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Dead fish or vise?
As slack as a fish or as tight as a vise? How to shake hands says a lot about personality and intentions.
You have it in your hand . Or rather, you have it in your hands. The other one who is shaking hands with you. For what he does not know: While he is still at the " Hello, nice to meet you " thinks about how he impressed you the best, you already know. Whether he is a spider monkey, a bit skeptical or shy. Because nothing is as revealing as a handshake .
That the first impression counts, we know. That this assessment is usually correct, confirm various studies. That this quick judgment is not only due to voice and smell, but mainly based on shaking hands, have found two communication trainers: Caroline Krüll and Christian Schmid-Egger.
It is therefore advisable to take the situation very consciously in the hand. If you want to be sympathetic, shake the other's hand for three seconds - or three times up and down. In doing so, bend your arm slightly to get a "you-are-nice-but-hard-on-you-not-distance" distance. And create eye contact, which is next to a smile half the battle. Done is the perfect first impression.
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