Presence : bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges / Amy Cuddy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. What Is Presence? -- 2. Believing and Owning Your Story -- 3. Stop Preaching, Start Listening: How Presence Begets Presence -- 4. I Don't Deserve to Be Here -- 5. How Powerlessness Shackles the Self (and How Power Sets It Free) -- 6. Slouching, Steepling, and the Language of the Body -- 7. Surfing, Smiling, and Singing Ourselves to Happiness -- 8. The Body Shapes the Mind (So Starfish Up!) -- 9. How to Pose for Presence -- 10. Self-Nudging: How Tiny Tweaks Lead to Big Changes -- 11. Fake It Till You Become It -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Amy Cuddy shows how your body language influences others and even changes the way you see yourself. Social scientists have shown that we make sweeping inferences and judgements based on body language, judgements that can predict meaningful life outcomes like who we hire, who we promote, who we ask out on a date, who we invest in and who we trust. Cuddy's research shows how faking body postures that convey competence and power (power posing) even for as little as two minutes changes our cortisone and testosterone levels, increases our appetite for risk, helps us perform better in job interviews and configures our brains to cope in stressful situations.