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In 1967 Dr. Albert Mehrabian at UCLA conducted a study on communication and the results were very interesting indeed. These results have been misunderstood and misquoted for a very long time. The myth is that the rule found in the study proved that 55% of communication was based on body language, 38% was based on tone, and 7 percent was based on the spoken word. That means that 93% of communication is based on non-verbal communication.
Now never mind that Dr. Mehrabian never actually stated that was a rule in the study. Remember folks, never let facts get in the way of a good story. It does beg the question, if the majority of communication comes from body language, why do we focus so much on the words coming out of our mouths.
And the simple answer is…we are lazy.
One thing I learned very early in my professional career and has served me well as a role-player and gamemaster is to never, and I mean never ignore body language.
On this episode of Epic Adventure Dr. Christina Stiso and I are going to talk about reading the table. I of course used her honorific because that matters when we discuss topics that sit squarely within her field of study.
Dr, when did you realize that how someone said something was far more important than what was said?
