Summary of TED Talk

1. Your body language shapes who you are

2. Summary of a TED talk given by Amy Cuddy
(link on the last slide)

3. People are often interested in other people’s body language
And tend
to neglect
their own

4. your body language affects you too

5. You can
show your
power non
verbally

6. In the animal kingdom dominance is about
stretching and expanding

7. Same is the
case with
humans

8. While when the case is opposite

9. And this is what happens when you
put together people with high and
low power

10. Non
verbal
dominance
is related
to

11. gender
Men tend to be
dominant over
women

12. participation People who participate more
tend to be more dominant

13. Our nonverbals govern how other
people think and feel about us
but...
Do they govern how we feel
about ourselves

14. Can you fake
it till you
make it
Or rather fake
it till you
become it

15. Physiologically there are differences
in two key hormones between
powerful and powerless people

16. Testosterone
(Dominance hormone)
Cortisol
(Stress hormone)

17. It is seen that powerful and effective leaders have high testosterone and low cortisol
Power is not just about dominance but also about stress management

18. It is also seen that power poses can
cause a change in these hormones
Let us see an experiment

19. Volunteers
are asked
for a saliva
sample
Take a power pose
for two minutes
Gamble
Give another
sample

25. Remember
this guy ?

27. Credits:
Google Images
Compfight.com (can only afford free images)
My brother’s phone
Ted Talk link:

28. Disclaimer
Created by Ronak Jain, NIT Surat, during an
internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur,
IIM Lucknow.
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