Presence

Authors: Amy Cuddy

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Key Ideas

1. Presence is the state of being attuned to and able to comfortably express our true thoughts, feelings, values, and potential. It involves being authentic and sincere in our interactions.

2. Presence can be developed through accessing our personal power, which involves our ability to believe in ourselves and to handle challenges with confidence.

3. Power posing, or adopting expansive and open body postures, can enhance feelings of personal power and confidence.

4. Presence can be demonstrated nonverbally through expansive and open body postures, as well as through other nonverbal cues suc....
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Quiz

1. What is presence?

A state of being authentically attuned to and expressing our true thoughts and feelings.

A state of being distant and detached from our true thoughts and feelings.

A state of constantly seeking validation and approval from others.

A state of pretending to be someone we are not.

2. How can personal power be developed?

By believing in ourselves and handling challenges with confidence.

By constantly seeking validation and approval from others.

By adopting submissive body postures.

By pretending to be someone we are not.

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