The Definitive Book of Body Language

The 13 Most Common Gestures You'll See Daily

Sizing up the

competition

Their conversation may sound casual or friendly but a relaxed

atmosphere won't exist until their Hands-on-Hips gestures are

dropped and open gestures or head tilting are used.

If these two men were directly facing each other with their

feet planted firmly on the ground and legs apart, a fight could

be likely.

Gesture clusters show

aggressive attitudes

Even though Adolf Hitler used the Hands-on-Hips gesture to
try to appear authoritative for publicity photographs he still
could not stop his left hand from crossing his body and
attempting to cover his solitary testicle.