Amy Cuddy
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 28 Aug
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And you're like, this is a totally new thing, but like, I've never been part of this rodeo, but I think
again.
And if not, I'll be okay.
survive.
Right, exactly.
um
That's a tricky question.
First, I think what you call self-doubt, I think of as personal powerlessness.
And what happens is that it activates what we call the behavioral inhibition system.
So it leads us to, you know, be more pessimistic, to be more fearful, to think more narrowly, less creatively, to
risks, to see people as predators, right?
it inhibits us in every way.
Even physically, like we can tolerate less pain when the inhibition system
Feeling personally powerful activates the behavioral approach system, which does all the opposites.
It's like instead of seeing a challenge as a threat, we see it as an opportunity.
Interesting.
seeing other people as potential predators, we see them as potential allies and collaborators.
We feel optimistic instead of pessimistic.
Now, you can get to the point of feeling too powerful.
in that case, I think that one of the things that... Well, we know that one of the things that happens is that people...
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