How to Strike Everyone as Intelligent and Insightful by Using Your Eyes
Technique (Sticky Eyes):

Pretend your eyes are glued to your conversation partner’s with sticky warm taffy. Don’t break eye contact even after he or she has finished speaking. When you must look away, do it ever so slowly, reluctantly, stretching the gooey taffy until the tiny string finally breaks.
In a case study, the subjects reported significantly higher feelings of respect and fondness for their colleagues who had been counting their blinks.