Presence

bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges

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Amy Joy Casselberry Cuddy: Presence (2015)

344 pages

English language

Published Dec. 17, 2015

ISBN:
978-0-316-25657-5
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OCLC Number:
931562326

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4 stars (4 reviews)

"A Harvard psychologist and TED star shares strategic advice on how to live in accordance with one's inner resources to overcome social fears and self-doubt while heightening confidence, productivity and influence,"--NoveList.

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Book as a Recap of the TED talk

3 stars

Rather than reading the book, I'd recommend to watch the TED talk by the author. While the first few chapters about presence are interesting, there is not much content in there. The last few chapters are basically the TED talk repeated. The whole book was filled with references to the TED talk and e-mails by viewers and how it helped them. Having watched the TED talk and having read a few books on the topic, there weren't many additional things to be learnt rather than acting as a reminder.

Review of 'Presence' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Cuddy has a TED talk that is a reasonable introduction to the content in this book.

This book talks a fair bit about body language, but instead of what it tells others, the primary focus is about using body language to communicate with yourself, and uses her own academic work, along with some others, to allow yourself to behave with confidence and set yourself up to project your genuine belief in yourself of your ideas to others. The TED talk might be sufficient for you, but if you want to go a touch deeper and get basic information about the research and methodology this is a sold read.

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Subjects

  • Self-esteem
  • Self-confidence
  • Success
  • Psychological aspects