New York Times bestseller Wall Street Journal bestseller
USA Today bestseller
Publishers Weekly bestseller
Amazon "Best Books of December" pick and December spotlight Amazon Canada "Best Books of December"
AARP Editor's Pick and a "Top Ten Books of 2015"
Forbes "15 Best Business Books of 2015" Business Insider "20 Best Business Books of 2015"
Business Insider "20 of the Best Books by the Most Influential Thinkers in Business"
Washington Post "12 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2015" Inc. #1 pick for "12 New Business Books for the Perfect Gift"
People "Book of the Week"
BusinessMirror "10 Books to Look for in Early 2016" Bustle "10 Books That'll Inspire You to Make the World a Better Place in 2016"
Irish Independent "The 6 Best Motivational Reads for 2016"
Shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Leadership Award (UK) World Economic Forum #1 pick for "Books on Leadership to Read This Holiday"
"A must-read for anyone looking to achieve their personal best."--
Kim Hubbard,
People (Book of the Week)"Filled with stories about achieving greater mindfulness, successfully coping with stress, and being present to our immediate moments, PRESENCE will help you direct all your competing energies more effectively. The first step in any great journey of change is into the self, after all."--
Bustle..".Cuddy is endearingly normal. And her new book, PRESENCE, is as entertaining as it is scientific."
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Associated Press/The National (UAE)"Amy Cuddy is the high priestess of self-confidence for the self-doubting. In PRESENCE, she uses her warmth, empathy, and laser-sharp intelligence to decode the mysteries of presence under social pressure. A must-read for--well, for everyone."--
Susan Cain,
co-founder of Quiet Revolution and author of Quiet"PRESENCE is
exactly the kind of behavioral science book the world needs."
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Robert Cialdini,
New York Times bestselling author of Influence "What could be more important in life than being yourself? In this wonderfully engaging, intelligent, and practical book, Amy Cuddy unpacks the cutting-edge psychology of presence when we most need it. I recommend it highly!"
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William Ury,
coauthor of Getting to Yes and author of Getting to Yes with Yourself "You probably didn't know how much you were reading from your own body language. Amy Cuddy's beautiful new book explains how our minds and bodies connect and influence one another, affecting how we feel about ourselves and our place in the world."
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Heidi Grant Halvorson, Columbia Business School,
author of No One Understands You and What to Do About It and Focus "Cuddy brings an abundance of humility and charm to the page. Her presence itself--her openhearted desire to help the insecure and the uneasy in this age of anxiety--shines through. PRESENCE feels at once concrete and inspiring, simple but ambitious--above all, truly powerful."
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Heather Havrilesky,
front page New York Times Book Review"Amy Cuddy's must-read new book...is a triple threat: enjoyable, fascinating, and a brightly packaged New Year's resolution....There's a lot more to the body-mind connection, and that's what PRESENCE lays out so well.
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Lane Florsheim,
Marie Claire
New York Times bestseller - Wall Street Journal bestseller - USA Today bestseller - Publishers Weekly bestseller - Forbes "15 Best Business Books of the Year" - People "Book of the Week" - AARP Editor's Pick
"Presence feels at once concrete and inspiring, simple but ambitious--above all, truly powerful." -- New York Times Book Review
Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Too often we approach our lives' biggest hurdles with dread, execute them with anxiety, and leave them with regret.
By accessing our personal power, we can achieve "presence," the state in which we stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead adjust the impression we've been making on ourselves. As Harvard professor Amy Cuddy's revolutionary book reveals, we don't need to embark on a grand spiritual quest or complete an inner transformation to harness the power of presence. Instead, we need to nudge ourselves, moment by moment, by tweaking our body language, behavior, and mind-set in our day-to-day lives.
Amy Cuddy has galvanized tens of millions of viewers around the world with her TED talk about "power poses." Now she presents the enthralling science underlying these and many other fascinating body-mind effects, and teaches us how to use simple techniques to liberate ourselves from fear in high-pressure moments, perform at our best, and connect with and empower others to do the same.
Brilliantly researched, impassioned, and accessible, Presence is filled with stories of individuals who learned how to flourish during the stressful moments that once terrified them. Every reader will learn how to approach their biggest challenges with confidence instead of dread, and to leave them with satisfaction instead of regret.