TJ WALKER - THE HABIT INFLUENCER - Personal Development | LIVE STREAM

12 Jul 2016 · 1 min

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TJ Walker (from a live YouTube stream) gives practical, actionable coaching on how to appear confident in video interviews. Core advice: move on camera (hands, face, eyebrows, body) rather than freezing; practice on video so you can see and correct stiffness; avoid jerky or fidgety motions (e.g., ring-finger fiddling) while allowing natural, deliberate movement to appear believable and comfortable.

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For most people, the hardest type of interview to do is a television interview or any interview where there's a video camera involved. Here's the biggest tip you really need to know in order to look your best on camera, you need to move. Unfortunately, when people are nervous, they act natural. But the natural thing to do is to act scared. When we are scared, we become like little bunny rabbits. We just freeze. When your hands are frozen, your body's frozen, your face is frozen, and nothing is moving but your lips. You're not very believable. You're going to look scared, stiff and uncomfortable. So you need to practice on video until you can see yourself moving. Your hands need to move. Your face, your eyebrows, your body. Nothing jerky. You don't want to be fidgeting with your ring finger or twitching, but you do want movement, especially hand movement.