A presentation on a TED talk video by Amy Cuddy on the effect of body language on our minds

1. OUR BODY
LANGUAGE
SHAPES
WHO WE
ARE –
AMY
CUDDY
By –
BHAVNOOR
SINGH
IIT Roorkee

2. HEY!
What are you doing right now?

3. Are you slouching or hunching?

4. (Or making yourself smaller in any way
imaginable ;) )

5. If yes you should know,
Good Posture can do wonders
for you.
(Yeah no kidding) Lets check it out …….

6. Nonverbal behavior is the
science of …

8. Oh, ” Nonverbal behavior or body
language, as its commonly called, is
the study of effects of our body’s
state, movement or action on
ourselves and others “

9. It includes many things like :-
1. Smile
2. Hug
3. Glance
4. Wink
5. Handshake
6. etc

10. Judging Peoples Nonverbals
We get influenced
and effected by
observing other
person’s nonverbals

11. 1. Effect on our judgment
We make sweeping judgments and
inferences from body language
Why?
Because it’s the fastest way to know somebody.

12. By observing body language we can
predict -
a. the chances of a physician getting sued
b. the outcome of senate elections

13. OH
YES!

14. 2. Effect of our own nonverbals on
ourselves
Our thoughts, feelings, physiology get affected

15. Amy is interested in power dynamics
i.e. nonverbal expressions of power
and domination

16. So what exactly are they?

17. Animals expand or open up

18. When people win or achieve
something they do the same thing

19. On the other hand
on being powerless
people close up or shrink

20. On seeing an opposing power we
don’t mirror it we complement it
(It becomes an act of
submission)

21. So is there any way to fix it,
any way to overcome it ?

22. Q . Do our nonverbals govern
our thinking ?

23. AND THE ANSWER IS …

24. It works both ways
(Action )
(being or doing)
powerful / happy
spread body / smile
(Effect)
(feeling)
spread body / smile
powerful / happy

25. INTERCONNECTIVITY

26. What is a Powerful Mind?
A person who is - assertive,
confident, optimistic,
risk taker and has an
abstract thinking is said to
have a powerful mind

27. A powerful mind has
TESTOSTERONE CORTISOL
(dominance hormone) (stress hormone)

28. We want a person who is
POWERFUL
ASSERTIVE
DOMINANT
NOT STRESS
REACTIVE
LAID BACK

31. AN EXPERIMENT’s RESULTS
High power pose condition Low power pose condition
 86% gamble
 20% increase in
testosterone
 25% decrease in
cortisol
 60% gamble
 10% decrease in
testosterone
 15% increase in
cortisol

32. Our concern is this -
“But I feel like a fake,
a fraud, an imposter “

33. Self doubt creeps in

34. Solution to that is not
Fake it till you make it

35. But fake it ‘til you become it
People change
Change is part of life
So change for the better

36. tiny tweaks -> BIG CHANGES

37. THANK YOU!
DISCLAIMER
Created by Bhavnoor Singh, IITR,
during an internship by Prof. Sameer
Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
www.IIMInternship.com