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A mountain of evidence shows that our bodies are pushing, shaping, even leading our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. That the body affects the mind is, it's fair to say, incontestable. And it's doing so in ways that either facilitate or impede our ability to bring our authentic best selves to our biggest challenges.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Ability Affects Authentic Behaviors Best Biggest Bodies Body Bring Challenges Doing Either Even Evidence Facilitate Fair Feelings Leading Mind Mountain Our Pushing Say Selves Shaping Shows Thoughts Ways

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It's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their warmth.

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Topics: Competence Demonstrating Expense Importance Often People Power Uncommon Warmth

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Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Altogether Body Body Language Communicate Competence Experienced Just Language Likely Maybe More Much Neglect Politicians Power Signal Struggle Too Using Very Warmth

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I sometimes work with a communications and media training firm called KNP Communications. It's nice to bring the research to the practitioners; I learn a lot watching how they put it into practice, and I know they like to be on top of what's happening on the research front.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Bring Communications Firm Front Happening How Know Learn Like Lot Media Nice Practice Put Research Sometimes Top Training Watching Work

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A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Across Come Consultants Generally Help Hire How Lot Politicians Presence Surprisingly Them

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Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Able Being Comfortable Competence Easily Go Involves Public Signals Speaker Strongly Which

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There is no one who is present all the time, but you work on becoming present when you are interacting with people who are working for you, being able to hear them without a sense of threat, to go into those meetings with confidence and not arrogance.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Able Arrogance Becoming Being Confidence Go Hear Interacting Meetings People Present Sense Them Those Threat Time Who Without Work Working You

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People want to feel understood by their leaders.

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Topics: Feel Leaders People Understood Want

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Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Becomes Before Bit Influence Little Little Bit People Strength Threatening Trust You Your

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Entrepreneurs are more likely to be successful if they're able to be present while pitching their ideas. It's about maintaining presence during big challenges - very high stakes moments with some component of social judgment. Everyone has them, whether they're entrepreneurs or not.

~Amy Cuddy

Topics: Able About Big Challenges Component Entrepreneurs Everyone High Ideas Judgment Likely Maintaining Moments More Pitching Presence Present Social Some Stakes Successful Them Very Whether While

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: Unknown

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