Emotional mastery: When confidence lives in your body, by Ruth Oji

Your body is communicating right now. Before you say a single word, your shoulders, your hands, your posture, and your breathing are already sending a message to everyone watching you. The question is: what message are you sending?
Nervous body language undermines everything you say. It doesn’t matter how brilliant your ideas are or how thoroughly you’ve prepared. If your body is trembling, if your shoulders are hunched, if your voice is shaky, people will doubt you. They’ll question whether you believe in what you’re saying. And if you don’t believe in yourself, why should they believe you?
What most people don’t realize is that when they stand in front of others, whether it’s a job ...