Would you like to possess more personal power? Give the 2 Minute Power Drill a try!
Stand in a "Wonder Woman" or "Superman" pose. That's right, stand like a hero for 2 minutes. Take up as much space as possible with your feet wide, hands on your hips, chin up, and eye closed and envision and feel "as if"
As If...
- You are a champion
- You are fearless
- You are tough and fierce
- You are going to achieve your goal
Take notice to how your body feels right now. You may be standing a little taller, stronger, and pumped to take on the day!
Our bodies tell our stories!!! Our body language expresses our emotions and
passions.
Did you know that we are able to project and reflect power
with our posture? Our posture projects
how we want to “feel” or appear to feel.
Ex: if we want to “feel” tall and we’re short…we stand taller.
Power is a buffer against negative emotions. Feeling powerful tends to thicken our skin
against judgement, rejection, stress, and mistakes. We are more apt to take calculated risks and
step out of our comfort zone when we feel powerful.
Walt Whitman was quoted by saying, “We convince by our
presence.”
That said, sometimes we have to convince ourselves of our
greatness by envisioning this power inside of us. When we learn to connect with our personal
power we gain courage to live in the moment, and to reach for our goals and
dreams, even in the face of failure.
“Power makes us approach.
Powerlessness makes us avoid.”
When we feel powerless, we cannot be present. Presence is power. We attain that power by power posing. We prime and ready ourselves to take action
by expanding our body language in a positive, powerful posture.
You can change your mindset simply by changing your
posture. You can also change your
posture by changing your mindset.
Really!
***Expansive body language increases our feelings of physical
strength and skill; contractive body language decreases them. Expanding your body physiologically prepares
you to be present; it overrides your instinct to fight or flee, allowing you to
be grounded, open, and engaged in the moment.
We tend to pose in a powerless way more than we think, and we
need to change that now!
The way you carry yourself is a source of personal
power. It’s the kind of power that is
key to presence. It’s the key that
allows you to unlock and unleash YOU!
Presence allows your true potential to come to fruition- it taps into
your talents, skills, abilities…it helps give you the courage and mental
fortitude to share with the world who you are!
Possessing Personal Power doesn’t MAKE you smarter or better
or magically achieve a task.
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Personal
Power helps you step-up to challenges with more courage and resiliency.
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It
doesn’t change who you are. It allows
you to be who you are.
Take control of your body language, and in turn take control
of your mind.
Most of us would benefit from a power boost before:
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job
interview/ career change
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presentation
or test
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sports
competition/practice
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New
social situations/ meeting new people
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My hope for you is to gain a new courage to venture
outside of your comfort zone, and to take a step towards the goal and vision you
have for yourself in a bold way! For
many, the thought of beginning a strength training regimen can be overwhelming and intimidating.
My belief is that if you shape your perspective in a positive fashion
the anxiety of becoming strong (physically and mentally) won’t be very daunting.
