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Step 1
Be aware that personal appearance counts a lot. If you are dressed appropriately, not only will others gravitate to you but you will have more self confidence.
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Step 2
Make good eye contact and greet the other person with a smile, because people generally like others who are enthusiastic and upbeat. Demonstrate your ability to easily relate to others and your new neighbors will beat a path to your door.
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Step 3
Offer a firm handshake. More relationships have ended before they began when a limp handshake is offered. No one wants to be greeted that way, and it says a lot about one's personality. It's about the only tactile way to tell that person you are glad to meet them.
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Step 4
Speak up and enunciate clearly. It indicates self confidence and people will be more at ease meeting you because of it.
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Step 5
Use vocabulary that reveals your communication skills and ability to interface with people, especially people you've not met before. The words you choose will indicate your education and training.
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Step 6
Be careful of your non-verbal communication, because it sometimes conveys a stronger message than verbal communication. For example, when you slouch, whether you’re sitting or standing, you are saying volumes about you and your confidence level. Sit up straight; and, when you stand make yourself as tall as possible with shoulders back and head held high.
