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Amy Cuddy talks “power posing”Amy Cuddy talks “power posing”

Posted By Kate Torgovnick

In the TEDTalk “Your body language shapes who you are,” Amy Cuddy shared that posing for two minutes in a powerful position — with the body expansive and the limbs stretched out — can have a profound effect on how a person feels. Yesterday, Cuddy and her co-researcher Dana Carney sat down for an interview […]

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Some examples of how power posing can actually boost your confidenceSome examples of how power posing can actually boost your confidence

Posted By Kate Torgovnick

There’s one very important thing that everyone should do before heading into a job interview, giving a big speech or attempting an athletic feat. According to Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist at Harvard Business School, everyone should spend 2 minutes power posing. What, you ask, is power posing? It is adopting the stances associated with […]