Why Do Many of Us Avoid Being on Video?

di Loran Joly (Autore)

ReEnvision Press, 2025

Why do some people avoid using video for business or personal communications? Gary Vaynerchuk believes we are leaving a lot of money on the table, by not utilizing video, for instance. Yet, some of us would rather communicate with the written word than in video, or by speaking in public or by selling, face to face. Why is this? This author believes that communicating in person, reveals many aspects of our personality that are hidden from view - from other people, that is - if only the written word is utilized. The written word can thus be a proxy for us, sort of like wearing a mask, for some more than others. This mask hides our emotions, which may well leave telling signs in our body language, which in turn reveals our defense mechanisms, or the lack of such. Likely, this is why it has been said that people fear public speaking more than anything. While this author thinks that we may fear many aspects of life, we certainly may fear being seen as having anger or fear, and seek to hide this. What better way of hiding certain emotions than to hide their manifestation in our body language, and in turn, our appearing on video? Or, moreover, personal interactions, where our every micro-reaction to what is being said by someone else, is being observed, also? This author found himself experiencing something very difficult, when he was ten years old, and then stopped smiling for many, many years. He had been urged to practice smiling in front of a mirror, to no avail. Not until he worked through the reasons why he had stopped smiling, did he regain this crucial aspect of living. Indeed, Dale Carnegie urged people to smile. Also, the famed Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia from 1991 through 1999, was at one point in his life, coached on how to smile. This author believes that our bodies reveal a great deal, about how we feel, including how we feel about other people. As one master salesman, Brian Tracy, has put it, it is very important to like people, to follow the Golden Rule. If we do not, it may be very difficult to hide this in our body language.

• Autore: Loran Joly
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 00:09:48
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: ReEnvision Press
• EAN: 1230008845498

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