
Presence
by Amy Cuddy · first published 2015
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…exercise makes you younger but we do know it boosts your testosterone. Btw. a great book on the topic: Winner Effect by Ian Robertson (founding Director of Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience) or Presence by Amy Cuddy
on “The relationship between mindset and getting old” ↗Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest by Amy Cuddy and The Charisma Myth: Master the Art of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane I really liked these books about how to be more influential…
on “Ask HN: Non-tech books that have helped you grow professionally?” ↗Fiction: The Baroque Circle + Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson Non-Fiction: Presence - Amy Cuddy
on “Ask HN: What book do you recommend everyone should read?” ↗…moments occurred. The world is changing, brought forth by massive economic migration and the erosion of borders. Can we stay the same or must we evolve to survive? Zero to One - Peter Thiel: Classic. Presence - Amy Cuddy: I was going to omit this from the list on account of the fact some of the science of the book being flawed. I couldn’t, I loved it. It spoke to me about my own issues facing impostor syndrome.…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗…crisis means a lot of scientists have written books about their area based on bad research. Not only they were trained in their area, some of them even invented it. I'll give you one concrete example: "Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges", by Amy Cuddy. That book was based on the (now completely falsified) theory of "Power posing"[0], which the author published peer-reviewed papers…
on “Bad science as genre fiction” ↗