The TED Talk That Changed the Trajectory of My Career

In the fight against imposter syndrome and self-doubt, I still rely on this twenty-minute video to help me project confidence.

I was in the final semester of my Master’s program and working at a job I felt I had lucked my way into. During my last annual review, my female boss had told me I needed to dress more professionally if I had any hope of moving up in my career. I felt out of my depth, uncertain about the future, and like an imposter in professional settings.

Her talk from 2012 has over 62 million views, and the transcript has been translated to 52 languages. The message is simple: What we do with our bodies can change how we show up in the world.

Power posing involves body positions that are generally associated with pride and power. These are poses where you take up space, like standing upright with your hands on your hips (aka, the Wonder Woman) or leaning back in a chair with your feet on a desk and your hands linked behind your head.

Before a stressful job interview, the researchers made participants assume “high-power” positions as described above or “low-power” body positions, such as crossing their legs and making their body small to take up less space.

Subjects assumed their pose for two minutes before the job interview. Those that held high-power poses came across as more confident and enthusiastic compared to the low-power posers. The high-power poses received better overall performance…

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