When I'm coaching people to present, a question I'm always asked is

what do I do

with my hands.

Let me firstly start with what not to do, particularly if you're a guy, don't

put your hand in your pocket

and do this, you can hear the jingling

well as of course, all the ladies are looking at what you're doing with that hand. So

that's no-no in fact,

if you can keep your hands out of your pockets, do so.

Occasionally if you're in a presentation or you're teaching, you might put one hand in your pocket

but two,

never looks good.

Your hands actually are the punctuation

and the emphasis for your presentation.

So use them as such, when you're making a point, make a point.

As you look at the audience, your left hand represents the future to the audience

so if I'm going to say, at the end of this video, you're going to present much more

powerfully, you're gonna have wonderful,

significant gestures.

Then I'm gonna use this hand.

If I'm gonna talk about something you don't want to do, I would use this hand because,

so the audience this is the past and I'd say look

what you don't want to be doing

is

being anxious,

worrying, playing with your keys in your pocket.

You see how this gestures becomes natural?

Maybe you want to talk about building one point upon another maybe you want to

count off your points.

Maybe you want to talk about a process in time and you can use your

hands to create the somatic reality

that means meaning in the mind of your audience.

One thing about gestures though is if you do use a gesture, if you do use of a powerful,

significant gesture, make sure you use the same one if you repeat the point because

that really anchors that concept

for the audience.

So remember

use your hands constructively.

They are the punctuation,

the emphasis

to your presentation.

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