Vanessa Van Edwards says skip the autopilot "hi, how are you" and use attention-grabbing greetings like "howdy" or "what's good" instead. Since 65 to 90 percent of communication is nonverbal, she stresses matching your words with your delivery for interviews, pitches, and dates.
Don't just say hi, how are you? Right. Hi, how are you? Is autopilot. I like cues that wake people up. So a howdy and aloha. Oh, howdy righty. Howdy howdy. A what's good, Right? So instead of how are you like what's good? For dating apps, you have to make sure you have the right verbal cues. And I like verbal cues, that social signal you're gonna say hi in an app. Nonverbal cues either enhance or detract. So remember that 65 to 90% of our communication is nonverbal. Problem is we show up to our interviews, our pitches, our dates. Perfect verbal, right? We practice the verbal. But if I were to say, yeah, I'm so happy to be here, you would know based on my nonverbal the verbal. So I want everyone to practice their delivery. The nonverbal aspect of how we deliver our verbal is just as important as the verbal.
