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Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy | TED

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

Psychology & human behaviorProductivity & self-improvement

What it is

Amy Cuddy's TED talk arguing that adopting expansive postures, or power posing, can boost feelings of confidence and affect success. A note on the video points to the later reproducibility debate over its findings.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN brings it up in threads about impostor syndrome, confidence, and body language as an interesting talk on faking it until you feel it.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “I am reminded of this interesting talk by Amy Cuddy on body language”

    Amy Cuddy talk on body language and faking it

    ndonnellan, 2013-02 · Recommendation · in “Stanford Female CS Student: I Fight Impostor Syndrome”

  2. “I bumped into this last week and I found it fascinating.”

    Body language affects how you perceive yourself

    chiefalchemist, 2021-03 · Recommendation · in “Talking with your hands alters the perception of your words”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: power posing, confidence, social psychology, ted talk, impostor syndrome

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