Look the interviewer in the eye, smile, sit up straight and respect personal space.

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Out of nearly fifty pieces, two in particular made me sit up straight.

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Just like they told you for your school photo, sit up straight, wet your lips and lean forward just a bit.

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Always remember to sit up straight, with your head in a level position, not bent forward, with the top of your computer screen just below eye level.

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The prospect of giant Google-server farms built next to power plants makes executives from IBM to Accenture (nyse: ACN - news - people ) sit up straight.

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Now sit up straight and try again.

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Mega-philanthropist and billionaire Ted Turner, who displayed such comfort with being on stage and with the subject that it was hardly necessary for him to sit up straight, over-shared that men are too testosterone-jacked to stay in any power positions at all.

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It turns out all those GIFs and videos that strike us as cute and amusing are actually moving us at a much deeper level making our hearts race and our palms sweat, making us gasp and sit up straight in our chairs.

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