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Presence

By: Amy Cuddy
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How can we be our strongest selves in life's most challenging situations? We often approach these situations - job interviews, difficult conversations, speaking up for ourselves - with anxiety and leave them with regret. Moments that require us to be genuine and powerful instead cause us to feel phoney and powerless, preventing us from being our best selves.

Harvard professor Amy Cuddy shows us we need to stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead change the impression we're making on ourselves. Cutting-edge science reveals that if we adopt behaviours reflecting power and strength, we liberate ourselves from the fears and doubts that obstruct us. By redirecting our thoughts, actions, and even physiology, we free ourselves to be our best.

Amy Cuddy galvanised viewers around the world with her TEDTalk on 'power poses'. Now she explains the science underlying these and many other fascinating body-mind effects and teaches us how to use this science to become self-assured in high-pressure moments.

Impassioned, beautifully researched, and accessible, Presence is filled with stories of individuals facing real obstacles and succeeding against the odds. Every reader will learn how to approach stress-filled challenges without fear and leave them without regret.

Written and read by Amy Cuddy, a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School who studies how nonverbal behavior and snap judgments affect people. Her research has been published in top academic journals and covered by NPR, The New York Times, Wired, Fast Company, and more. Cuddy has been named a 'Game Changer' by Time, one of '50 Women Who Are Changing the World' by Business Insider, and a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum. Her 2012 TEDTalk is the second most-viewed talk in TED's history.

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Life changing

Very powerful book. Love Amy Cuddy and her story and studies. A book that will change lives.

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Highly enjoyable but...

The book was great but it felt like a glorified version of the TED talk. I was expecting much more focus on "Presence".
Power posing is a great hack that actually works. But why do some people feel like impostors, why do they have such low self-esteem, why do they hate themselves? Definitely not due to the lack of power posing. And power posing alone cannot take you all the way to your promised land; it's just a very useful piece of hygiene that can help you on your way there.

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Thought provoking audio!

Cuddy is helping people change their lives one nudge at a time. Power pose your way to become more confident and successful.

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Fantastic book

Fascinating read, I've just bought copies of the book for a friend and my daughter

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Superb Audio Book.

Would you consider the audio edition of Presence to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version but this is one of the rare audio books that I will buy in print as well.

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It's non fiction. Amy Cuddy narrates it herself and delivers very well. She has a good voice that shows her emotion. You can tell when she is amused, genuinely moved or excited.

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Amy tells her own story of traumatic brain Injury without a trace of self pity. Her insights into human behaviour are told in a way that we can all relate to.

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thank you

I had no reason to read this book.
There's things I'm not happy about in my life but on the whole I'm happy yet there are plenty of things I cam take from this book that'll make many aspects of my life easier and more enjoyable.
Can't wait to put them on action

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Amazing

What more do I need than the truth about myself. Amy in my book is a legend, taking to my mind and digging out my true self without hurting me. I wish I knew about her a while ago, I am happy I know about her now.

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review Presence

loved the book, inspiration. looking forward to putting it in to practice, a must read

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Life changing

Truly inspiring. Had to stop and take notes several times. Highly recommended. I will return to this book for many listenings.

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Pleasant book

I found this audio book easy listening. Nice and interesting case studies, very informative. But little information on how to apply these techniques.
However overall, an interesting book

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