How small changes in body language can bring about life altering changes. You have to fake it till you become it.

1. Your body
language shapes
who you are
Amy CUDDY

2. Amy Cuddy
Social Psychologist
Amy Cuddy’s research on body language
reveals that we can change other people’s
perceptions — and even our own body
chemistry — simply by changing body
positions.

3. Funny Handshake

4. Body language is a very powerful tool. We had
body language before we had speech, and
apparently, 80% of what you understand in a
conversation is read through the body, not the
words.
-Deborah Bull

5. Awkward Hug

7. POWERFUL STRETCH OUT

8. POWERLESS WRAPS THEMSELVES

9. POWERFUL

10. POWERLESS

11. Powerless Person Begging

12. Difference of Power

13. Pose of Pride – Winning Pose

14. Non-Verbal governs how we think and
feel about ourselves

15. High Power Poses

16. Low Power Poses

17. An Experiment was carried out
Saliva Swab Saliva Swab
Low Power
Pose
High Power
pose
Gambling
A person sat in a power pose for two minutes

18. 86% people
Gambled
60% people
Gambled
Difference after 2 mins of Power Pose

19. Difference after 2 mins of Power Pose
20%
increase
10%
decrease

20. Difference after 2 mins of Power Pose
25%
decrease
15%
increase

21. High Power Pose
• Risk Tolerance – 86%
• Testosterone Level – 20% 
• Cortisol Level – 25% 
Low Power Pose
• Risk Tolerance – 86%
• Testosterone Level – 10% 
• Cortisol Level – 15% 
Experiment Results
High testosterone Level
Low Cortisol Level
Best Results

22. Our body changes our mind
Our mind changes our behavior
Our behavior changes our outcomes

23. Usual Pose before Interview
Low Power Pose

24. High Power Pose
What Pose should be before
Interview

26. Tiny tweaks Big Changes

27. Fake it till you become it

28. Two Minutes of
Power Pose
Any situation when you
feel weak, stressed, or
need a dose of power
When?
• Increases
testosterone
(power hormone)
• Decreases cortisol
(stress hormone)
Why?

29. SUCCESS

30. Created by Archit Raj, IIT Delhi, during an
internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM
Lucknow.
www.iiminternship.com