What image do you project through nonverbal communication'
             For the most part, I tend to manage my non-verbal communication,
             especially in settings in which I don't know the other people well. I
             studied theater in high school, and learned some basics that work onstage
             to communicate various emotions to the audience, and I often catch myself
             using them in business and social situations on purpose. For example, I am
             aware that crossing the arms in front of the chest can mean that one is
             shutting out what the other person is saying, or disbelieving it. I have
             done that, to convey just that message, on purpose. Sometimes, though, I
             notice that I'm doing it when the person I'm speaking with is doing it, and
             then I often unfold my arms to see if they will mimic me and open up to me,
             I sometimes convey interest in what another person is saying by
             limiting the tendency to gaze elsewhere, and this, too, is often managed so
             that I can convey interest even when I'm not really interested but don't
             These are sort of micro-images I might project, however. The major
             image I project nonverbally, I have been told, is of a certain amount of
             being relatively unapproachable and self-contained. I haveâ€"and know I
             haveâ€"a probably greater than usual need for personal space. E.T. Hall, an
             anthropologist, defined four zones people tend to keep around themselves.
             The first is the intimate zone, which is one's own body plus a few inches,
             and is only usually allowed to be breached by closer partners. The next
             zone is the personal one, ranging from about four to about 18 inches from
             the body and generally admits close friends and confidantes. The social
             zone is the third zone, extending to about four feet, and is the one in
             which we usually permit even strangers perceived as harmless to approach.
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