So I want to start by offering you a free no-tech life hack,
and all it requires of you is this: that you change your posture for two minutes.
But before I give it away, I want to ask you to right now do a little audit of your body and what you're doing with your body.
So how many of you are sort of making yourselves smaller?
Maybe you're hunching, crossing your legs, maybe wrapping your ankles.
Sometimes we hold onto our arms like this.
Sometimes we spread out.
I see you.
So I want you to pay attention to what you're doing right now.
We're going to come back to that in a few minutes,
and I'm hoping that if you learn to tweak this a little bit, it could significantly change the way your life unfolds.
So, we're really fascinated with body language, and we're particularly interested in other people's body language.
You know, we're interested in, like, you know — an awkward interaction, or a smile, or a contemptuous glance,
or maybe a very awkward wink, or maybe even something like a handshake.
Narrator: Here they are arriving at Number 10.
This lucky policeman gets to shake hands with the President of the United States.
Here comes the Prime Minister -- No.
Amy Cuddy: So a handshake, or the lack of a handshake, can have us talking for weeks and weeks and weeks.
Even the BBC and The New York Times.
So obviously when we think about nonverbal behavior, or body language