👀According to Carol Kinsey Goman, author of “The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help–or Hurt–How You Lead,” to create a sense of emotional connection with others, we need to be perceived as empathetic, likeable and caring with our body language, which includes more eye contact.
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I think that eye contact (and physical contact) are essential ways that intelligent beings show that they care and value the other being – whether human or canine – and is an essential skill for a therapy dog.
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What do you think?