Here are the three biggest mistakes people make.

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The video provides immediate, actionable value by addressing a common insecurity (profile pictures) with expert-backed, counter-intuitive advice.

Summary

A body language expert explains three common mistakes people make in their profile pictures that signal negative emotions. She demonstrates how specific facial expressions like fear eyes, contempt, and inauthentic smiles can negatively impact how others perceive you.

Structure

1Introduction to profile picture mistakes
2Explanation of fear eyes and anxiety signaling
3Demonstration of contempt micro-expressions
4Warning against asymmetrical smiles
5Explanation of inauthentic smiles

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PROFILE BIGGEST MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE 1 THEY'RE SHOWING FEAR EYES YEAH SIGNALING ACCIDENTALLY ANXIETY SURE NOT SHOWING UPPER WHITES SECOND MISTAKE MAKE A CONTEMPT MICRO EXPRESSIONS SO THAT'S A ONE-SIDED MOUTH RAISE THE EMOTION TRIGGERS THE FACE THAT HAPPENS SO IF PEOPLE MAKE THE CONTEMPT EXPRESSION ONE-SIDED MOUTH RAISE NOT ONLY THEY LOOK SCORNFUL DISDAINED FEEL BETTER THEN AND SCORNFUL SO ASYMMETRICAL SMILE IN YOUR PROFILE PICTURE YOU ARE ACCIDENTALLY SIGNALING NEGATIVITY THE THIRD BIGGEST MAKE THEY DO AN INAUTHENTIC SMILE IN THEIR PICTURE THE ONLY TRUE INDICATOR OF HAPPINESS WHEN THESE CHEEK MUSCLES ARE ACTIVATED

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Here are the three biggest mistakes people make. One, they're showing fear eyes. You're signaling accidentally anxiety. So try to make sure you're not showing the upper whites. Second mistake you will do is they make a contempt micro expression. So that's a one-sided mouth raise. When you make these faces, it actually triggers the emotion. Just like when you have the emotion, it triggers the face. There's a loop that happens. So if people make the contempt expression, one-sided mouth raise, not only do they look scornful, kind of disdained, they actually begin to feel better then and scornful. So do not do an asymmetrical smile in your profile picture. You are accidentally signaling negativity. The third biggest mistake you will make is they do an inauthentic smile in their picture. The only true indicator of happiness is when these cheek muscles are activated.