Anthony Goldner explains how mismatched body language and words confuse listeners. Watch your audience: if they lean in, keep going; if they point or turn away, wrap it up. Your signals and theirs need to match.
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So a lot of people, and sometimes they don't even realize it, is their body language does not match what they're saying or vice versa. So like if you're, if those two aren't matching, then your audience and or the person you're talking to is going to be completely lost or disinterested. And then also Greg has talked about this is watching the way people are interacting as well. So if people are, they're done with the conversation. Then you need to— will be pointed away. Yeah. You need to finish the conversation. Yeah. If they're leaning in and they're intrigued, well, keep it going like that. You've got the person. Elaborate. Being able to watch the body language versus what they're saying, I think is huge.