Amy Cuddy

There is no one who is present all the time, but you work on becoming present when you are interacting with people who are working for you, being able to hear them without a sense of threat, to go into those meetings with confidence and not arrogance.

Amy Cuddy

Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

Amy Cuddy

What I most want you to understand is that your body is continuously and convincingly sending messages to your brain, and you get to control the content of those messages.

Amy Cuddy

When our body language is confident and open, other people respond in kind, unconsciously reinforcing not only their perception of us but also our perception of ourselves.

Amy Cuddy

When we feel powerful, we’re less self-conscious about expressing our feelings and beliefs, and that frees us to think and do great things.

Amy Cuddy

When we’re sad, we slouch. We also slouch when we feel scared or powerless.

Amy Cuddy

You have to buy what you’re selling. If you don’t buy what you’re selling, nobody will.

Amy Cuddy

You never figure out how to write a novel; you just learn how to write the novel that you’re on.

Amy Cuddy