Hand shaking. This is definately something a man is expected to know, yet so many get it wrong.
When shaking hands, look the person in the eye, smile, and give a firm straight up and down handshake, with 1 or 2 pumps and let go.
Don't pump their hand or hold on continuously - it's weird
Don't try and break the bones in their hands - it's aggressive and dangerous
Don't give a limp fish handshake - it makes you seem weak and untrustworthy
Personally, I am not fond of receiving a handshake where I'm forced to have my palm up. It says they're trying to be dominant over me and to me it's a very obvious signal. A lot of guys do this palm down style of handshake because it makes them feel good but they don't realise the implications.
Shaking hands at a straight equal level shows mutual respect.
Conversely though, if you wish the other person to feel in control or made to feel secure, you can offer you hand slightly palm up, which puts their hand in a palm down dominant position.
If someone gives you the dominant handshake and you don't like it, you can clap your other hand on top of their's in a double handed shake, and just keep it short. There's also a manouver you can do where you pull them towards you to put them off balance, and then you twist their hand and can put them in the submissive position. But if they offer their hand to me FULLY palm down and I have to rotate my hand all the way around upside down to give the handshake and risk having my fingers crushed, I'll just shake the back of their damn hand. Screw em, they're the ones stuffing up the deal.
