Did you know the speed with which you walk has an effect on how people see you?
Guys, I'm covering that in today's video, along with a number of other mistakes that
men make when they're out walking.
Guys, my goal is for you to come out of this video with 10 amazing tips so you can walk
with confidence.
The first mistake that men make when they're out walking is they look down, and when you
look down you look weak.
You want to look at least straight forward, and possibly even look a little bit high,
a little bit up.
Raise up that chin, it's gonna make you look more confident.
Do not look down.
This just makes you look bad - it makes you look weak.
The next mistake that men make when it comes to walking - they actually walk with their
feet too close together or with their toes pointed out.
And this can actually point towards a deeper problem, maybe with your posture, maybe with
the structure, maybe you've got a weight issue and you waddle when you walk.
Now, I know that this is difficult, but again, practice makes permanent.
You want to actually be paying attention and try to actually maybe spread those heels out
just a bit.
Why?
Because you're a man.
Actually spread it out a bit and give a nice walk.
And again, I'm not talking about extremes, but I am talking about finding what works
for you and looking when something's a bit off it.
I highly recommend you videotape yourself - look at the way you walk normally and then
look to make some corrections.
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Mistake number three - you don't make eye contact.
You look around and as soon as someone else is coming your way you avert your eyes.
That makes you look weak.
I'm not talking about being aggressive when you're staring at somebody - I'm just talking
about making contact, maybe giving a nod, and if you make eye contact you hold it maybe
for a second or two, maybe give the girl a wink.
Have fun.
But guys, make eye contact.
When you avert away it makes you look weak.
Next up, don't hunch your shoulders.
You don't want your shoulders going over right here.
This just looks - again, it makes you look weak, like you're trying to minimize the amount
of space that you're taking up.
Point being, guys, get those shoulders back, put that chest out, walk with confidence.
Now this next point is tied to the shoulders as well, and that is pay attention to your
shoulders and don't be afraid when you're walking to sway them.
Now there's this interesting study I remember, whenever men knew they were being watched
by women they were more likely to sway their shoulders.
Why do you do this?
Because it signals confidence - that you are built up.
And yeah, not some - not all of us are built as large as I am - so in that case you want
to wear possibly a sports jacket wear a leather jacket.
Build up some padding on that shoulders.
it's actually going to exaggerate and it's going to - whenever you're walking you're
gonna look stronger, you're gonna look more confident.
Next up, don't put your hands in your pocket.
Again, it's gonna hunch the shoulders over.
But basically, by you putting your hands in your pocket you come off as a bit more submissive.
But by having your hands visible, there's a number of things right here.
Other people are gonna be less suspicious because they can see your hands, and from
a, you know, fight or flight you actually could quickly raise them to defend yourself.
Next up, don't be so tense.
So a lot of you guys.
you get nervous and you tighten up your hands into a fist and you barely move your arms
as you're walking around.
In fact, I mean, you're so nervous when you're out there walking, you know people are looking
at you, maybe you're walking out on stage, that you literally do not move your arms.
It makes you look anxious, it makes you look worried.
Now you're gonna have to think through this, this is something not a lot of people notice,
but if you're doing it, guys, make sure to correct the problem.
The next mistake, you walk way too slow.
Now this is based off a 1995 study out of the Journal of Ethology and Sociobiology,
but what they found is that on average if a man walked a bit quicker, he walked faster,
he was perceived as higher status.
Now I'm a slow walker myself and I never saw this as a bad thing.
And when I went looked at the research it really - it's in a combination with a number
of the things we talked about.
So if you find that you are putting your hands in your pockets, you're slouching forward,
you're looking down, and you're walking slow, that's when this gets really bad.
So guys, it's about finding that happy medium - if you overall are perceived as a slow walker
maybe speed it up just a bit and see what happens.
The next walking mistake that men make that makes them look weak is that they walk behind
people.
And I understand there are certain protocols - if you're hanging out with the Queen then
in that case, yes you're gonna walk behind her over to the side to defer respect and
power.
But most of us are not walking with the Queen.
So in that case, hey, what you want to do is make sure that you're walking with someone,
and if you're expected to lead a group then you walk out in front.
When you walk behind you are deferring power - you are showing that they are ahead of you.
The next mistake that men make that makes them look weak when they're out walking is
they take too small of steps.
And you've heard the saying practice makes perfect.
It’s not true - practice makes permanent.
And a lot of people, they have just gotten used to taking smaller steps, and despite
having longer legs - or even shorter legs, doesn't matter, I'm not talking about short
guys having to take as long steps as big guys, but I am talking about proportionally good
size steps for your body build.
This may not matter most times, unless maybe you're gonna go up in front of a group.
You want to stride out there, you want to show them, hey, I've got these long steps,
I know where I'm going, I'm walking with confidence.
So a lot of these points may seem small, but when they add up, guys, they can really sap
away from your confidence, they can make you look weak, so do what you can to correct this.
The best thing, again, is to videotape yourself.
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