In this TED talk Amy Cuddy explains that if you change how you stand, sit, or generally hold yourself you can change how you feel. As an added bonus, by posing yourself in certain ways you can make other people think of you differently.
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Posturing for Success
Getting ahead in your career can be greatly influenced by your posture and for your self-esteem. Good posture makes you feel more confident and other people can pick up on that. So sit up straight and walk tall!
In simple terms, posture breeds empowerment, Galinsky said.
Timea Wharton, owner of Turning Point Fitness, a Toronto fitness studio, believes proper posture is not only important for overall physical health but also for mental and emotional well-being.
Wharton, who teaches proper posture in her yoga, Pilates and dance classes, found that when she was going for job interviews, potential employers commented on how good her posture was.
“Posture creates confidence, projects success. . . If you’re slouching, it shows you are insecure, unsure,†Wharton told the Star.
Galinsky agrees.
“Posture does make a difference. How you sit and how you stand will have an affect on how you are perceived.â€
Good Posture for a Good Life
Your mother was right, you should sit up straight. A new study has been done that examined how your posture when sitting affects your self-image.
Read about the posture study here.
Brinol et al. (2009) divided 71 students into four groups, then fed them a cover story about why they had to adopt two different poses: half slouching, the other half sitting up straight, chests puffed out. These two groups were then split again, and half were asked to write down three positive personal traits, the other half three negative personal traits.
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The results showed that people who had been sitting up straight were much more likely to believe the positive things they’d been writing about themselves, whereas those who were slouching weren’t so sure. Meanwhile a doubtful posture had very little effect on the half who were thinking negatively about themselves.