How your body language shapes who you are

YOUR

SHAPES

WHO YOU ARE

PEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY

INTERESTED IN THE BODY

LANGUAGE OF OTHERS AND WHAT

THESE MIGHT COMMUNICATE

USE OF MANIPULATORS WHILE DENYING

SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A WHITE HOUSE INTERN

ALLEGATIONS EVENTUALLY

PROVED TO BE TRUE

OUR BODY POSTURES CAN

ALSO GIVE AWAY A LOT

OF WHATS ON OUR

MINDS

SOCIAL SCIENTISTS USE THE TERM NON-VERBALS TO

DESCRIBE THE VARIOUS SIGNS THAT PEOPLE GIVE

UNCONSCIOUSLY.THESE CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO READ

THE PERSON’S EMOTIONS OR INTENTIONS

SOMETIMES EXPRESSIONS CAN

BE BROKEN DOWN TO VERY

BASIC EMOTIONS,EVEN IF THE

PERSON’S TRYING VERY HARD

TO GIVE NOTHING AWAY….

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PEOPLE ARE OFTEN

VERY INTERESTED IN

THE BODILY GESTURES

OF OTHERS….

BE IT AN

AWKWARD

WINK…

OR A

MAN

BITING A

CHUNK

OUT OF

ANOTHER

MAN….

A SIMPLE

HANDSHAKE….

OR THE

LACK OF

ONE

ALL OF THESE ARE

NON-VERBALS THAT

WE RECOGNIZE AND

DRAW SWEEPING

INFERENCES FROM

SOCIAL SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT A

PHYSICIAN IS FAR LESS LIKELY TO BE

SUED IF PERCEIVED TO BE A NICE

PERSON,IRRESEPECTIVE OF HIS

COMPETENCE.

JUDGEMENTS OF THE FACES OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES IN JUST

1 SECOND CAN INFULENCE THE OUTCOME OF A

GUBERNATORIAL RACE

OUR OWN BODY

POSTURES CAN AT

TIMES GIVE VERY

DISTINCT INDICATIONS

ABOUT THE STATE OF

OUR MINDS

AS FAR AS BODY POSTURE IS

CONCERNED,2 DISTINCT POSTURES

CAN BE OBSERVED

HIGH POWER POSE

LOW POWER POSE

MAKING YOURSELF

BIG/TAKING UP MORE SPACE

MAKING YOURSELF

SMALLER/TAKING UP LESS SPACE

HIGH POWER POSES INDICATE A FEELING OF DOMINANCE AND POWER,EITHER CHRONIC OR MOMENTARY

THE FOLLOWING TRAITS ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH POSES:

CONFIDENCE

AGGRESSION

OPTIMISM

EXTROVERSION

SELF BELIEF

ON THE OTHER CORNER WE HAVE THE LOW POWER POSERS,WHO END UP COMING

ACROSS AS:

UNDERCONFIDENT

AWKWARD

INTROVERTED

PESSIMISTIC

PEOPLE WHO FEEL MORE POWERFUL ALSO TEND TO TAKE MORE RISKS

PHYSIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING:

THEY HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF TESTOSTERONE,WHICH IS THE DOMINANCE HORMONE

THEY HAVE LOWER LEVELS OF CORTISOL,WHICH IS THE STRESS HORMONE.

WE KNOW HOW THE MIND AFFECTS

BODY POSTURE

BUT NOW THE QUESTION IS…..

CAN BODY POSTURE AFFECT THE

MIND?

TO FIND OUT A GROUP OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS CONDUCTED A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT:

A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WERE ASKED TO GIVE A FLUID SAMPLE

THEY WERE EACH ASKED TO STRIKE EITHER A HIGH POWER OR LOW POWER POSE FOR 2 MINUTES

THEY WERE MADE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME GAMBLING TESTS

THEY WERE ASKED TO DEPOSIT ANOTHER FLUID SAMPLE

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

HIGH POWER

POSERS

LOW POWER

POSERS

PERCENTAGE OF RISKS TAKEN

IN HIGH POWER POSERS, 20%

IN TESTOSTERONE LEVELS

WAS OBSERVED AND A 25%

IN CORTISOL LEVELS

IN LOW POWER POSERS A 10%

IN TESTOSTERONE LEVELS

AND A 15% IN CORTISOL

LEVELS WAS OBSERVED

SO IT WAS CONFIRMED

THAT STRIKING HIGH

POWER POSES MAKES

YOU FEEL MORE

POWERFUL AND

CONFIDENT !!!

MARVELLOUS….AND WHAT GOOD

IS THAT AGAIN?HL

SO NATURALLY THE NEXT

QUESTION WAS:

IS THERE ANY WAY TO

PRACTICALLY APPLY THIS

TO ANY REAL LIFE

SITUATION ?

THE MOST COMMON REAL LIFE

SCENARIO WHERE AN INFUSION

OF CONFIDENCE COULD BE A HUGE

BOOST IS THE JOB INTERVIEW

SO ONCE AGAIN A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WERE ASKED TO STRIKE HIGH POWER OR LOW POWER POSES

FOLLOWING THIS THEY WERE MADE TO UNDERGO A HIGH STRESS INTERVIEW

FOR 5 MINUTES

THE INTERVIEWER WAS TRAINED TO NOT GIVE ANY NON-VERBAL SIGNS

SO BASICALLY,HE LOOKED LIKE…..

ITS FOUND THAT WHEN THE

VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THESE

INTERVIEWS ARE VIEWED

LATER,THE HIGH POWER

POSERS ARE INVARIABLY THE

ONES PEOPLE WANT TO HIRE

THE CONTENT OF THE INTERVIEW

AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE

APPLICANT IS NOT AFFECTED BY

THE POWER POSE

SO WHAT IS IT THAT GIVES THE

HIGH POWER POSERS THE EDGE?

IT’S THE QUALITIES THEY

BRING TO THE TABLE WHICH

ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FEELING

POWERFUL

POWER

OPTIMISM

EXTROVERISON

SELF BELIEF

CONFIDENCE

THESE ENABLE THEM TO

SHOW THEMSELVES AS THEY

TRULY ARE AND TO SHOWCASE

THEIR OWN IDEAS AND

OPINIONS WITHOUT ANY

INHIBITIONS OR SENSE OF

SELF DOUBT

THE ABILITY TO FULLY AND

HONESTLY EXPRESS

YOURSELF IS ONE OF THE

ADMIRED QUALITIES IN

ANY PERSON IN MOST

FIELDS OF LIFE,INCLUDING

WORK

NOT ALL JOBS

THOUGH

MINDBODY BEHAVIOUR

OUTCOMETHIS SHOWS THE

FLOW OF CONTROL IN THE

PROCESS

TO LOTS OF PEOPLE IT

SEEMS A LITTLE FAKE TO

USE THIS METHOD FOR SELF

DEVELOPMENT

TO THOSE PEOPLE SOCIAL

PSYCHOLOGIST AMY CUDDY

SAYS….

THIS ENDORSES POWERING

THROUGH THE PROCESS

WHERE YOUR MIND IS

CONVINCED BY ITS BODY

THAT ITS AS GOOD AS IT

WILL THINK ITSELF TO BE.

THIS ‘FAKE’-ING WILL

LEAD TO THE ‘MAKE’-ING

OF A FAVOURABLE OUCOME

AND THESE FAVOURABLE

OUTCOMES ULTIMATELY

LEAD YOU

TOWARDS….BECOMING IT

TAKE 2 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME.STRIKE A

POWER POSE.

AND DON’T FORGET TO FAKE IT TILL YA’ MAKE

IT!!!

AND THEN FINALLY BECOME IT.

SO GO

ON….THE

POWER IS

YOURS