Amy Cuddy about how to change the internal sense of self in just two minutes
Motivation / / December 19, 2019
Before you watch the video with the performance of Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist, listen to yourself. Pay attention to how you are sitting - the position of the back, arms, legs and head. Remember your inner feelings and now carefully watch the video, because in the end you will learn how to change your inner sense of the opposite two minutes.
Emmy for a long time studying the nonverbal body language and animals. And between us there is a lot in common. For example the way we behave and the animals that want to show their strength (alpha male) or the way we show that we recognize the supremacy of the other, or want to become invisible to others. In the first case, an attempt to visually occupy as much space and confident look, and in case of victory - detailed chest, a V lifted up his hands and raised his chin. Second - it is an attempt to show as little as possible, hunched shoulders and knees slightly bent, avoiding direct view of the interlocutor.
She currently teaches in the MBA school and she said all the students in her class are copying the behavior of alpha males. All of them come into the room with outstretched arms and upturned chin and immediately pass to the middle class, though they would have to completely fill it by yourself. Women almost always behave in the opposite way - trying to remain inconspicuous as feel weaker than men.
And while supervising his students Amy thought about whether we can forge a leader's behavior, even if we do not feel themselves as such even by 50%? When we are happy - we smile. But we feel the joy, if you force yourself to smile when we are sad? The same goes for feeling strong and confident.
Confident people think more abstractly, they are optimistic about life and much more at risk, because they are sure that always win. And they have higher levels of testosterone in the blood and reduced levels of cortisol (a stress hormone) and vice versa.
So, is it possible to change the internal feeling in 2 minutes? Try to repeat the posture shown in the video, and then listen to yourself.