Your body language shapes who you are

Your body language shapes who you are.Based on TED Talk by Amy Cuddy.

We are more interested in judging other people’s body language.

See for yourself!!

An awkward wink!!

All this can have ustalking for weeks andweeks. Even by the BBC

in The New York Times.

Social Science have taken a long time studying the effect of our body language on judgement.

We make sweeping judgements and references from body languages.

The animal kingdom shows its dominance by expanding:

Humans also do the same.

But when they feel powerless they behave just the opposite.

This Happens When High and Low Power are put together:

Women feel chronically less powerful than men which is not surprising.

Research shows that it is related to the extent to which a student is

participating.

Our non verbal governs how other people thinks and feels about us, but do our non verbal govern how we think and feel about ourselves?

Our minds change our bodies but do our bodies change our minds?

A powerful mind tends to be: More assertive. More confident. More optimising. Feel that they can win a game of chance Thinking more abstractly. Taking more risks.

Let’s look at:

Testosterone is dominance hormone.

Cortisol is a stress hormone.

High power alpha males in primate hierarchies have high Testosterone and low Cortisol.

Powerful and effective leaders also have high Testosterone and low Cortisol.

Study showed that our body can change our mind.

Our various roles can shape our mind if we adopt some certain poses.

All one need is to adopt those.

People tends to adopt two type of poses.

Following is the impact!!

So, can Power Posing for a few minute really change your life in a meaningful way?

Before a job interview what do you do? Actually.

CONFIDENT PASSIONATE

ENTHUSIASTIC AUTHENTIC

COMFORTABLE CAPTIVATING

What you actually need to be :

Our Bodies Change Our Minds AND Our Minds Change Our Behaviour AND

Our Behaviour Changes Our Outcomes.

If you find any work not easy for you, at least give it a try. Fake it but try it.

Tiny tweaks in your life will make BIG changes.

Created By- Biswajit Biswas IIT(BHU), Varanasi During an Internship by

Prof. Sameer Mathur IIM (Lucknow) www.IIMInternship.com