When the first humans roamed this earth, they were mostly non-verbal creatures, with no shared language. Therefore, they had to make quick judgments of strangers based solely off the stranger’s body language, to conclude if they were friend or foe. All these years later, despite the advent of language, those instincts have not left us. Science bears that out, as studies have found a person will make a decision of a stranger within seven seconds, based off their body language. Think about the business implications of that. Within seven seconds of meeting someone, a person will conclude if you are confident or weak, interested or aloof, friend or foe – based solely off your body language. Obviously, that’s going to directly affect your ability to get leadership buy-in, close a sale or just make a friend. So what should you do in those seven seconds to make a good impression? Body language expert Carol Kinsey Goman , in a course in the Lynda lib...