10 Hand Gestures Every Man Should Know (Body Language Secrets) | RMRS

About this video

Centeno teaches how to use hand gestures effectively when speaking or presenting to an audience. He covers the science behind why hand movements improve listener engagement and comprehension, establishes best practices for gesture placement and frequency, demonstrates ten useful hand gestures and positions, and identifies five hand placements to avoid.

Key takeaways

• Centeno argues that hand gestures make audiences more likely to listen, understand, and remember what you’re saying, based on research from the University of Rome
• Centeno recommends keeping hand gestures within a specific box (36 inches wide by 24 inches tall) and using approximately 26 gestures per minute, which he notes is the average among highly-rated TED speakers
• Centeno identifies five hand positions to avoid: hands on hips, crossed arms, hands behind the back, hands crossed in front, and both hands fully in pockets, as each signals negative messages like weakness or dishonesty
• Centeno advises that if you must put hands in pockets, expose either your thumb for a power look or your fingers for a more relaxed pose, rather than hiding both hands completely

Episode details: published February 5, 2019 · 101K views · 9:07 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Antonio Centeno’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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