We often use the term flirting to describe a playful act between opposite sexes. In actual fact, flirting can be used in other areas of human interaction. The definition of flirting as described in the Merriam-Webster dictionary has several meanings.. (1) To behave erratically, (2) to behave amorously without serious intent, (3) to come close to reaching something etc. As you can see it is a general meaning not specifically associated with an outcome between opposite sexes. Here we describe how we can make best use of flirting and how it can be used to help us improve our social lives.

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It makes complete sense to be knowledgeable in these areas because by understanding more of these overlooked and missed signals from these techniques help us to communicate more effectively and do not leave ambiguity to chance.

human interaction helps us to be better in our lives

This can also have an increased beneficial effect on our lives, as it creates more positive energy and we are able to connect more deeply with other people.

As a result our mood, attitude and frame of mind we have toward life can change for the better.

Like all skills, it can be learnt but again the person needs to be open-minded and aware that such concepts are not within their vocabulary now but they will soon be if given time and patience.

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Most of all they have to be prepared to accepting these ‘new’ thought patterns.

It’s the basic premise that if you go toward learning something new with a certain kind of attitude, you are likely to deliver on that promise.

a positive atitude is almost always followed by a positive outcome

To give you an example, if a student’s attitude from a class is just to learn the bare minimum, he/she is likely to fulfill that promise.

However, if a student is anxious to learn as much as they can, he/she is likely to achieve that by going that extra mile.

However, the actual meaning of the open-minded approach is not fully understood or appreciated by many students and I too have often missed the true meaning and sense of this.

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For example, I enjoy salsa dancing and as I improved over time my interests in other forms of dancing came alive.

keeping an open mind requires having no previous bias or opinions

At that time, I was also dabbling with Tango and I thought surely some of my accomplished skill sets in Salsa dancing would get me up to speed in Tango in no time.

I tried for a year to learn Tango and got increasingly frustrated, as I was not able to execute the beauty and elegance of the moves like the other dancers who seem to have a deep connection with this dance with their partner.

I stumbled and tried to correct my mistakes and almost gave up trying.

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It was then, that I had a light bulb go off inside my head and I realized that I truly needed to be open-minded about this dance and cannot bring my old habits and integrate it into the dance.

different dance styles and techniques require different mindsets

I decided, I was going to take a step back and then deliberately posed a question to myself “I am going to completely ignore whatever I learned in salsa and try to learn tango as it is really taught”.

I was immediately surprised at my rate of improvement in the dance after I switched my thinking like this. I then realized what it truly meant to be open-minded.

To others it may seem obvious, but this was my rationale in thinking and which helped me overcome this difficult hurdle in appreciating this new dance.

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