Have you ever experienced having someone in your face when they talk to you? So close in fact that a letter “S’ results in an unwanted shower? Often when we are out networking, we find ourselves in a loud environment as people try to talk louder to be heard over people trying to talk louder to be heard. This results in a roar that makes regular conversation difficult.
People just tend to try to get closer so they would be heard and hear each other. This can result in being too close to another person sometimes making them very uncomfortable. It can even be more uncomfortable if you had not had alcohol and the other person had.
Everyone has his comfort zone boundary. This is the space around us that when others enter we begin to get uncomfortable. A good example of this is to recall if you ever got into an argument and someone got right up in your face and even tried to point his finger very near your face. So how did you feel? This can usually make a person even angrier.
In the networking world, you should maintain a distance from the people you talk to. This distance should be almost an arms length. Most peoples comfort boundary is about the length of their arm. If you get very close to someone while talking to them, imagine raising your arm, and that is the distance that you should have between you. If the other person moves closer to you during the conversation, then it is acceptable for them to be closer. So you can continue the conversation at that distance.
You can sometimes tell if you are standing too close to someone if they seem to be moving back while you are talking to them. If you observe this, then don’t move any closer. They will stop when they reach the distance that they are comfortable with. But if he turns and walks away, then find someone else to talk to.
To be most effective in your attempts to build relationships with others, it is most important to keep these things in mind. Remember that it makes no difference what you say to a person if they are not engaged in the conversation. Keeping boundaries help a lot in networking.
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