Chapter 5
Project Confidence: Expressing Your Intention Nonverbally
Expressing Your Intention Nonverbally
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
—Vince Lombardi
John F. Kennedy, like many great politicians, understood the power of nonverbal communication. He knew the importance of shaping and controlling an audience's perception through visual messages, and he used this knowledge to his advantage as a communicator. When it came time to prepare for his watershed 1960 presidential debate with Richard Nixon—the first televised debate in history—Kennedy took a vastly different approach to preparation than Nixon did. Television was a relatively new medium at that time and Kennedy understood that he needed to make it work for him.
Get The Pin Drop Principle: Captivate, Influence, and Communicate Better Using the Time-Tested Methods of Professional Performers now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
