A great way to figure out what a person is like would be as simple as shaking their hand. The most amazing thing I find about people is how strong or weak their handshake is.  You see when a person has a great presence and a great voice a handshake can make or break your opinion of that person.

I recently came across something rather interesting.  I met one of the former trainers of NYSC and he being polite said hello and shook my hand.  I know that I have a strong handshake, because I was taught that nobody likes to shake a limp limb.  The trainer seeing that I have a strong shake commented on it and then decided (while he was still holding my hand) to show who is the boss by squeezing my hand even harder.  He squeezed so hard that after he let go of my hand – I had to shake it out.  I have had met this person before and could not really place him, but knew that I didn’t like something about him.  His handshake reaffirmed my feelings.   I suspected that he was the type of person who would try and overpower and push on people his ideologies.  And I was right.

That said, next time you shake hands make sure your hand is one you would want to shake and not an over-eager or overly-limp shake.  In this day and age nobody likes a debutant shake, so for a girl shake hands with many people and find the shake that you like best and then emulate it.  As for guys same concept goes, and please whatever you do, don’t over squeeze a lady.  We know you are strong and macho; you don’t need to prove it to us by squeezing the life out of our hands.