Chapter 12
Being Aware of Territorial Rights and Regulations
In This Chapter
Fitting into your space
Staking your claim
Positioning yourself to your best advantage
If you’ve ever bumped into a stranger on the high street, been squashed on a rush hour tube or been kissed by someone you’d rather hadn’t kissed you, you’ve experienced space invasion. Unless invited, it feels a bit creepy when someone gets too close, whereas it feels so much better when the distance is right.
In this chapter, you look at the different areas of space around you. You find out why what feels comfortable at ten paces feels differently at one. You also discover why cohorts sit side by side and adversaries sit face to face. Finally, you discover how the way that you position yourself, whether upright, supine or simply off kilter, impacts on your gestures, movements and the impression you make.
Understanding the Effect of Space
The way you fill and move within space impacts on your thoughts, your feelings and the way that others perceive you. People who know where to position themselves in relation to someone else control the interaction. They know when to get up close and personal, and when to back off. They ...
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