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Jay Shetty Podcast#1 Body Language Expert: “Men Find This IRRESISTIBLE & Most Women Never Do It” - Try This ASAP
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At a glance
WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Decode and project charisma using cues for dating, work, belonging
- Confidence and charisma are learnable through controlling specific signals—your intended impression, your body language, your voice, and your words.
- In dating, most people underestimate how subtle their flirting is; clear “availability” cues and a simple low-pressure “hey” dramatically increase approachability.
- Great conversations are built by breaking social scripts to create “me too” moments, playful interaction, and authentic reasons to like others rather than trying to sound impressive.
- Connection and safety improve when you can read cue cycles (decode–encode–internalize), spot incongruence and social-rejection cues, and get people “off script” to reveal real patterns.
- At work, trust judgments heavily depend on warmth and competence; women face a narrower acceptable band and can use tools (including AI) to calibrate cues in emails, profiles, and meetings.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasStart by defining how you want to be perceived.
Vanessa recommends choosing your current, bad-day, and ideal “first impression word,” then reverse-engineering the cues (voice, posture, expressions) that reliably produce that identity.
You’re far less “obvious” than you think when flirting.
Signal amplification bias means your subtle cues are usually missed; research observed it took about 29 flirtation/availability signals in 10 minutes for a woman to be approached.
Availability is a skill—use clear, repeatable cues.
Flirty glances (down-and-up), small smiles, brief self-touch, and simply saying a confident low-toned “hey” communicate openness with minimal risk and high clarity.
Vocal tone drives instant confidence judgments.
People assess confidence within ~200 milliseconds of hearing you; speaking on the out-breath and using the lowest end of your natural range increases perceived calm and authority without “faking” a persona.
Make “me too” moments the goal of small talk.
Instead of scripted questions (where are you from/what do you do), use context cues and similarity-seeking prompts to create shared threads that build connection quickly.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesWarmth and competence makes up 82% of our judgements of people. 82%.
— Vanessa Van Edwards
The most liked kids had the longest list of people that they liked.
— Vanessa Van Edwards
Life is too short to not hey.
— Vanessa Van Edwards
If you're trying to be interesting, it's worse than fake it till you make it. It's what do I have to do to perform for you?
— Vanessa Van Edwards
"Competence without warmth leaves us feeling suspicious."
— Vanessa Van Edwards
SPEAKERS
Jay Shetty
hostPodcast host and author (On Purpose / Jay Shetty Podcast), known for interviewing experts on well-being and relationships.
Vanessa Van Edwards
guestBody language and communication expert; bestselling author and researcher on charisma, cues, and interpersonal behavior.
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