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.

A three-panel collage of Ronaldo, Trump, and Musk sitting with their fingertips pressed together in the steeple gesture
Body Language · Confidence

Why Powerful People Sit Like This

GazeIQ 4 min read

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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Two people sitting on a bed facing each other in warm lamplight, attempting a four-minute eye contact exercise
Relationships · Connection

Joan Asked Her Husband to Hold Eye Contact for Four Minutes

GazeIQ 4 min read

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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A salesperson making eye contact during a sales conversation
Sales · Body Language

3 Common Eye Contact Mistakes in Sales

GazeIQ 5 min read

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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