At TED there is a very interesting talk that questions the "Fake until you make it". We know our behavior (our body language) influences other people, but does it influence ourselves?
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your...u_are.html
The quick facts:
Our body language influences our own body, and his hormone production.
-Two minutes in a “power pose” (a pose of dominance) increases Testosterone (good for dominance) and lessens cortisol (which control stress) so we are more dominant and more stress free.
-A pose of submission does a negative effect(less testosterone, more cortisol) although not in the same quantities that the positive one.
-That does not mean that we have to be in a a power pose always. But using a power pose BEFORE a stressful situation (a job application, a presentation, a date) will release hormones that will help us better.
-There is not “Fake until you make it”. If you repeat some situation acting according to how they should be acted enough times, you will become the thing you were “faking” due to the skills/confidence/hormones that you gain “faking” it. There is “Faking until you become it”.
Of course faking being a millionaire wouldn’t work, but faking being confident will make you more confident.
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your...u_are.html
The quick facts:
Our body language influences our own body, and his hormone production.
-Two minutes in a “power pose” (a pose of dominance) increases Testosterone (good for dominance) and lessens cortisol (which control stress) so we are more dominant and more stress free.
-A pose of submission does a negative effect(less testosterone, more cortisol) although not in the same quantities that the positive one.
-That does not mean that we have to be in a a power pose always. But using a power pose BEFORE a stressful situation (a job application, a presentation, a date) will release hormones that will help us better.
-There is not “Fake until you make it”. If you repeat some situation acting according to how they should be acted enough times, you will become the thing you were “faking” due to the skills/confidence/hormones that you gain “faking” it. There is “Faking until you become it”.
Of course faking being a millionaire wouldn’t work, but faking being confident will make you more confident.