/Leadership/2020ei-docs/2-BodyLanguage.pdf
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