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Transcript of How your body language shapes who you are
YOUR
SHAPES
WHO YOU ARE
PEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY
INTERESTED IN THE BODY
LANGUAGE OF OTHERS AND WHAT
THESE MIGHT COMMUNICATE
USE OF MANIPULATORS WHILE DENYING
SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A WHITE HOUSE INTERN
ALLEGATIONS EVENTUALLY
PROVED TO BE TRUE
OUR BODY POSTURES CAN
ALSO GIVE AWAY A LOT
OF WHATS ON OUR
MINDS
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS USE THE TERM NON-VERBALS TO
DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS SIGNS THAT PEOPLE GIVE
UNCONSCIOUSLY.THESE CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO READ
THE PERSON’S EMOTIONS OR INTENTIONS
SOMETIMES EXPRESSIONS CAN
BE BROKEN DOWN TO VERY
BASIC EMOTIONS,EVEN IF THE
PERSON’S TRYING VERY HARD
TO GIVE NOTHING AWAY….
sadness
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN
VERY INTERESTED IN
THE BODILY GESTURES
OF OTHERS….
BE IT AN
AWKWARD
WINK…
OR A
MAN
BITING A
CHUNK
OUT OF
ANOTHER
MAN….
A SIMPLE
HANDSHAKE….
OR THE
LACK OF
ONE
ALL OF THESE ARE
NON-VERBALS THAT
WE RECOGNIZE AND
DRAW SWEEPING
INFERENCES FROM
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT A
PHYSICIAN IS FAR LESS LIKELY TO BE
SUED IF PERCEIVED TO BE A NICE
PERSON,IRRESEPECTIVE OF HIS
COMPETENCE.
JUDGEMENTS OF THE FACES OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES IN JUST
1 SECOND CAN INFULENCE THE OUTCOME OF A
GUBERNATORIAL RACE
OUR OWN BODY
POSTURES CAN AT
TIMES GIVE VERY
DISTINCT INDICATIONS
ABOUT THE STATE OF
OUR MINDS
AS FAR AS BODY POSTURE IS
CONCERNED,2 DISTINCT POSTURES
CAN BE OBSERVED
HIGH POWER POSE
LOW POWER POSE
MAKING YOURSELF
BIG/TAKING UP MORE SPACE
MAKING YOURSELF
SMALLER/TAKING UP LESS SPACE
HIGH POWER POSES INDICATE A FEELING OF DOMINANCE AND POWER,EITHER CHRONIC OR MOMENTARY
THE FOLLOWING TRAITS ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH POSES:
CONFIDENCE
AGGRESSION
OPTIMISM
EXTROVERSION
SELF BELIEF
ON THE OTHER CORNER WE HAVE THE LOW POWER POSERS,WHO END UP COMING
ACROSS AS:
UNDERCONFIDENT
AWKWARD
INTROVERTED
PESSIMISTIC
PEOPLE WHO FEEL MORE POWERFUL ALSO TEND TO TAKE MORE RISKS
PHYSIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING:
THEY HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE,WHICH IS THE DOMINANCE HORMONE
THEY HAVE LOWER LEVELS OF CORTISOL,WHICH IS THE STRESS HORMONE.
WE KNOW HOW THE MIND AFFECTS
BODY POSTURE
BUT NOW THE QUESTION IS…..
CAN BODY POSTURE AFFECT THE
MIND?
TO FIND OUT A GROUP OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS CONDUCTED A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT:
A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WERE ASKED TO GIVE A FLUID SAMPLE
THEY WERE EACH ASKED TO STRIKE EITHER A HIGH POWER OR LOW POWER POSE FOR 2 MINUTES
THEY WERE MADE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME GAMBLING TESTS
THEY WERE ASKED TO DEPOSIT ANOTHER FLUID SAMPLE
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
HIGH POWER
POSERS
LOW POWER
POSERS
PERCENTAGE OF RISKS TAKEN
IN HIGH POWER POSERS, 20%
IN TESTOSTERONE LEVELS
WAS OBSERVED AND A 25%
IN CORTISOL LEVELS
IN LOW POWER POSERS A 10%
IN TESTOSTERONE LEVELS
AND A 15% IN CORTISOL
LEVELS WAS OBSERVED
SO IT WAS CONFIRMED
THAT STRIKING HIGH
POWER POSES MAKES
YOU FEEL MORE
POWERFUL AND
CONFIDENT !!!
MARVELLOUS….AND WHAT GOOD
IS THAT AGAIN?HL
SO NATURALLY THE NEXT
QUESTION WAS:
IS THERE ANY WAY TO
PRACTICALLY APPLY THIS
TO ANY REAL LIFE
SITUATION ?
THE MOST COMMON REAL LIFE
SCENARIO WHERE AN INFUSION
OF CONFIDENCE COULD BE A HUGE
BOOST IS THE JOB INTERVIEW
SO ONCE AGAIN A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WERE ASKED TO STRIKE HIGH POWER OR LOW POWER POSES
FOLLOWING THIS THEY WERE MADE TO UNDERGO A HIGH STRESS INTERVIEW
FOR 5 MINUTES
THE INTERVIEWER WAS TRAINED TO NOT GIVE ANY NON-VERBAL SIGNS
SO BASICALLY,HE LOOKED LIKE…..
ITS FOUND THAT WHEN THE
VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THESE
INTERVIEWS ARE VIEWED
LATER,THE HIGH POWER
POSERS ARE INVARIABLY THE
ONES PEOPLE WANT TO HIRE
THE CONTENT OF THE INTERVIEW
AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
APPLICANT IS NOT AFFECTED BY
THE POWER POSE
SO WHAT IS IT THAT GIVES THE
HIGH POWER POSERS THE EDGE?
IT’S THE QUALITIES THEY
BRING TO THE TABLE WHICH
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FEELING
POWERFUL
POWER
OPTIMISM
EXTROVERISON
SELF BELIEF
CONFIDENCE
THESE ENABLE THEM TO
SHOW THEMSELVES AS THEY
TRULY ARE AND TO SHOWCASE
THEIR OWN IDEAS AND
OPINIONS WITHOUT ANY
INHIBITIONS OR SENSE OF
SELF DOUBT
THE ABILITY TO FULLY AND
HONESTLY EXPRESS
YOURSELF IS ONE OF THE
ADMIRED QUALITIES IN
ANY PERSON IN MOST
FIELDS OF LIFE,INCLUDING
WORK
NOT ALL JOBS
THOUGH
MINDBODY BEHAVIOUR
OUTCOMETHIS SHOWS THE
FLOW OF CONTROL IN THE
PROCESS
TO LOTS OF PEOPLE IT
SEEMS A LITTLE FAKE TO
USE THIS METHOD FOR SELF
DEVELOPMENT
TO THOSE PEOPLE SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGIST AMY CUDDY
SAYS….
THIS ENDORSES POWERING
THROUGH THE PROCESS
WHERE YOUR MIND IS
CONVINCED BY ITS BODY
THAT ITS AS GOOD AS IT
WILL THINK ITSELF TO BE.
THIS ‘FAKE’-ING WILL
LEAD TO THE ‘MAKE’-ING
OF A FAVOURABLE OUCOME
AND THESE FAVOURABLE
OUTCOMES ULTIMATELY
LEAD YOU
TOWARDS….BECOMING IT
TAKE 2 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.STRIKE A
POWER POSE.
AND DON’T FORGET TO FAKE IT TILL YA’ MAKE
IT!!!
AND THEN FINALLY BECOME IT.
SO GO
ON….THE
POWER IS
YOURS