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A Management graduate until 42 I was just just a timid kindergartener, though outward to my kids but introvert within, I was chasing behind my dreams and my dreams remained unfulfilled. Even after being a topper in my school life I was not abletospeakoutloud,sharemythoughtsandtakedecisionswith confidence. I felt I was invisible in at workspace. One fine morning, my dearest friend none other than our VPPE Nagalakshmi introducedmetoToastmastersClubToastEdInternational.Iloved I gradually grew, learnt and toastmasters chiseled me to a better personality. Today I have been given opportunities to handle things smoothly in my work place and I lead my team with confidence Thank you CLUBTOASTED for making me grow and expand my network, engraving my confidence and fine tuning my leadership skills Above all my awesome team members of clubtoastedhavebecomeapartofmyfamily.

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A the first make-or-break m ression If done correctly, your handshake partner may even view you as more likable A lot of how we judge someone's personality is based on their handshake they say that we can judge four or five personality traits just by handshake alone In fact, we're bonding with someone when we shake hands, the touch releases something called oxytocin so handshake is also important for the connection between people because when you shake hands your brain is like "ah ! this is someone I have to make a connection to" and we would all want to make the foundation of trust and connection.

For a Toastmasters mastering the Science and Art of a good Handshake is kind of just the “RIGHT THING”

Lets see what makes up a good handshake :

1) ANGLE : For a proper handshake, the palms of both the

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O W E R

Well from an evolutionary perspective exposed wrists are a sign of submission, and both women and homosexual men tend to do this subconsciously when they are in a room with people they want to attract.

This is why while smoking, many women hold the cigarette with one wrist turned out and exposed. If you want to show power, don’t expose your wrists. And you shake hands with someone who prefers to flip your hand, make a metal note…this one like to show he is in power. You also don't want to offer your hand up because that shows that you feel more weak you don't feel like you belong there. if you want to have a nice equal relationship you want to offer your hand nice and vertical right and then move up and down 2-3 times at the max

2. FIRMNESS :

A handshake is like a HAND HUG. think about that way if you don't give that firmness back it's like you're saying I don't want to have that intimacy I don't want to have that connection with you right. When you hold someone's hand for a handshake, it should feel nice and relaxed, the moment you feel any tension you know you've gone too hard, you also want to make sure you're not doing it too soft

The eye contact I know that's not essentially part of the handshake but I contact is actually a really important part of having a good handshake that's because if you're shaking hands with someone and you're making eye contact you get double the oxytocin right so when you're making icons with someone you're literally saying I want to connect with you that so think about a time when you met someone and you're trying to make connection with them and they were either looking down or looking away or overall looking over your head you remember those people right you remember those people, infact more than the people who given you good handshakes sure that's because there's a red flag.

If someone doesn't make eye contact us some part of our brain goes this person is hiding something from me even if you're not even if you do it by accident right making sure you connect with your hands and then also make eye contact it's important for that trust

As you can see, handshaking is simple on the surface but has many elements of power, rapport, and relationship building underneath. Join us in our meeting and share your awkward handshake stories……

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