Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges Free Audiobook Download by Amy Cuddy

What if we could take our most authentic, boldest self and bring it to the biggest challenges in our lives?

Amy Cuddy is a professor at Harvard Business School and a leading expert on power poses. She found that practicing power poses had three important effects: It increased one's feelings of power, increased feelings of warmth in the body, and decreased feelings of threat. Amy also suggests that you can use power poses not just to improve your own mood but also to help improve your company's productivity.

When Amy Cuddy first gave a TED talk in which she talked about the physical and psychological effects of an "externally observed power pose" (a position with your shoulders back and your arms out to the side), it seemed like it was one more in a long line of interesting scientific findings. But her talk went on to become extremely popular--and controversial--for its implications that we can influence our feelings, behavior, and performance just by changing how we "look" at our world. The idea that there's no real-life equivalent is not true though; if you want to make a bold move in your life, being present is about being yourself.

Presence is the first book to provide a scientific understanding of how to harness the power and advantages of your natural, bold presence. Cuddy herself has experienced this firsthand when she was able to stand in front of thousands during her learning to yodel and speak publicly. Since then, she's leveraged this "presence" on a global scale as a professor at Harvard Business School, Chairman of the Science of Leadership institute, co-founder at neuroscience firm based in San Francisco, author of three New York Times bestsellers: Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges, PresenTense: The Power Of Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness And Emotions, and The Confidence Code.

The practice of having presence is a little bit like being in the moment. It helps us feel connected to those around us. If you're not feeling connected, it's easy to take your focus away from what matters and onto what you're doing (or not doing). This can lead to disengagement or even frustration when things don't go as we planned. The practice of having presence helps us get back into the zone by focusing on ourselves in the midst of a challenging situation and maintaining our calmness.

When it comes to your life, you need to be more bold than ever before. When you take risks and live boldly, in the present moment, everything will become easier. This book is about how to make that boldness happen.