DO YOUR EYES HAVE COMMITMENT ISSUES?

We have all heard “make eye contact,” but are you actually being present and connecting with your eyes?

Eye contact matters because it builds trust, signals confidence, and helps people feel included.

What is at stake? If your eyes are darting, distracted, or glued to your phone, people may read you as nervous, disconnected, or uninterested. Bad eye contact squashes your personal presence.

Online:

Look at the webcam lens not the gallery when someone is speaking. Your phone, email, and open tabs should not be your focus.

In person:

Do you make eye contact, then immediately dart away like you saw a ghost? Lock in for a second. Smile. Say hello.

Meetings or presentations:

Are your eyes warm and inviting, or wide and panicked because your brain is already rehearsing your next sentence?

Quick fix:

Practice holding your gaze longer during interactions. The more you do the more you will become comfortable. Breathe. Speak like you are speaking to an old friend.

Eye contact is not a staring contest.

It is a connection tool.

Your presence starts where your attention lands.

PRODUCE Your Powerful Presence© today.