Power Posing

Our last post focused on risk and how it is often uncomfortable for many of us to take them. What if I told you I have the solution. Would you be interested?

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident -- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.

https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are?language=en

What is your impression of "power posing"? Try "Power Posing" next time and see if it works.

Risk

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.

To place our ideas, our dreams, before a crowd is to risk their loss.

To live is to risk dying.

To hope is to risk despair. To try is to risk failure.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.

Only a person who risks is free.

Anonymous

For our first post of Q3 I thought we'd take a chance. Are you a "risk taker"? Describe a time in your life when you took a risk or could have but didn't. What happened? Were the results what you expected? If you didn't take a risk do you regret it?