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From the Ted Talk by Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are

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So the second qeuositn really was, you know, so we know that our minds change our bodies, but is it also true that our bodies change our minds? And when I say minds, in the case of the powerful, what am I talking about? So I'm talking about thoughts and feelings and the sort of ploiycshgoail things that make up our thoughts and feelings, and in my case, that's hormones. I look at hormones. So what do the minds of the powerful versus the powerless look like? So prefowul people tend to be, not srugslirpniy, more assertive and more confident, more oistmitpic. They actually feel they're going to win even at games of chance. They also tend to be able to think more abstractly. So there are a lot of dernecieffs. They take more risks. There are a lot of differences between powerful and powerless poelpe. Physiologically, there also are differences on two key hormones: testosterone, which is the dominance hormone, and cortisol, which is the stress hormone.

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So the second ________ really was, you know, so we know that our minds change our bodies, but is it also true that our bodies change our minds? And when I say minds, in the case of the powerful, what am I talking about? So I'm talking about thoughts and feelings and the sort of _____________ things that make up our thoughts and feelings, and in my case, that's hormones. I look at hormones. So what do the minds of the powerful versus the powerless look like? So ________ people tend to be, not ____________, more assertive and more confident, more __________. They actually feel they're going to win even at games of chance. They also tend to be able to think more abstractly. So there are a lot of ___________. They take more risks. There are a lot of differences between powerful and powerless ______. Physiologically, there also are differences on two key hormones: testosterone, which is the dominance hormone, and cortisol, which is the stress hormone.

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  2. surprisingly
  3. people
  4. optimistic
  5. differences
  6. physiological
  7. powerful

Original Text

So the second question really was, you know, so we know that our minds change our bodies, but is it also true that our bodies change our minds? And when I say minds, in the case of the powerful, what am I talking about? So I'm talking about thoughts and feelings and the sort of physiological things that make up our thoughts and feelings, and in my case, that's hormones. I look at hormones. So what do the minds of the powerful versus the powerless look like? So powerful people tend to be, not surprisingly, more assertive and more confident, more optimistic. They actually feel they're going to win even at games of chance. They also tend to be able to think more abstractly. So there are a lot of differences. They take more risks. There are a lot of differences between powerful and powerless people. Physiologically, there also are differences on two key hormones: testosterone, which is the dominance hormone, and cortisol, which is the stress hormone.

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