The Body Language Expert: 4 Body Language Tricks That Will Make Them Love You And Respect You! - Doctor Amy Cuddy

Is body language really that important? Yes. For example, when you change the posture of people who are depressed. It reduces their symptoms. Tiny tweaks lead to big changes. Dr. Amy Cuddy, expert on the behavioral science of power. The Harvard professor coined the term power pose the second most watched TED talk of all time. Your body language is betraying you. Fifty percent of our first impression is based around body language. So the way that we carry ourselves really affects your life. Cause if people feel utterly powerless, they see challenges as threats instead of opportunities. They are less creative, less authentic. So that's my mission to help people feel more powerful and become more socially brave. And there's all kinds of ways in which we can fix it. Is there a relationship there as well between our body language and attractiveness? Yeah. There's research showing that if you That body language is more effective both in the workplace and in dating situations. How we tell our stories to ourselves matters.

It's the worst thing that ever happened to me. I had to leave my job after I'd worked so hard to get there. I almost decided to die. Like I'm so afraid of them still. Um Uh Amen.

There's lots of um myths around body language and How important it is. And you hear all these phrases about oh eighty percent of our communication is nonverbal or ninety percent. I can't remember the numbers, but you hear all of this stuff. Is body language really that important?

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