Presence, Amy Cuddy
Presence, Amy Cuddy
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Presence
Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

Author: Amy Cuddy

Narrator: Amy Cuddy

Unabridged: 9 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/22/2015

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Too often we approach our lives' biggest hurdles with dread, execute them with anxiety, and leave them with regret.

By accessing our personal power, we can achieve "presence," the state in which we stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead adjust the impression we've been making on ourselves. As Harvard professor Amy Cuddy's revolutionary book reveals, we don't need to embark on a grand spiritual quest or complete an inner transformation to harness the power of presence. Instead, we need to nudge ourselves, moment by moment, by tweaking our body language, behavior, and mind-set in our day-to-day lives.

Amy Cuddy has galvanized tens of millions of viewers around the world with her TED talk about "power poses." Now she presents the enthralling science underlying these and many other fascinating body-mind effects, and teaches us how to use simple techniques to liberate ourselves from fear in high-pressure moments, perform at our best, and connect with and empower others to do the same.

Brilliantly researched, impassioned, and accessible, Presence is filled with stories of individuals who learned how to flourish during the stressful moments that once terrified them. Every reader will learn how to approach their biggest challenges with confidence instead of dread, and to leave them with satisfaction instead of regret.

"Presence feels at once concrete and inspiring, simple but ambitious -- above all, truly powerful."-New York Times Book Review

About Amy Cuddy

Amy Cuddy is a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School who studies how nonverbal behavior and snap judgements affect people. Her research has been published in top academic journals and covered by NPR, 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. View her TED talk at http://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_cuddy


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on March 04, 2016

I don't read self-help books. Metaphorically I'm a 17-year-old hearing that it would be better to start my homework on Saturday instead of Sunday night at eight. My inner voice screams, "I KNOOOOOOOOW." But someone sent this book to my husband to review, or maybe just as advice, because he doesn't r......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on February 25, 2023

Watch the TED Talk. Skip the book. Except for Chapters 8 & 9 (which covered the content of her TED Talk in a little more detail), the remainder was a rehashing of old studies the author force-fit into her theme of "presence" and reprints of emails she received from fans.......more

Goodreads review by Always on May 07, 2017

More self help books yikes, when will I finish all the ones I bought without thinking about it when they were on sale? The author of this one also has a TED talk and as seems to be the case with books by authors with successful TED talks it's much more worthwhile to skip the book and just watch the......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on May 28, 2016

I took this book out of the library based on the title – Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges – after reading the back cover. I have read some other books by philosophers and psychologists, and especially those who are proponents of meditation, about the importance of bein......more

Goodreads review by Leah on December 31, 2015

First, watch Amy Cuddy's Ted Talk. Then, read this book. It has made me really really think about a few things and how I carry myself in the world. I also am really grateful to know that I have "personal power" and don't rely on "social power" to get through the world. Great way to end 2015 and star......more


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New York Times bestseller

Wall Street Journal bestseller

USA Today bestseller

Publishers Weekly bestseller

Amazon "Best Books of December" pick and December spotlight

Amazon Canada "Best Books of December"

AARP Editor's Pick and a "Top Ten Books of 2015"

Forbes "15 Best Business Books of 2015"

Business Insider "20 Best Business Books of 2015"

Business Insider "20 of the Best Books by the Most Influential Thinkers in Business"

Washington Post "12 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2015"

Inc. #1 pick for "12 New Business Books for the Perfect Gift"

People "Book of the Week"

BusinessMirror "10 Books to Look for in Early 2016"

Bustle "10 Books That'll Inspire You to Make the World a Better Place in 2016"

Irish Independent "The 6 Best Motivational Reads for 2016"

Shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Leadership Award (UK)

World Economic Forum #1 pick for "Books on Leadership to Read This Holiday"

"Cuddy brings an abundance of humility and charm to the page. Her presence itself--her openhearted desire to help the insecure and the uneasy in this age of anxiety--shines through. PRESENCE feels at once concrete and inspiring, simple but ambitious--above all, truly powerful."
Heather Havrilesky, front page New York Times Book Review

"Amy Cuddy's must-read new book...is a triple threat: enjoyable, fascinating, and a brightly packaged New Year's resolution....There's a lot more to the body-mind connection, and that's what PRESENCE lays out so well.
Lane Florsheim, Marie Claire

"A must-read for anyone looking to achieve their personal best." —Kim Hubbard, People (Book of the Week)

"Amy Cuddy fuses the rigor of a researcher befitting one of the world's finest universities with the raw empathic insight that springs from uncommonly trying personal experience."
Maria Popova, Brainpickings

"A treatise on presence." —Forbes

"Filled with stories about achieving greater mindfulness, successfully coping with stress, and being present to our immediate moments, PRESENCE will help you direct all your competing energies more effectively. The first step in any great journey of change is into the self, after all." —Bustle

"Want to enjoy a more confident 2016? Consider power posing. This transformative self-help tome explains how assuming the Wonder Woman stance before a big interview sends an empowering message to your mind." —Deirdre Donahue, AARP

"...Cuddy is endearingly normal. And her new book, PRESENCE, is as entertaining as it is scientific."
Associated Press/The National (UAE)

"Amy Cuddy is the high priestess of self-confidence for the self-doubting. In PRESENCE, she uses her warmth, empathy, and laser-sharp intelligence to decode the mysteries of presence under social pressure. A must-read for--well, for everyone."—Susan Cain, co-founder of Quiet Revolution and author of Quiet