Your body language may shape who you are | Amy Cuddy | TED

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“Fake it ill you become it”- The most impressive statement ever!! As a girl in middle school with so many outstanding fellows, I cried a river along my way to graduation. But through all those tearful years, I know found what my true identity was: Always keep up with your work, and don’t limit your identity as just a “normal” student

I watched this for one of my classes and sometimes, I admit, I only half pay attention to required videos but this one completely captivated me. When she told her personal story I literally started to cry because I used to be that girl she was describing. I had horrible social anxiety and struggled so much with day to day interactions. Now I am getting more confident everyday and have taken on roles that I never thought I could do as a painfully shy teenager. Fake it until you become it really does work.

Little known fact: Originally, the video was not planned to be this long. She decided to add that last personal experience in the moment, which has evidently made it much more popular than it would have been.

Moral of the story is to T-pose when nobody's looking

if you're always feeling low on confidence check if you have hunched shoulders. if you do pull them back to where they should be. this made the world of difference to me, it literally is changing my life. I don't know if it's a placebo but I feel much more confident now

HER SPEECH GAVE CHILLS ALL OVER MY BODY. When she started talking about feeling like she was not supposed to be at Harvard but then one of her students said the same thing, it even gave goosebumps on my face. She is one successful woman. Internally and externally. Thank you so much!

the saying " I 'm not supposed to be here", "No, you are" is so touching for me.

I notice a lot of people here are confused. All she is saying is to fake confidence until you become confident... that's it.

The reason why this talk is so attention catching and touching is because Amy Cuddy is REAL, she shows herself truly in this talk and while the content is amazing as well, I truly believe that her soul shines through her words and her body language. Truly beautiful - thank you for the message!

Thank you for this. I had done this method and lots of people say you will not become manager and always put me down and they told me your english is you’re third language. Manager needs to have great english language and your not one of them. The person who told me that was someone very close to me that is supposed to support me. So hearing from him, i felt very disappointed and doubt myself to then point i start agreeing with his point of view. Fake it till you become it and i did it at age 30 yrs old and i become a manager in prestigious firm and thank u so much for ur advice.

I realised being powerless is being fake, becoming powerful is the true you, we just lost ourselves somewhere.

These Ted Talks man, they're changing my life, they're changing everyone's lives. Thank you!

I remember when I was younger I wasn't as social as I am now. I wouldn't say I was afraid to talk to people but if I didn't have to I never would. When I started my Retailmanagement major in college all those years ago I was forced to do internships in stores and businesses and interact with all kinds of people, even though I sometimes knew nothing about the product they had questions about. I had to deal with new customers, interested customers, angry customers,... anything you can imagine. Having to do this made me significantly more comfortable dealing with people, especially in unexpected scenarios. I would recommend everyone to get out of their comfort zone and do what scares you. Do what you think will make you freeze or lock up. It won't be easye but damn is it satisfying afterwards when you realize you CAN do it.

This is an amazing lecture by Amy Cuddy. Lots of intakes for the young generation who aim to improve their body language! She has struggled a lot to reach here even after the accident and suffering from brain damage, but she has not lost herself. She became stronger and now she is an inspiration to people who think their communication and body language skills don't come easy to them. As she says "Fake it till you make it"!!

i literally call this my favorite ted talk ever. i watched it for the first time nearly 2.5 years ago when i was shy and unconfident in myself and my looks and personality and basically everything about myself. i followed this message and now i am the best and most beautiful person i know. i walk around like i run the place and i am not afraid of what people think of me mostly. i still am working on becoming better in social situations and being able to talk to anyone and not being afraid but i am way better now than i was before

She still has a little stage fright, but she toughed it out and gave a charming and heartfelt talk. That took some guts.

The ending got me in the feels so much. You can tell that is how it really went down cause she was on verge of tears.