The television shat that I watched by wouldn't normally watch was The Bold and the Beautiful. During this show a young man walked into an older mans office who was sitting behind the desk and they were having a conversation. The young man was saying something to the older man and the older man looked confused and maybe a little agitated but I thing that the young man was passionate about what he was saying and the older man didn't appear to be agreeing with him. The scenes switched and there was a young woman in an office who was looking at jewelry and another young woman walked into the office and there appeared to be some tension. The dark head lady kind of looked reluctant to say something to the blonde but began a conversation anyway. The blonde seemed to listen but you could tell that it was a conversation that she didn't want to be having. The expressions changed on both of the women and it seemed they were talking about something that they both were agreeing with but then the expressions changed back and the blonde woman appeared to be somewhat in control of the conversation the the brunette didn't appear to be backing down. The scene switched again and the older man who was previously mention was at a house speaking to a different younger man and they were eating chicken. The younger man seemed to be expressing himself as well and the older man was listening to him but expressing himself as well.
When I watched the show again at the beginning of the show Wyatt when to see it dad Bill and he had a favor to ask him and his Bill asked him what it was and he told him that he wanted to move into a house that his brother lived in and he wanted his brother to live in the house that he occupied. He figured since he was now married he should have the house and his brother should have the bachelor pad since he was the bachelor. Apparently they both want the same girl and Wyatt was the one who ended up with the girl. He wanted Bill who was his dad to make it happen for him since he was the one who purchased the properties for both of his sons. Bill said that he would see what he could do but wasn't making any promises and seemed confused by the whole situation. When the scene switched the brunette was Ivy and the blonde was Hope and there was tension between the two and Ivy wanted to discuss it but Hope did not so they began to talk about work and then Hope began fishing for information from Ivy telling her that Liam should have time to get over her before he moves on with someone else, basically implying that she was just a rebound.
When I watched this show in silence and then with volume I couldn't believe the story line. However I do think that the communication that I imagined was happening was right. You can tell a lot about what a person is saying to another in my opinion by their body language and facial expressions. You have to be mindful of these things when communicating with others. Although the tension in this show was apparent both on mute and with sound you don't want to appear that way when working with children in families. People are always watching, it doesn't matter if you are having that conversation with that person or not if you have a colleague, employee or parent pulled of to the side you don't want people making assumptions about the conversation you are having due to the facial expressions and body language that you are having while in that conversation. You have to be mindful that these two types of communications play a big role in how others perceive you as a professional.
I feel that this exercise truly has strengthened the perception of body language and non-verbal language. It supports that fact that you can get so much information about what is going on by facial expressions and the way one expresses themselves with their movements.
ReplyDeleteI have learned the importance to body language and ensuring that it matches what I am trying to express. Sometimes I get serious in what I am doing and people think I am grumpy when actually I am just focused. I am working on looking joyful when focused so people so people don't think I am grumpy.
ReplyDeletePeople always are watching and I often tell my team that perception is everything in this field. I give training on that often.
I also think that watching a parents body language will help me in my meetings. One time I was in a meeting and a parent kept looking at his watch. I finally asked if he needed to reschedule our meeting. He said, I am so sorry I had an unexpected meeting that I have to be at in fifteen minutes. I told him it was fine and I had not problem rescheduling. The rescheduled meeting went well and more was accomplished because the dad was not distracted. Body Language needs to be read and questions asked if needed.