A Joosr Guide to... Presence by Amy Cuddy: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

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Want to know how to face life's biggest challenges head-on, without fear or nervousness interfering with your performance? Discover how to use your body to face high-pressure situations with confidence, while liberating yourself from feelings of anxiety and worry.

Presence looks at the positive effects that simple body language adjustments and other techniques can have in bringing an individual into a state of presence and personal power. Whether you're tackling an important job interview or giving a presentation at work, following the practices laid out in this book will ensure that you are able to face such stressful situations with ease, becoming your most effective and authentic self.

You will learn:

· What power posing is, and why you should do it before undertaking a challenge

· Which physical positions and poses are killing your confidence

· That it is possible to be too prepared.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Joosr
• Release date: Jun 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781785673061

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What’s it about?

Think back to a recent moment in which you felt stressed or uncomfortable. Perhaps you had a high-pressure job interview, or were meeting your partner’s parents for the first time. Were you satisfied with how you presented yourself? Or did you find that unease took over so that you were not the best version of yourself?

Situations in life such as these, which require us to be genuine and confident, can instead often cause us to act anxiously or insincerely. We want to leave a good impression, but are so worried about doing so that we approach these scenarios filled with fear or dread. But it is possible to overcome such challenges—you just need to learn to have presence.

Presence outlines the ways in which we can overcome our fears, stop worrying about the impression we make on others, and liberate ourselves from the anxiety we feel during high-pressure challenges. Amy Cuddy has studied the mental effects of power poses and the impact these have on balancing out our hormone levels so that we feel relaxed and self-assured. Absolutely anybody can use these poses to make simple adjustments to their body language and instill new levels of confidence in themselves. This will have a direct and positive impact on