Your body language shapes who you are

Amy Cuddy:

human are really fascinated with other people's body language

when we think body language we think about communication & When we think about communication, we think about

interactions.

Sweeping judgments and inferences are made from body language

those judgments can predict important outcomes like who we

hire or promote

Apart from audience

there is one more person affected by your body language

you

when we feel powerful we open up, we tend to expand our self

And when we feel powerless We do exactly the opposite. We close up. We wrap ourselves up. We make ourselves small.

Every one knows that our minds change our bodies, but can our bodies change our minds ?

Answer is

YES

when you pretend to be powerful, you actually feel

powerful

High power poses

low power poses

2 minutes of power posing

Increases risk taking capabilities

Increases in testosterone which depicts dominance

Decreases in cortisol which depicts reaction to stress

Two minutes leads brain to be assertive, confident,

comfortable and stress-reactive

Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes

So Fake it till

you become

it

recap • Our bodies can change our minds • When we pretend to be powerful, we actually

feel powerful • 2 min power posing before anything important

leads to remarkable results • Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes

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Disclaimer

Created by Kartik Singla, Thapar University, during an internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow. www.IIMInternship.com