17 Amy Cuddy Quotes for You to Enjoy

Amy Cuddy

American Psychologist

Best Body People Power Work You

Related authors: Abraham Maslow Angela Duckworth B. F. Skinner Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Erich Fromm Erik Erikson Phil McGraw Wayne Dyer

People judge you really quickly, at first just on your facial features. There are two dimensions - warmth and competence. You can think of them as trustworthiness and strength. They're first judging you on warmth; evaluating whether or not you are trustworthy. That's much more important to them than whether or not you're competent. Amy Cuddy

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Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel. Amy Cuddy

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Charisma seems to be more about the intoxicating quality that you have on other people, as opposed to presence, which is more about the self in relation to others, and how you feel you represented yourself in a situation, and how you were able to engage. So it's less about how others see you and more about how you see yourself. Amy Cuddy

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The mind shapes the body, and the body shapes the mind. Amy Cuddy

Mind Shapes Body

Practice smiling by holding a pencil between your teeth for twenty minutes. Amy Cuddy

Practice Holding Teeth Pencil Minutes Between Smiling Your Twenty

Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness. Amy Cuddy

I sometimes work with a communications and media training firm called KNP Communications. It's nice to bring the research to the practitioners; I learn a lot watching how they put it into practice, and I know they like to be on top of what's happening on the research front. Amy Cuddy

People want to feel understood by their leaders. Amy Cuddy

People Leaders Feel Understood Want

Entrepreneurs are more likely to be successful if they're able to be present while pitching their ideas. It's about maintaining presence during big challenges - very high stakes moments with some component of social judgment. Everyone has them, whether they're entrepreneurs or not. Amy Cuddy

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If you're going into finance, you might be dealing with a lot of sexism and a lot of alpha behavior. How are you going to deal with that? How are you going to feel powerful and comfortable with being who you are? Amy Cuddy

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People have a lot of control over their ability to rise to the occasion and to show their best or their aspirational selves. Amy Cuddy

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There are plenty of reasons to put our cellphones down now and then, not least the fact that incessantly checking them takes us out of the present moment and disrupts family dinners around the globe. Amy Cuddy

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When we're sad, we slouch. We also slouch when we feel scared or powerless. Amy Cuddy

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Too many of us suffer from pervasive feelings of personal powerlessness. We have a terrible habit of obstructing our own paths forward, especially at the worst possible moments. Amy Cuddy

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A mountain of evidence shows that our bodies are pushing, shaping, even leading our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. That the body affects the mind is, it's fair to say, incontestable. And it's doing so in ways that either facilitate or impede our ability to bring our authentic best selves to our biggest challenges. Amy Cuddy

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