Sublime

TED Talk of all time (at the time of writing), by body-language expert Amy Cuddy.

Amy Cuddy

But it may have released her from the fear that could have prevented her from expressing the things she knew.

Of course, watching my talk didn’t magically give Fetaine the knowledge she needed to do well on the MCAT.

Cuddy and others instruct leaders to focus on how they feel (feeling strong will help you project strength, and feeling warm will help you project warmth). Our work with executives focuses on their actions and behaviors. Power and attractiveness are determined by what you display toward others, regardless of how you feel on the inside. For instance

Projecting a balance of warmth and competence is a common trait of influential people. Warmth signals that your intentions are good, and competence supports you acting on those intentions. That said, when we are the more junior or less-experienced person in the room, we naturally tend to display a greater number of warm behaviors (also known as att