A simple hand gesture called the steeple, where your fingers touch to form an upward point held at your waist, can instantly make you look more confident when speaking. Keep your hands away from the microphone and use the position subtly, even though it resembles a prayer pose.
But if you don't know what to do with your hands, because sometimes you're like, "I don't know what to do with my hands," one, you can just relax them and it's okay if you feel a little awkward, but you can also move into a steeple position. This is confidence. Now, you won't hold it up this high. I'm just trying to show you. You hold it about, you know, your waistline, your beltline, something like that. But if your hands— and it can be pointed down. But if your hands are in a steeple, this speaks confidence. For instance, you probably can't tell, but when I'm presenting, I will usually open my arms and talk and then come back to the steeple. Open my hands and talk, back to the steeple. If you're ever in a situation where you need to feel confident and you need people to perceive you as confident, go to the steeple. But don't hit your microphone, okay? So if you don't know what to do with your hands, go to the steeple. Not like this. That looks like you're praying, which is a very confident thing and awesome thing, but it might be a little weird walking down the street. Not that you can't pray while you're walking down the street. It's just, you know, you usually try to be subtle about it. I don't know. Never mind.
