Talking the Winner's Way: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Business and Personal Relationships

‘The study went on to say a big, warm smile is an asset. But only when it comes a little slower, because then it has more credibility.’ From that moment on, Missy explained, she gave clients and business associates her big smile. However, she trained her lips to erupt more slowly. Thus her smile appeared more sincere and personalized for the recipient.
That was it! Missy’s slower smile gave her personality a richer, deeper, more sincere cachet. Though the delay was less than a second, the recipients of her beautiful big smile felt it was special, and just for them.

Your eyes are personal grenades that have the power to detonate people’s emotions.

Big Winners know exaggerated eye contact can be extremely advantageous, especially between the sexes. In business, even when romance is not in the picture, strong eye contact packs a powerful wallop between men and women.

Don’t flash an immediate smile when you greet someone, as though anyone who walked into your line of sight would be the beneficiary.

Pause. Soak in their persona. Then let a big, warm, responsive smile flood over your face and overflow into your eyes.

slower smile gave her personality a richer, deeper, more sincere cachet.

The way you look and the way you move is more than 80 per cent of someone’s first impression of you.

Just give ’em great posture, a heads-up look, a confident smile, and a direct gaze.’

Thus the moment someone looks at you, he or she experiences a massive hit, the impact of which lays the groundwork for the entire relationship.

The flooding smile

Don’t flash an immediate smile when you greet someone, as though anyone who walked into your line of sight would be the beneficiary. Instead, look at the other person’s face for a second. Pause. Soak in their persona. Then let a big, warm, responsive smile flood over your face and overflow into your eyes. It will engulf the recipient like a warm wave. The split-second delay convinces people your flooding smile is genuine and only for them.