Hand gestures that shouldn't be ignored.

Handshakes, hand gestures to greet someone, have existed for thousands of years and in various forms. Even today handshake is the most common gesture for greeting. But have you ever wondered that besides greeting, they serve another purpose too?

Believe it or not, Handshakes can have a drastic impact on your impression while meeting someone. Handshakes can reveal a lot about your personality.

For example; Someone having a firm handshake can be perceived as an extroverted personality, whereas having a limp handshake reveals a shy and introverted individual.

In this article, we'll only be covering the three most common handshakes and the impression they make on others. So let's start.

Types of Handshakes:

1. Dominant Handshake

2. Submissive Handshake

3. Equality Handshake

Dominant Handshake:

  As appears from its name, This handshake exhibits dominance and aggression. It involves facing your palm downward while offering your hand to someone. 

This type of handshake is not likeable because when you are offering your hand facing your palm downwards; 

you are just forcing others to hold it by facing their palm upwards(a submissive position). 

This handshake is discouraged because it makes others feel inferior, as you are forcing them into a submissive handshake. That's why anyone with some status in a society highly protests this handshake.

Note: It is advised not to use this handshake in your daily routine as this might make others think of you as arrogant and moody.

People who might accept this handshake without complaining can be your co-workers or employees(maybe). But, if you are planning to do it with your friends or seniors, well, beware, because they might take it as aggression or arrogance even if you meant no disrespect. That's why it is recommended to avoid it as much as possible.

Submissive Handshake:

As already mentioned briefly in the above category, This handshake exhibits a submissive attitude. It involves facing your palm upward while offering your hand for a handshake.

This handshake gives an impression of submitting yourself to someone. In other words, you are transferring control to someone else. It is considered fine as it never makes anyone feel inferior. But unacceptable in a way that it can make one(you) look inferior.

Because when you are offering your hand in a palm-up position, you are providing others with a chance to dominate you by giving you a dominant handshake.

This type of handshake is discouraged because you should never let anyone dominate you. 

Note: This kind of handshake should only be used when you want someone to be in charge. 

If you use it in your daily routine, I am afraid that others might think of you as inferior and might not award you with the respect you deserve. So be careful.

Equality Handshake:

This handshake gesture expresses equality, confidence and struggle. It requires the palms of both individuals to face each other in a vertical position in a way that both apply the same pressure.

It is the symbol of "struggle" as both the individuals struggle to keep their hands in a vertical position; This struggle equalizes the status of both individuals, which results in no individual being dominant or submissive.

This handshake must be used in daily routine because 

neither it disrespects someone nor makes you look inferior.

Conclusions: 

Handshakes are everywhere. Style may differ but, we all do it in some way. 

So, it's better to have an idea of what impression your handshake style is making on others.

I hope this article will help you in some way. Feel free to

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