Ebook: Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
Author: Cuddy Amy Joy Casselberry
- Tags: Self-confidence, Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-realization, Self-esteem, Success, Psychological aspects, PSYCHOLOGY, Applied Psychology, SELF-HELP, Personal Growth, General, SELF-HELP, Personal Growth, Happiness, SELF-HELP, Personal Growth, Success, Psychology, Self-Improvement, Sociology, Nonfiction, Achievement, Performance Anxiety, Self Concept, Business
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Little
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
- epub
Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Too often we approach our lives' biggest hurdles with dread, execute them with anxiety, and leave them with regret. By accessing our personal power, we Read more...
Abstract: Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Too often we approach our lives' biggest hurdles with dread, execute them with anxiety, and leave them with regret. By accessing our personal power, we can achieve "presence," the state in which we stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead adjust the impression we've been making on ourselves. As Harvard professor Amy Cuddy's revolutionary book reveals, we don't need to embark on a grand spiritual quest or complete an inner transformation to harness the power of presence. Instead, we need to nudge ourselves, moment by moment, by tweaking our body language, behavior, and mind-set in our day-to-day lives. Amy Cuddy has galvanized tens of millions of viewers around the world with