Amy Cuddy

But if you're in the privacy of your own bathroom stall or office or whatever, you can do whatever you want. You don't have to worry about cultural norms or putting people off. In our everyday lives, we spend so much time like this, with our phones. And that is really bad. First, it's bad for us. just our posture, and it's creating this sort of fixed thoracic stoop.

But if you're in the privacy of your own bathroom stall or office or whatever, you can do whatever you want. You don't have to worry about cultural norms or putting people off. In our everyday lives, we spend so much time like this, with our phones. And that is really bad. First, it's bad for us. just our posture, and it's creating this sort of fixed thoracic stoop.

But physiotherapists used to only see in elderly people, and now they're seeing it in 15-year-old boys from gaming and things like that. And that's something, you can't just be like, oh, I'm going to sit up straight. work that out.

But physiotherapists used to only see in elderly people, and now they're seeing it in 15-year-old boys from gaming and things like that. And that's something, you can't just be like, oh, I'm going to sit up straight. work that out.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Totally. So it's not only hurting our posture, but I believe that it is affecting our mood. And so even just set up your workspace so that you can be more expansive. Yes. We neglect our body language when we're alone because it's language. And if we're alone, we're not talking to anyone.

Totally. So it's not only hurting our posture, but I believe that it is affecting our mood. And so even just set up your workspace so that you can be more expansive. Yes. We neglect our body language when we're alone because it's language. And if we're alone, we're not talking to anyone.

But we're talking to ourselves, right? So it's really important, I think, for us to be minding our posture. Also... There have been a couple of meta-analyses recently, which basically are just studies that look at all of the studies on a topic and come up with a sort of an average effect size. Like they say, yes, this is a real effect, and this is how big the effect is, right?

But we're talking to ourselves, right? So it's really important, I think, for us to be minding our posture. Also... There have been a couple of meta-analyses recently, which basically are just studies that look at all of the studies on a topic and come up with a sort of an average effect size. Like they say, yes, this is a real effect, and this is how big the effect is, right?

So studies that have looked at meta-analyses of power-opposing studies show really clearly that it affects the way we feel. By shrinking our body. Shrinking versus expanding. Affects the way, whether in a positive or- More expansive, more confident, and more powerful psychologically. Shrinking, less powerful, less confident. But what's interesting is that there are two meta-analyses.

So studies that have looked at meta-analyses of power-opposing studies show really clearly that it affects the way we feel. By shrinking our body. Shrinking versus expanding. Affects the way, whether in a positive or- More expansive, more confident, and more powerful psychologically. Shrinking, less powerful, less confident. But what's interesting is that there are two meta-analyses.

One of them shows that more of the effect is driven by the difference between neutral and expansive. The other one shows that more of the effect is driven by the difference between, you know, contractive and neutral. So I'm not, we still, In short, there's evidence that both of those things matter, but certainly neutral is better than contractive. Shrinking, yeah, yeah, contracting.

One of them shows that more of the effect is driven by the difference between neutral and expansive. The other one shows that more of the effect is driven by the difference between, you know, contractive and neutral. So I'm not, we still, In short, there's evidence that both of those things matter, but certainly neutral is better than contractive. Shrinking, yeah, yeah, contracting.

Exactly, exactly.

Exactly, exactly.

Absolutely. It's funny, I once, this woman wrote to me, she said, I teach people public speaking, and I had this student who was really stressed out, this man, and so I got into power pose for a minute, and he said it made him feel worse.

Absolutely. It's funny, I once, this woman wrote to me, she said, I teach people public speaking, and I had this student who was really stressed out, this man, and so I got into power pose for a minute, and he said it made him feel worse.

And she said, but then I watched, we watched the video, she said I videotaped him, and we watched the video, and I was like, were you breathing? He said, no, I didn't breathe. I held my breath the whole time. Oh my gosh. He's like, well, that's not gonna work. Yeah, you're gonna pass out, you're gonna faint. Exactly. So he had... been like completely still in this power pose.

And she said, but then I watched, we watched the video, she said I videotaped him, and we watched the video, and I was like, were you breathing? He said, no, I didn't breathe. I held my breath the whole time. Oh my gosh. He's like, well, that's not gonna work. Yeah, you're gonna pass out, you're gonna faint. Exactly. So he had... been like completely still in this power pose.