Welcome to Day 56...
Got a little writing
done, but was still in family wedding mode most of the day. That said, I
wanted to share something a bit different with you today.
Something a bit out of
the ordinary, that according to one expert, could dramatically alter your road
to success.
It's all about body
language...holding your head up high, squaring your shoulders and standing
strong in a confident pose with your hands on your hips...even when you don't
feel remotely confident at all.....
It's what Ann Cuddy, a
Harvard Business School professor calls, "Power Poses".
Cuddy's research shows
that standing a certain way actually changes your body chemistry - lowering
your cortisol levels and increasing your testosterone levels in the
brain - making your feel stronger more self-assured. Traits that could
dramatically impact how you respond to circumstances and to people around your
as well as how others in turn perceive you.
"More testosterone means, roughly, more confidence. More cortisol translates into higher stress. Cuddy found that “high power poses” increase testosterone and inhibit cortisol, while “low power poses” do the opposite. She describes the high power poses as positions that open up the torso. Think a cobra rearing and spreading its hood to the sun, or Wonder Woman with her legs apart and her hands on her hips. The wimpy poses force the body in on itself—the arms across the chest, the shoulders forward, the head and chin down—and convey submission. In a series of 2012 experiments, Cuddy discovered that people who assumed high-power poses for a few minutes before a fake job interview were more likely to win over judges watching a videotape of the encounter. Regardless of what they actually said, these candidates radiated presence and personality—and that got them fake hired, whereas people who adopted neutral or low power poses before the interview earned only middling scores from the judges."
Here's a look at Cuddy's Power Poses...
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And Amy Cuddy's presentation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc
Until tomorrow, here's Today's Takeaway Lesson...
"Stand Tall, Reach High, & Dream Big...'"
Here's to Being All In,
Maggie
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