A big one for me was practising at smiling and making my voice sound pleasant. Another one was nodding my head. I don’t know what it means, and neither do other people, but nodding at people often makes them more polite for some reason. As does bowing slightly, and blinking.
Depending on context, nodding can mean “yes”, “hello”, “I agree with you”, “I acknowledge you”, and “thank you”. The common thread is agreeableness, which disposes others to feel seen and understood, hence a polite demeanour in response.
If you go to a country where you don’t speak the language a smile and the local word for ‘hello’ is a good way to defuse tension over them encountering a foreigner … same goes with people who think differently to you :-)
A big one for me was practising at smiling and making my voice sound pleasant. Another one was nodding my head. I don’t know what it means, and neither do other people, but nodding at people often makes them more polite for some reason. As does bowing slightly, and blinking.
Depending on context, nodding can mean “yes”, “hello”, “I agree with you”, “I acknowledge you”, and “thank you”. The common thread is agreeableness, which disposes others to feel seen and understood, hence a polite demeanour in response.
If you go to a country where you don’t speak the language a smile and the local word for ‘hello’ is a good way to defuse tension over them encountering a foreigner … same goes with people who think differently to you :-)