Vanessa Van Edwards traces hand gestures back to cave people, who needed to read hands to tell if someone was friendly or dangerous. Visible hands still signal openness and trust today, whether on a Zoom call or walking into a room.
In your clip, you talk about the importance of hand gestures. Mm. So where does that come from? OK, so this comes back from our caveman days. Now think about this. If you were approached by a stranger caveman and you couldn't see their hands, part of your brain was like, well, what's back there? What is she holding? What is she going to do? The moment you can see my hands, you see my intention. Are we going to high five? Are we going to fist bump? Are we going to handshake? So first, visible hands. The moment you hop on a Zoom call, the moment you walk into a restaurant, the moment you walk into a room, it's literally like, I'm a friend. I'm not hiding anything. So visible.
