Cuddy Ted Talk On Body Language

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Also, Cuddy Ted Talk on body language is more convincing. Cuddy argument on self-talk and “faking it till you make it”, includes percentages from her study on the high-power and powerless pose. Including her personal story allows the viewers or readers to be convince about the effects of positive self-talk. Cuddy’s story about her car accident, allows the audience to relate about overcoming of struggles and obstacles. However, de Vries article did not include numeric facts, picture, or charts stating the dangers of imposters. The characters in his article were fictional, which cause the reader to have a false identification of the character.

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