YOUR
SHAPES
WHO YOU ARE
PEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL
VERY INTERESTED IN THE
BODY LANGUAGE OF
OTHERS AND WHAT THESE
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
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
sadness
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN
VERY INTERESTED
IN THE BODILY
GESTURES OF
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
AS FAR AS BODY POSTURE IS
CONCERNED,2 DISTINCT
POSTURES CAN BE OBSERVED
HIGH POWER POSE
MAKING YOURSELF BIG/TAKING UP
MORE SPACE
LOW POWER POSE
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
100
PERCENTAGE OF RISKS TAKEN
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
HIGH POWER
POSERS
LOW POWER
POSERS
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
OPTIMISM
CONFIDENCE
POWER
SELF BELIEF
EXTROVERISON
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
BODY
MIND
THIS SHOWS THE FLOW OF CONTROL IN THE
PROCESS
BEHAVIO
UR
OUTCOM
E
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