Why do people feel powerless? Why do men or women feel like impostors when they have great careers? Can self-talk help solve our problems? There are many arguments about the effects of self-talk. Self-talk is talking to yourself aloud or silently to have a negative or positive influence. Amy Cuddy supports the strategy self-talk for situations whenever someone feels powerless. Cuddy gave a speech called, “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” in June of 2012. Kets de Vries disagree with technique of self-talk. In his article, “The Dangers of Feeling like a Fake” (published September 2006). He argues that the usage of self-talk results in neurotic imposter. Neurotic Impostors are men or women who have achievements, but feel like they do not deserve those (Vries “Dangers of Feeling like a Fake”. Amy Cuddy theory of self-talk can have a positive result or a negative result, which is neurotic imposter.
Amy Cuddy explain in her Ted Talk the importance of body language and judgement. Cuddy states, “We make sweeping judgements and inferences from body language. And
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those judgements can predict really meaningful life outcomes. “The use of body language and can spread a message on how we feel, think, and react with others (such as a handshake). Cuddy says, “We are also influenced by our nonverbal, our thoughts, and our feelings and our physiology.” Through a study, Cuddy examine that high-power and powerless poses affects who you are and your performances in certain situations and events. From the study, Cuddy collects data about the levels of testosterone and cortisol when people participate in high-power poses or powerless poses. The hormone testosterone is higher than cortisol (stress hormone) when some does a high-power stance. Cortisol is higher than testosterone when someone does a powerless pose (Cuddy). The experiment concludes the importance on how our non-verbal govern our emotions and thoughts. Standing in a power pose cause people to feel confident, risky, optimistic, and positive. The powerless pose cause stress, sadness and negative thoughts. Positive and strong non-verbal sends great messages to others and helps society overcome obstacles. However, Kets de Vries thinks differently about the theory of self-talk.
Vries article, “The Dangers of Feeling like a Fake”, he stress the issue of achievers feeling like imposters. Vries states, “In man walks of life- and business is no exception -there are high achievers who believe that they are complete fakes.” There are many reasons why men and women feel like imposters. Vries argues about the outcomes when people “fake it till you make it.” Lack of motivation, professionalism, and family structure are causes of neurotic impostors. Also, setting unrealistic goals can result in neurotic impostors. Vries’ article also addresses the danger of feeling like a fake. Neurotic impostors causes many consequences on their job, relationship, behavior, and life. Procrastination, feeling afraid, self-destructive behavior, usage of drugs, and destroying your own careers are results of feeling like a
fake. In addition, I am a supporter of self-talk because it helps my self-esteem, confidence, performance, and interaction with others. Studies and experiments shows that structural or motivational self-talk affects academic performances (Sánchez, Flor, and Carvajal). Positive thinking causes students to perform well on assignments and become successful. In, contrast of positive thoughts, negative thinking can damage someone's future and life. The feeling like a fake can lead to stress and depression. For example, an article from BMC Public Health (scholarly journal) is about the dangers of suicide for men. The article states, “Men are four times more likely to die by suicide than women.” The study in the article concludes that positive strategies can prevent and manage depression (BMC Public Health). Positive strategies such as self-talk, can cause the suicide rate in men to decrease. To conclude, I believe that self-talk is a helpful and fulfilling strategy to use whenever someone feels powerless or weak. More positive thinking can shape who we are, our future, improve our careers, and build a strong foundation for life. Articles and studies informs society how important it is to think positive and not negative. In order to have great outcomes, it is our task to have positive thoughts and negative thoughts. Having more positive, confident, and decisive thoughts helps accomplish goals and overcome difficulties.
...l, our self-concept is multi-dimensional. We have three ways of perceiving ourselves, the private me, the ideal me, and the public me. The private me, is the way that we believe ourselves to be. The ideal me, is how you desire yourself, who you wish you were. Lastly, there is the public me, the way that we present ourselves in public, the face that we try to show others. Ego boosters and Ego busters affect us in everyway possible and affect the way we perceive ourselves to the world we live in.
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Today, our culture demands us to be perfect, thin, powerful, successful, smart, extraordinary, but when people begin to try achieving them, we start labeling them as narcissists. The problem is that it is impossible for anyone to please everyone. Brown defines narcissism as simply a “fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose” (22). Before giving out labels, it is wise to practice asking ourselves questions to clear the intentions and reasons of someone’s behavior. For example, teenagers posting pictures of themselves online to gain some attention reveals that the culture has taught them that they are as lovable as the number of likes and comments they get on social media. Negative feedback roots into negative thinking about vulnerability and causes them to shut themselves down and never show their real selves again. Encouraging others to believe that they are perfect as themselves, will plant a positive attitude in them and push them to pursue their goals and visions to fulfill their dream of a happy
To begin with, many people are concerned when others are judging their body language. In the TED talk, Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are by Amy Cuddy, the author points out how
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The book talks about narcissistic personality disorder which is mistakenly regarded as a big ego or inflated self-esteem. The latter entails a big psychological condition that affects negativity in marriages and work environment as the victims own self sense of self. According to the book, the victims have self-confidence and shows arrogant behaviors. This is caused by low-esteem and sense of insecurity. The author has been licensed and has nationally creditably on social work for more than 20 years.
The speech that was analyzed was “Your Body Language Shape Who You Are” by social psychologist, Amy Cuddy. Amy explained in her speech that other people’s and your body language can display how a person can perceive themselves in a power dominance situation. Also, Cuddy described how an individual can change how a room of people views them by simply arranging their posture. Amy Cuddy gave an effective speech by her delivery of the topic, her credibility on the subject, and how she kept the audience engage.
“When we think of nonverbals we think of how we judge others, how they judge us, and what the outcomes are… we are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts, and our feelings, and our physiology” (paragraph 6). Amy Cuddy is a respected women, known for her compassion and care to inspire other to better their lives. In the beginning of her speech Your body language shapes who you are published in 2012 on Tedglobal, she offers her “life hack” to the audience, assuring them if they improve their non verbals and body language it will improve their life in many ways. Cuddy begins building her trustworthiness and credibility with the audience by quoting respectable sources, giving convincing facts and statistics, and successfully employing
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Nonverbal cues fall into two basic categories, nonverbal messages produced by the body or nonverbal messages produced by the broad setting (Tidwell). This paper will focus towards nonverbal messages produced by one’s body. Eye contact and posture are two of the most significant nonverbal cues that one can use to make or break a situation. Imagine a customer chatting with a sales agent discussing the perks of the item for purchase. If the sales person does not make eye contact with the customer or is constantly glancing away there is reasonable cause to assume that the customer is either going to feel as if the sales agent is shady or that the agent is otherwise preoccupied. This will lead the potential customer to feel non-important to the agent and the customer ma...
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