TheBody

LanguageSecrets

Ted Talk by-Amy Cuddy

We are fascinated with body language and particularly

of others.

Human Behaviour

Body Language.....whhhaaat?

???

Two Kinds of

People

High Power

Courageous, Enthusiastic, Risk takers, Successful...

Low power

Nervous, Pessimistic, Energy less.

And this is what happen when a low power and a high power come together.

So, what about the low

power people?

Fake it, till you

become it..

She herself made it

happen...

Our Mind changes our bodies

But, does the reverse happen?

Biologically,Two hormones are secreted by human

body and effects body language.

• Testosterone – Dominance Hormone

• Cortisol – Stress Hormone.

Power posing can help us increase the level of testosterone

and decrease cortisol.

What’s the need?

Because they search for..

Enthusiastic

Presence

AuthenticCaptivity

Confident

Comfortable

Passionate

People who shows...

When in high power 86% of us can gamble but in low

power only 60% will gamble.

High power people experience about

25%decrease and low power people

experience about 15 % increase

High power people experience 20% increase

an low power people experience about 10%

decrease

Recap

• Our fascination with body language.• Two kinds of people – High Power Low

Power• Low power people can get into high

power using power posing.• Fake it till you become it.• Our body changes our mind.

References

• Ted talk video by Amy Cuddy.• Pictures from Google images.

Disclaimer

Created by Aakash Tripathi, IIT(BHU), during an internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.