Speech Report

This weekend, I watched a TED Talk by Amy Cuddy, a specialist researching on body language. The topic is “Body language can change self-evaluation”, the lecturer used a very vivid and emotional way to deliver her speech.

The main idea is about how our actions affect our emotions. She started the speech by giving people a new tip. Then she listed several body languages that we always use and what they stand for, for example, opening arms stand for powerful attitude while closing up stand for powerless. Next, she explained how the body language affect our feelings, through smiling, shaking hands and all the social ways. In addition, she told us some special facts that may impact the affection of body language, such as gender and degree people participate in.

What’s more, she spread the idea “fake it till make it” by using her own story. She was a very gifted girl with lots of excellent experience in her childhood. Unfortunately, she suffered a bad accident when she was 14, doctor saved her but told that her IQ dropped 2 standard. She loosed all the confidence and close up for a long time. She struggled many times in school, always thinking about “I wasn’t supposed to be here”. She then learned to cheat herself, say that “I should be h ere, I can be good here”. Therefore she passed series of difficulties and finally got the master degree in Harvard. Her eyes was well up with tears when she mentioned this, I can see the how tough she had been through. At last, she suggested that “tiny tweaks make big changes”, and advocate d all of us to notice our body language and make proper changes to it, thus we can make a better life.

So after I watched her address, I began to think over about myself, what body language I always use and how I use it. I eventually noticed I use some wrong ways on them, such as the way talking to others. So I went to think it again, and now I get an accurate plan to improve myself. Thanks to the speech.