Embracing High-Quality Relationships: The Power of Hard Truths

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Vanessa Van Edwards (IG: @vvanedwards) is Lead Investigator at Science of People.

She is the bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People and Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication.

Her mission is to help introverts leverage their strengths, show high achievers how to activate their secret skills, and teach awkward people to feel more confident.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What makes other people feel uneasy
• What is a lip purse? + public examples
• How people with social anxiety misinterpret facial cues
• Charisma can be learned
• The two most important traits to upgrade your charisma
• Create balance between your charisma cues
• The power of vocal cues
• Two truths and a lie
• The biggest vocal mistake people make
• Answering three questions on camera exercise
• The empowering hidden language of cues
• Understanding hand gestures + how to use them as competence cues
• The poker study: bluffing cues vs. truth cues vs. concealment cues
• How to know when to nod and when it’s too much
• Be purposeful, not perfect
• Intuition is your superpower
• Simple cues to start building your charisma today!
• The top ways to kill your charisma
• The hard truth phase of Vanessa's life

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Related links:

Vanessa Van Edwards - Cues (book)

Vanessa Van Edwards' website (Science of People)

Follow Vanessa Van Edwards on Instagram and YouTube

Vanessa Van Edwards - Captivate (book)

Susan Fiske (books)

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