Power Posing

Being assertive is not purely about what you say and how you say it. As Albert Mehrabian famously expressed in his model of communication, as much as 55% of communication comes from body language. It is therefore an essential element in assertiveness. In this video Amy Cuddy demonstrates how our body stance affects our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. She encourages us not to fake it til we make it…rather, fake it til we become it.

The science is disputed and some of the articles this is based on are retracted