Make eye contact : Whether you are speaking or listening, looking into the eyes of the person with whom you are conversing can make the interaction more successful. Eye contact conveys interest and encourages your partner to be interested in you in return. One technique to help with this is to consciously look into one of the listener’s eyes and then move to the other eye. Going back and forth between the two makes your eyes appear to sparkle. Another trick is to imagine a letter “T” on the listener’s face, with the cross bar being an imaginary line across the eye brows and the vertical line coming down the center of the nose. Keep your eyes scanning that “T” zone. How to Look People in the Eye Some people struggle to make eye contact with others. This is considered as a basic component of social interaction in some cultures. Failing to make eye contact suggests to some that you're shy to others, it indicates that you are not confident enough and sometimes can also be take...