A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across. Amy Cuddy Read Quote
Charisma seems to be more about the intoxicating quality that you have on other people, as opposed to presence, which is more about the self in relation to others, and how you feel you represented yourself in a situation, and how you were able to engage. So it’s less about how others see you and more about how you see yourself. Amy Cuddy Read Quote
A mountain of evidence shows that our bodies are pushing, shaping, even leading our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. That the body affects the mind is, it’s fair to say, incontestable. And it’s doing so in ways that either facilitate or impede our ability to bring our authentic best selves to our biggest challenges. Amy Cuddy Read Quote
Ironically, while many of us spend hours every day using small mobile devices to increase our productivity and efficiency, interacting with these objects, even for short periods of time, might do just the opposite, reducing our assertiveness and undermining our productivity. Amy Cuddy Read Quote
There are plenty of reasons to put our cellphones down now and then, not least the fact that incessantly checking them takes us out of the present moment and disrupts family dinners around the globe. Amy Cuddy Read Quote
I would never encourage anyone to adopt a contractive posture. It’s not good for you physically. It’s not good for you psychologically. Amy Cuddy Read Quote
If you’re going into finance, you might be dealing with a lot of sexism and a lot of alpha behavior. How are you going to deal with that? How are you going to feel powerful and comfortable with being who you are? Amy Cuddy Read Quote
When you have a novel, exciting finding, that gets attention. People are going to push back, and that’s honestly how science should work. Amy Cuddy Read Quote
