'The measure of intelligence is the ability to change' -Albert Einstein.
Unlock the secret to smartness with these 13 PSYCHOLOGICAL hacks !
With the fast paced world which is growing and modernizing itself so quick that even the top people are not able to cope up its vastness , it is severely important for the common man to upgrade and learn new traits and habits not at the pace but in small amounts so that he is neither left far behind . So here we have come up with some basic yet overwhelming psychological hacks that will help you form good impression and improve your personality in office , among groups , peers and also while conversing with the opposite sex . It is really important to understand and implement these hacks to excel and improve your day at work or your social life or in any other aspect of life . And believe me my friend , our team members got immense success at their levels.
1. Maintain Eye Contact , Eye contact forms a connect .
Eye contact is a scientifically proven method to form a connection with the other person and it is also shown that the more we maintain an eye contact , the more will the people consider us smart .But maintaining eye contact is difficult and quite awkward for not some but many . If such is the case then we have a goof hack for you to maintain eye contact with the second person . To do so , look into the eyes of the second person and try to determine the color of their eye . Basically you first look into their eyes and then start talking , just like the way it is demonstrated in the below picture .
If you look at their nose or their forehead or their ear or any other side then it will be evident to that person that you are not interested in the talk and your focus is somewhere else . But instead if you look eye to eye into them and maintain the eye contact through out the conversation for a longer duration , period , people will begin to think that you are actually smart and this will provide an instant boost to your personality .
2. Chewing a gum helps calm nervousness .
If you feel nervous before an event such as an interview , a conversation or a presentation , it is proven that chewing a chewing gum reduces the level of nervousness and helps you calm yourself . Of course you cannot have it while having that conversation , but just few moments before that event , if you chew the gum (without making noise) , it will generally sooth you and bring your nervousness down cand ultimately calm you .
The way it works is menthol which is usually containing peppermint in it which makes it cool for you and titillates the cool senses whereas the chewing activity distracts your brain on chewing and focusing less on the nervousness and intensity of the event and you ultimately stop thinking about all the things which were nudging you and you begin to feel a sense of calm over the body .
3 . If someone is angry with you , sit with them .
In case , someone is annoyed or angry with you then try sitting beside them . The more you will distance yourself from them , more will their and your anger will stay activated for because it is very easy to show or express anger and shout at a person from distance but , imagine if you are sitting beside them , then it will become really hard for them to be angry at you . Hence it is said that if a person is very angry at you then just go and hug them and it will instantly diffuse the situation .
Sometimes in formal consequences if there are times when you cannot hug the person just sit next to them . At a point it might seem you dangerous and scary , you feel that what if they hit you or shout very loudly at you that you feel more scared . But it is proven that as soon as you go and sit with the angry person their anger subsidizes .
4 . Observe people's feet to check for their Interest in you .
During a conversation , if you are thinking that whether the person is interested in conversing with me (not necessarily romantically, in any way) or not then , just observe their feet . If the persons feet are pointing towards you , it simply means that they are fully into the conversation with you and you must continue it . But in case if their feet face in a direction other than the direction of your face towards them , it means that the person wishes to get out of the conversation and is not interested .
This instant psychological hack can tell you whether to continue the conversation or move towards a way to end the talk because that person might have already checked out of that . And you too must as well not waste your precious time and should let them go . And that becomes a very smart , sensible and a fast way of determining peoples interest levels .
5 . Asking questions makes you more likable .
Asking questions , is scientifically proven that it makes you more likable . Really ! The more questions you ask , the more will people like you in one way or the another . And here is the reason why , Very less people listen to questions , most people usually listen answers from others . And when you give answers , to that person you come across as overconfident and over smart , you come across as maybe knowledgeable but often the other person feels like "This person always keeps answering , When will he ask a question where I can speak and get my views out ." But the moment when you genuinely ask questions to understand , learn and analyze the other person , and maintain a ratio of answers and questions ,you come across as likable .
Do not ask fundamental questions like "What is your name , What is your age , when were you born " , they don't make you smart . Ask provoking questions like "How was your day , What are your interests , etc.." (according to situation) . Asking proper questions will over time make people think of you as smart as well . (This hack might not be analogous to the teachings of our schools and colleges and that's what makes it very beneficial if you use it in a culture/work environment where asking questions is not so common).
6 . Listen & Smile , Even if you know the thing being spoken about .
Now if someone tells you something , which you already know , then you natural reaction would be like "Yes Yes , I know I know". When you do that , people do not like you ! And they feel being cut off or offended to your behavior though it was not at all your intention . Here is a simple way of doing this,
In case you already know it , at least listen to the whole thing from the other he person , maintain an eye contact and listen curiously , and at the end when the person finishes his talk , just smile . That acknowledges the talk and the person as well . The person comes to know that you have heard them and they might come to know that you already were aware of the thing but , What you end up doing is making them feel heard and at the same time , don't hurt them . So now onwards don't cut people , instead listen and smile back .
7 . Yawn to look at someone indirectly .
If you think somebody is watching you , but you do not want to directly look at them to see if they are looking at you , so a basic hack is , start yawning . And you can look at them while yawning . And it actually works , in fact always works . Why ? its because when you yawn , people find you the most harmless. A yawning person can never be a danger to anyone , cannot cause a harm to anyone , cannot abuse someone, cannot scream at someone . So that disarms them and they are not so attentive that they hope you don't figure out their activity . And that helps you figure out what you actually want to do .
8 . Ask for people's contribution to get their "yes" .
If you want people to agree with you , then ask for their contribution or opinion . This interesting hack is mainly for office . Suppose you have an idea , and you want to present it in your team and you know that a couple of people would be against it and it would be important to convince them for the idea implementation . Here is how you do it . You ask for their contribution , You say , On X topic , I have an idea , but why don't you first share your ideas ? Then they will share some ideas which will also be done , And then according to their strength you incorporate what they have , and transform them into your idea .and present it to them . When somebody sees their contribution in a larger idea , then they are not able to reject it and surely bound to accept it . That is the psychology hack that you must deploy and try it . (you can let me know how it works in comments).
9 . Last impression is as important as your first impression .
You might have heard that , the first impression is the last impression. But it is actually wrong ! Scientific research has established that, the importance of last impression is equal to the first impression. To prove this, a team of scientists did a very interesting experiment which was not around surveying people but around their experience on it. They gave two songs each of playtime sixty seconds to two different groups. One of these two songs was a normal song, and they later asked the first group to rate that song on a scale of 5.
The team of scientists then to the other group of people gave the same exact song but in the last five seconds of that song, they added a very disturbing, irritating and shrieking sound to it which seemed really deafening. Scientists then asked them to rate that modified song. And the surprising results revealed that, the first group rated it 5 on 5 star while the second group rated it 1/5. The exact same song got two highly contrasting ratings , just because of the shrieking sound which was played at last and this proved that Last Impression counts !
The same thing also happens in our real life. If you are meeting someone, or talking to someone then the way you end the conversation will be just as impactful as you want. So when you go for an interview, then your handshake , your address, good morning, good evening, is very important in the begining, But when you leave , how confidently you leave, Do you say goodbye, do you thank them and how consciusly do you say it, all these things matter in creating that standard impression that makes an overall package of you as a smart person.
So then next time you meet someone, Don't Discount the last Impression.
10 . The Benjamin Franklin Effect, Ask for a favour, to make someone like you .
Now this hack is very interesting, and a counterintuitive psychological hack. If you want somebody to like you, then ask them for a favour. It seems unagreeable right ? Because intuitively we feel that if we want someone to like us, then we should do something for them , No . Time and again this has been proven that if you ask someone for a favor, and that person does that favor for you, they tend to like you more after that. And the simple reason is that they know that their commitment or time or experience or service or something has gone towards you. So now in that persons mind, it is about I have to like this person because I contributed to them, And that is how it works !
So the next time if you want that your boss likes you, or a colleague likes you, then ask them for a favour. It is almost like asking them for help. Like you can go to your boss and say that Boss , I would really value your help if you give me your feedback for this slide in this presentation. And as they give you their feedback , they will tend to like you more. They will also actually like the work which they have contributed towards you which was one of the hacks which we discussed earlier. And that creates a wonderful loop when you use this psychological hack to your benefit and move ahead.
11. Listen to the entire song again , to end its mind loop.
Sometimes when you wake up in the morning, and a song keeps on playing in your head in a loop and does not end. And you want to get over with that song, and the way to end and do that is to listen to that entire song again and that is when it will stop. This effect happens when our brain has registered only incomplete things. Whenever we have some incomplete tasks, which we started but did not complete , mostly they tend to stay in our minds. And contrarily we tent to forget what tasks that we have completed already.
In the same way if a song is stuck in your head, then listen to the complete song, and then only will you let go of the song from your mind because after that you bran would have completed the task.
12 . Keep nodding to show someone that you're listening .
If you want someone to notice that you are listening to them intently, then the right way to do that is to keep nodding. When you nod, it gives the sublimal effect that you are listening to them keenly.(That may be true and may not be true, it's not necessary) but it definitely gets them to share a lot more.
The best example for this effect is Ranveer Allahbadia, When he is doing a podcast, there is a guest in front of him who can share a lot of information and he wants that the guest feels comfortable and becomes open and gives most of his information to the audience. Similarly to get such outcome, you have to bring this psychological hack (I am not saying that Ranveer is faking by nodding, he is genuinely a curious person, and he is curiously listening but I am talking about the effect that it brings in his podcasts).
13 . Practicing gratitude is the sure shot way to convert a bad day into a good day.
Regardless of how bad your day went, regardless of how difficult it was, regardless of all your struggles, the simplest way to convert a bad day into a good day is expressing gratitude. It is scientifically proven that at the end of the day, if you write a journal of all the things that you are grateful for, like my parents are healthy, my siblings and cousins are doing well in their life, my friends love me, I was not injured today, my hands and feet can move, I have a roof above my head and a house to live in, food to eat, clothes to wear, whatever the case maybe or whatever you are grateful for. It maybe like I met a good person today, I got so many likes on my photo, I felt this & that for this person... whatever is it, it does not matter.
A gratitude entry instantly makes you feel like you are in control. You feel that everything in your life is not bad. There are so many things for which you are thankful, and for which you are giving a thank to bhagvaan and yourself. And that gets your mind to start thinking positively.
Authors Message
These are the 13 psychological hacks which every person in the world can adopt to move ahead and to make people think that you are smart, To make people believe that you mean well, and I would love for you to share some other hacks which you have used and according to you is really good in the comments section so that others can also learn from your experience. Please do read our articles and share us your feedback on our mistakes, and how can we improve to provide you the best of us. And also please support our donation campaigns by clicking any of the surround advertisements.
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