My guest on the show today is Vanessa Van Edwards. Vanessa is a published author and behavioural investigator and the founder of Science of People, a human behaviour research lab that explores the hidden forces that drive our behaviour. She is a Huffington Post columnist and her courses and research has been featured on CNN, Forbes, Business Week and the Wall Street Journal.

On the show you will learn: 

How Vanessa overcame the social anxiety she experienced growing up to become a guru in people, interactions and charisma 
How she overcome her awkwardness and fear of social interaction and how that lead her to doing the powerful work she does today teaching confidence, charisma, leadership and influence
The 5 factors of personality 
How-to create a Success Routine
Getting out of of a confidence-slump
Understanding who you are (and why that matters when connecting with others)
The surprising science of non-verbal communication 
Why our hand gestures and expressiveness are an indicator of intelligence, credibility, and charisma
That leaders and influential people’s brains actually function differently 
Patterns of leadership and influence

Show Resources:

7 steps to improve your influence: http://www.scienceofpeople.com/2014/07/7-scientifically-proven-steps-increase-influence/
Jia Jung, Rejection Therapy: http://fearbuster.com/100-days-of-rejection-therapy/
Personality quizzes + ways to understand your communication patterns, your body language and your personality better: http://www.scienceofpeople.com/citizen-science-research/
TEDTalk research mentioned: http://www.scienceofpeople.com/ted/
The Science Of People’s Curriculums: http://www.scienceofpeople.com/online-courses/
Science Of People Facebook Page

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