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How to fake it till you make it

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Have you watched Amy Cuddy’s TED talk on power poses? I first came across this when I was preparing to give an ignite talk at the end of a Fellowship I participated in.

Because of the size and prominence of the audience, nerve-wracking does not come close to describing what I felt in the days leading up to the talk. I had dreams of forgetting everything I was meant to say as soon as I got up on stage.

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