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Amy Cuddy

Amy Cuddy Biography

Social Psychologist

Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist known for her research on nonverbal communication and the impact of body language on psychological states. Her work highlights the importance of nonverbal communication in shaping interpersonal relationships and professional success.

Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist known for her research on nonverbal communication and the impact of body language on psychological states. Her work highlights the importance of nonverbal communication in shaping interpersonal relationships and professional success.

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“To be present, it's not enough to know who you are and express it to others: you need to act on it. In 1992, psychologist William Kahn studied psychological presence in the workplace, identifying four critical dimensions: a person must be attentive, connected, integrated, and focused.”

Psychology Focus Presence

Book:Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Source: Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

“...I was reminded of the legendary choreographer and dancer Agnes de Mille, who said: "To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth, and it is yours for the taking." Dance your way to presence. Seize the large, beautiful, powerful parts of yourself--the ones you love and believe. They are, indeed, yours for the taking.”

Dancing Dance Presence

Book:Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Source: Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

“Your body language shapes who you are”

Body Language Shapes Who You Are Your Body Body Language Body Shapes

Book:Presença - Aprenda a impor-se aos grandes desafios

Source: Presença - Aprenda a impor-se aos grandes desafios

“Our nonverbals govern how other people think and feel about us.”

People Thinking Feels

Author:Amy Cuddy

“My primary goal is really to get people to open up and when they feel themselves contracting and collapsing to reduce that, and to know when that happens, "Oh, something's going on that's making me feel this way, and if I force my body open a bit, I will feel less powerless."”

People Ifs Knows Way Feels Body Happens Force Bits Goal Primaries Powerless Contracting

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“When we close ourselves off, we're not just closing ourselves off to other people, we're closing ourselves off from ourselves and impeding ourselves. When you open up, you allow yourself to be who you are.”

People Who You Are Closing Be Who You Are

Author:Amy Cuddy

“That's the dream scenario: when people approach these stressful situations not focused on that concrete outcome but just focused on being there and being themselves and enjoying connecting with people. You're not going to be present all the time, but if you can figure out how to connect with yourself and bring that self forth in those moments, you will probably be feeling a lot better over time, and it's likely that even though you're not focused on the outcome, the outcomes will be better.”

People Ifs Self Moments Feelings Dream Enjoy Situation Figures Approach Focused Outcomes Concrete Connecting Scenarios Being There Stressful Stressful Situations

Author:Amy Cuddy

“Everyone is walking around with these self doubts, so there's something reassuring about that. And self-doubt in one or a few areas doesn't mean that you have generally low self-esteem. And you have the power to get yourself out of feeling that way.”

Way Mean Self Feelings Doubt Self Esteem Walking Lows Areas Esteem Low Self Esteem Self-doubt Reassuring

Author:Amy Cuddy

“The whole body-mind thing comes into play, when you are feeling that self-doubt and your body is not going to help you if you're not paying attention. Your body's going to go with the self-doubt and make you feel worse, so by making the adjustments - pulling your shoulders back, standing up straight, walking in a more sort of expansive way - all sorts of little things will help pull you out of that self-doubt.”

Ifs Way Feels Mind Littles Self Play Whole Helping Feelings Body Attention Doubt Walking Standing Your Body Shoulders Pay Attention Little Things Pulling Adjustment Self-doubt

Author:Amy Cuddy

“Power is generally defined as control over resources and control over access to resources, which often means control over other people because we're thinking about things like financial resources or shelter, or even love and affection, but we also possess resources that we sometimes can't access.”

People Thinking Mean Sometimes Resources Financial Affection Access Defined Shelter Love And Affection Financial Resources

Author:Amy Cuddy

“I've been studying sexism for many years, and it's much easier to document the existence of sexism than it is to document the existence of interventions that reduce it. It's really hard to find ways to change the way people see people in different groups. It should be our goal, and we're working for that, but it's hard.”

People Way Should Years Different Hard Goal Existence Study Groups Easier Sexism Documents Intervention

Author:Amy Cuddy

“I hear from so many women who really started to pay attention to it at all times and stopped, you know, touching their faces and necks and playing with their hair and twisting their legs. I think women become more aware of it when they learn about this stuff, and you see their body language change.”

Thinking Knows Body Faces Language Stuff Pay Attention Hair Legs All Time Pay Attention Necks Touching Body Language

Author:Amy Cuddy

“I would say there is a conversation happening between your body and mind all the time. Even when you're sleeping, your body is communicating the information to your mind. And so to me it feels like, why not harness that? If it's happening all the time, why not control the content of the conversation?”

Ifs Feels Mind Body Sleep Information Conversation Happenings Communicate Your Body Why Not Mind And Body Harness

Author:Amy Cuddy

“Tiny tweaks can lead to big changes.”

Bigs Tiny Monday Big Changes Tweak

Author:Amy Cuddy

“Our bodies change our minds and our minds can change our behavior and our behavior can change our outcomes.”

Mind Body Inspiration Motivation Behavior Outcomes Body Change Body Shapes

Author:Amy Cuddy

“When we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others. … We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals: ourselves.”

Thinking Inspiration Motivation Forget Audience Judging

Author:Amy Cuddy

“Even more dramatic, Alex Todorov at Princeton has shown us that judgments of political candidates' faces in just one second predict 70 percent of U.S. Senate and gubernatorial race outcomes, and even, let's go digital, emoticons used well in online negotiations can lead to you claim more value from that negotiation. If you use them poorly, bad idea. Right? So when we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are. We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves.”

“Don't fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it.”

Inspiration Motivation Psychology Becoming Fake Behaviour Self Transformation Body Language Nonverbal

Book:Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Source: Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

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

Ideas Influence Mediums

Author:Amy Cuddy

About the Author

Born: 1972
Known for: Social Psychologist
Quotes: 19

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