Quotes from Matt Morris

Keep your hands at your sides (not in your pockets) ?       Make direct eye contact

you have a drink, hold it at your waist (not your chest) ?       Stand up straight, keep your shoulders and

Nod to show that you are listening and understand

Open up your arms and body

sitting, lean forward because it will show that you're listening

Do not play with jewelry because it will make you look nervous and could be distracting for the listener

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." -Mahatma Gandhi

Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.

your boss at work, or your spouse, or a group of college students via YouTube?

Add Pauses Every good storyteller knows that a pause can do so many things. It can heighten the tension of the scene, or simply allow the audience to absorb the information given to them, or give the listener an opportunity to laugh or respond back with a "Really?", "Oh my gosh", or "No way!

As you're creating your story, think through where you'd want pauses. Try to put yourself in the listener's shoes–if you were the listener and you were being told your story, where would you want pauses?

Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny.

How To Spot A Liar And since we are already talking about lying, you must know that there are a number of ways to spot a liar. Among the most obvious are in their smile and through eye contact. Experts would say that a genuine smile is impossible to fake. Everyone knows how to smile for the camera, and perhaps this is also something we use when we greet other people. But a genuine smile is different because the emotion shows in a person's eyes.

Generally, you don't want to begin conversations with "Why" questions because, as mentioned before, they have a tendency to put people on the defense. It

The fastest way to connect is to find something in common and let that thread flourish. Similar interests are the easiest and most effective way to develop rapport or a connection.

The point of an exemplar is not that he or she is to be emulated, but that this person, in virtue of being farther along a path you aspire to go down, somehow understands you better than you understand yourself—at least at the beginning.

Women are more likely than men to engage immediately in emotionally stimulating conversations because instinctively women are usually more connected with their emotions.

Do not cross your arms across your chest because you will appear closed off, annoyed, and non-receptive to what the other person is saying

Positive thinking needs to be a daily practice. It will not happen overnight, but rather it needs to be a conscious effort of being aware of your thoughts and statements to determine if they are coming from a negative or a positive place. Being consciously aware of your thoughts is the first step before it can enter the unconscious mind and become a habit.

The thing is what you are going through is not really negative. The negativity of it all is just a product of your mind. It will only become negative once you let yourself believe that it is.

When your grateful for things or qualities you possess you're much more likely to create happiness in your life.

Whatever it is you want out of life, make a decision and a commitment first and then work out the how. If you think doubt in your head, you find doubt in the world.

Visualize and re-experience it completely in your mind.

The listener will be able to hear your emotions in your voice, so