How to Use Eye Contact to Create a Good Impression
Researchers have discovered that one of the most striking differences between people who are socially confident and those who are shy, is that confident people have much more frequent eye contact with their conversational partners.
Many shy people never make eye contact at all, tending to look downward or away, instead of looking at their conversation partners face.
Most North Americans, especially Caucasians, prefer to have a lot of eye contact when they are talking with someone. When a person doesn’t make eye contact with them, North Americans tend to assume that person is hiding something.
When you are speaking with someone who is from a culture that prefers a lot of eye contact, be sure to keep looking at that person frequently while you are talking, even while you are wondering what to say next. You dont need to use a piercing stare, a friendly gaze will do.
If it really bothers you to look directly into another persons eyes, you can look at the persons face without focusing solely on the eyes. If you gaze generally at the eyebrow area or the bridge of the nose, this is close...