The Ted talk by Any Cuddy named “Your body language may shape who you are” touches the topical theme important for many people in society. The majority of worthy individuals fail because of the wrong attitude or lack of self-confidence. The speaker refutes the belief unmerited achievements and honors by presenting the way to tackle the problem (Cuddy, 2012). The talk profoundly affected my position of self-value by showing the opportunity to change and to improve personally.
I liked the part of this speech when the speaker shared her personal story with the audience and built trusting contact. By talking about her experience, she makes the listener recall the moments when they have lived an analogous situation (Cuddy, 2012). For example, I have remembered all speaking tests and interviews I had to give and noticed the correlation she was speaking about. To be specific, when I have tried to imitate some confident girl, I made better performance. As the listeners thankfully responded to Amy Cuddy by standing and clapping hands in the end, it can be concluded that her talk has significant merit (Cuddy, 2012).
There are several cases where the points made by Amy Cuddy and arguments from the e-Text agree. First, it is the fact that anyone can change his attitude to succeed in their ambitions. The speaker highlights this idea multiple times and states that faking can help to believe it (Cuddy, 2012). Moreover, according to Cengage Learning (2017), numerous factors contribute to changing one’s position. Second, both sources emphasized the tendency of higher employability among positive and self-assuring candidates. In this view, Ms. Cuddy advised to go bath and keep an expanding position to affect the mind for confident mood (Cuddy, 2012). Similarly, e-Text directly recommends to review personal core value and make them more positive (Cengage Learning, 2017).
I look forward to applying ideas presented by Cuddy to my personal life. Even though the speaker represented the importance of these precious pieces of advice mainly for career interviews or public talks, I believe they can be used in daily life too. Embracing self-confidence and positivity is beneficial for the surrounding people and family. Moreover, it will be easier to feel comfortable and deserving later, giving the public talks or presenting ideas for a broad audience. For example, I suppose that I can prove my position on the topic of racism among conservatively-minded relatives. In such a way, I will be confidently speaking on this and other controversial issues for a more significant number of unknown people. In the beginning, I might be copying the speakers I like both verbally and non-verbally. Finally, I will develop my style of performing that is both effective in the view of concisely delivering the ideas and comfortable for me.
Definitely, I would recommend this Ted talk, as it can be a significant help for my friends and acquaintances to change their personality and life. Although its thesis is quite straightforward, it can be challenging to comprehend for some people at first. These 21 minutes can change the attitude to one’s life and help recover from anxiety by growing necessary self-value. The speaker effectively uses various tools for a persuasive speech, such as anecdotes and direct contact with the audience. Hence, I believe that if I advise people to watch this video, they may change their lives profoundly and improve the quality of it.
References
Cengage Learning. (2017). Chapter 6:Attitudes can shape your life [PowerPoint slides].
Cuddy, A. (2012). Your body language may shape who you are [Video]. TED.