The document discusses how body language and posture can communicate non-verbal signals about people's emotions, intentions, and psychological states. It describes an experiment showing that striking high power poses (taking up more space) versus low power poses (taking up less space) for two minutes can influence hormone levels and risk-taking behavior. Specifically, high power poses increased testosterone and decreased cortisol, leading volunteers to make riskier choices. The document concludes that practicing high power poses can boost confidence in situations like job interviews by conveying qualities like power, optimism, and self-belief.

1. YOUR
SHAPES
WHO YOU ARE

2. PEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL VERY
INTERESTED IN THE BODY
LANGUAGE OF OTHERS AND WHAT
THESE MIGHT COMMUNICATE

3. USE OF
MANIPULATORS
WHILE DENYING
SEXUAL RELATIONS
WITH A WHITE
HOUSE INTERN
ALLEGATIONS
EVENTUALLY
PROVED TO BE
TRUE

4. OUR BODY POSTURES CAN
ALSO GIVE AWAY A LOT
OF WHATS ON OUR
MINDS

5. 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

6. SOMETIMES EXPRESSIONS CAN
BE BROKEN DOWN TO VERY
BASIC EMOTIONS,EVEN IF THE
PERSON’S TRYING VERY HARD
TO GIVE NOTHING AWAY….

7. sadness

8. PEOPLE ARE OFTEN
VERY INTERESTED IN
THE BODILY GESTURES
OF OTHERS….

9. BE IT AN
AWKWARD
WINK…

10. OR A
MAN
BITING A
CHUNK
OUT OF
ANOTHER
MAN….

11. A SIMPLE
HANDSHAKE….

12. OR THE
LACK OF
ONE

13. ALL OF THESE ARE
NON-VERBALS THAT
WE RECOGNIZE AND
DRAW SWEEPING
INFERENCES FROM

14. 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.

15. JUDGEMENTS OF THE
FACES OF POLITICAL
CANDIDATES IN JUST
1 SECOND CAN
INFULENCE THE
OUTCOME OF A
GUBERNATORIAL
RACE

16. OUR OWN BODY
POSTURES CAN AT
TIMES GIVE VERY
DISTINCT INDICATIONS
ABOUT THE STATE OF
OUR MINDS

17. AS FAR AS BODY POSTURE IS
CONCERNED,2 DISTINCT POSTURES
CAN BE OBSERVED
HIGH
POWER
POSE
LOW
POWER
POSE
MAKING
YOURSELF
BIG/TAKING UP
MORE SPACE
MAKING
YOURSELF
SMALLER/TAKING
UP LESS SPACE

19. 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

21. ON THE OTHER CORNER WE HAVE THE LOW
POWER POSERS,WHO END UP COMING
ACROSS AS:
UNDERCONFIDENT
AWKWARD
INTROVERTED
PESSIMISTIC

22. 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.

23. WE KNOW HOW THE MIND AFFECTS
BODY POSTURE
BUT NOW THE QUESTION IS…..
CAN BODY POSTURE AFFECT THE
MIND?

24. 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

26. 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
HIGH POWER
POSERS
LOW POWER
POSERS
PERCENTAGE OF RISKS TAKEN

27. 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

28. SO IT WAS CONFIRMED
THAT STRIKING HIGH
POWER POSES MAKES
YOU FEEL MORE
POWERFUL AND
CONFIDENT !!!

29. MARVELLOUS….
AND WHAT GOOD
IS THAT
AGAIN?HL

30. SO NATURALLY THE NEXT
QUESTION WAS:
IS THERE ANY WAY TO
PRACTICALLY APPLY THIS
TO ANY REAL LIFE
SITUATION ?

31. THE MOST COMMON REAL LIFE
SCENARIO WHERE AN INFUSION
OF CONFIDENCE COULD BE A HUGE
BOOST IS THE JOB INTERVIEW

32.  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…..

34. 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

35. 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?

36. IT’S THE QUALITIES THEY
BRING TO THE TABLE WHICH
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FEELING
POWERFUL

37. POWER
OPTIMISM
EXTROVERISON
SELF BELIEF
CONFIDENCE

38. 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

39. THE ABILITY TO FULLY AND
HONESTLY EXPRESS
YOURSELF IS ONE OF THE
ADMIRED QUALITIES IN
ANY PERSON IN MOST
FIELDS OF LIFE,INCLUDING
WORK

40. NOT ALL
JOBS
THOUGH

41. MINDBODY BEHAVIOUR
OUTCOME
THIS SHOWS THE
FLOW OF
CONTROL IN THE
PROCESS

42. TO LOTS OF PEOPLE IT
SEEMS A LITTLE FAKE TO
USE THIS METHOD FOR SELF
DEVELOPMENT
TO THOSE PEOPLE SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGIST AMY CUDDY
SAYS….

44. 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.

45. THIS ‘FAKE’-ING WILL
LEAD TO THE ‘MAKE’-ING
OF A FAVOURABLE OUCOME

46. AND THESE FAVOURABLE
OUTCOMES ULTIMATELY
LEAD YOU
TOWARDS….BECOMING IT

47. 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.

48. SO GO
ON….THE
POWER IS
YOURS