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I have perfect eye contact ratio. It has never been a problem. But my eye contact ratio is too perfect and is not reflective of my autism and I want to change it to match how serious I am about listening to people.
I want to work on how I look at people...
You're right user about being in my head, I gotta stop it. Although my natural body language is pretty plain, I'd like to have that Chad charisma and confidence. I'm not able to take a speech class anytime soon though
You're absolutely wrong, in my view, but nothing that I say is going to convince you otherwise. Your cynicism, arrogance, selective observations, and general shitty attitude ensure that. Never mind that universities in the United States absolutely dominate international lists of the top universities in the world, of course.
>make own lists based on own research
>dominate said lists
Wow who would have thought?
Also there's really no need to get insulting but then again this whole thread is about being socially inept so you are forgiven.
Once again...
>"Your cynicism, arrogance, selective observations, and general shitty attitude ensure that"
I'm shocked.
user I'm a neet with no ability to go to uni but if you've taken speech or other communication related adult level classes which actually helped you in some way, can you please elaborate? Good books for this, other media you analysed or learned from, class exercises, curriculum ideas? I want to get as much info as someone in my situation can cause I can't be there myself lel. I have an idea of something like Bernays but hard to make it applicable to real life as a single individual
I come from a little bit of a varied background, but I've done undergraduate and graduate work in communications courses. Of every course that I've ever taken in college in all the years I spent, however, a community college speech class taught by a former political advisor was by far the most valuable to me.
The most valuable aspect was getting feedback and comments on my strengths and shortcomings from the instructor, as well as from the class in general. Once you're genuinely conscious of what your strengths and shortcomings are, it makes working on them a lot easier. For example, poor eye contact? Shifting or slinking while speaking? Stammering or sounding unconfident? Filler words? Low volume?
It's obviously harder in your case, as an individual, but you should have a general idea of what you'd like to work on. Also try to think of any comments that you've gotten in the past on your communications skills. (I'm sorry, I can't quite hear you. Can you speak up?/Your voice sure is monotone!/You seem uncomfortable. Are you okay?/etc.)
Once you have an idea of what you struggle with, consciously work on it and emulate others who show off good skills in that area. Over time, it's habit forming, and it will come natural to you. It's often helpful to watch yourself in a mirror or record yourself as you work on things so that you see what others see, maybe picking up on shortcomings. You'll see your one-on-one, small group, and large group communication skills grow by leaps and bounds if you actively work on it. The best thing you can do is be mindful any time you're in a communication situation.
There are rules that are specific to communication in general that are helpful (like the aforementioned 50/70 eye contact rule and the 7/38/55 breakdown), but none of that is especially important, depending on what you want to work on in particular. Based on what you seek to work on, there are lots of great resources online to help you with that particular area.