TED Talks | Day 3

Amy Cuddy | Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

Summary:
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident -- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.
Amy Cuddy’s research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perceptions — and even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions

Key Points:

• We are influenced by our own non-verbal expressions of power and dominance (or lack there of)
• We tend to not mirror power non-verbals, rather our instinct is to do the opposite (get smaller)
• Non verbals govern how we think and feel about ourselves.
• Our minds change our bodies, do our bodies change our minds?
• Don't just fake it until you make it, fake it until you become it. Pretend confidence through non-verbals until you feel confidence.
• Tiny tweaks ----------> Big Changes
• Try a power pose before stressful situations (interview, social gathering, public speaking)
• Share this science with those that need it

Notes:
Interesting point that both seeing people and people blind sense birth will instinctively make the same pose when they win a race - arms up in a V and chin raised.

This one is worth trying - two minutes in private holding a power pose is shown to boost your level of testosterone and lower your level of cortisol.