She had been involved in a serious car accident during her college years which led to a brain injury, a 30-point decline in her IQ, and an intermittent college attendance. She has been featured in TIME magazine as a game changer, she has been named one of 50 Women Who Are Changing the World, and also has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.ĭespite being a brilliant and distinguished woman, Cuddy is not as gifted and intelligent as anyone would expect. To this day, it remains one of the most well-received speeches in TED talk's history. Her 2012 TED talk "Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are" has received widespread attention. Cuddy has successfully been working on the psychological effects of nonverbal behavior on people. She is an American social psychologist and a professor at Harvard Business School. It will teach us methods we can employ to bring out our boldest self through the use of high-power body language. So, what should we do to gain full confidence and how do we change the status quo in order to reinvent ourselves? This book, Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy will find the answers for us.
Although we work hard every day, we still feel that we aren't good enough, or we feel like we are "impostors," failing to do the task at hand. These difficulties and pressures shatter the belief we have in ourselves and create a sense of powerlessness. As a result, like this Turkish student, many people are struggling with all kinds of obstacles. The pace of life in the modern-day society is getting faster and competitive pressure is on the rise. Feeling powerless is not uncommon among people, have you ever experienced such a feeling? It centers on a feeling of powerlessness to tackle a challenge despite the one who sent the email knowing they have great potential. If you are slightly confused, the earlier read passage was from an email received by the author of this book. Because of this, I cannot participate in class, I cannot discuss anything, and worse, I cannot ask my questions.….For four years, I’ve had to hide them.” I know my potential, I know I am carrying something big inside me. I have very high grades and I do love learning medicine, “thinking” about science, finding new ideas. In one of the pages of this book, it reads “I am currently a medical student in Turkey. Today we will unlock the book Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy.
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