Reading on Eye Contact
and Human Connection
Long-form pieces on the science and practice of social intelligence, from reading a room to staying present with the person in front of you.
Body Language · Confidence
Why Powerful People Sit Like This
Trump does it. Musk does it. Ronaldo does it. The finger steeple is the single most powerful gesture of confidence we have, and the strangest part is that blind children do it too.
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Relationships · Connection
Joan Asked Her Husband to Hold Eye Contact for Four Minutes
Her husband lasted 45 seconds before he looked away. A personal account of the four-minute eye contact experiment and the biology behind what happens when two people decide to truly look at each other.
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Sales · Body Language
3 Common Eye Contact Mistakes in Sales
Most salespeople lose deals for invisible reasons. Here are the three most common eye contact errors in sales conversations, and a practical correction for each one.
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