The Posture Player
See what your body says before you speak. Choose a posture — confident, defensive, open, closed, dominant, submissive — and the figure shows you what a room reads before a word leaves your mouth. Then play the read-the-room challenge.
Mehrabian's rule in the room: when message and delivery conflict, listeners trust body language over words. A confident idea delivered in a collapsed posture arrives as a weak idea. The posture you walk in with sets the frame before you open your mouth.
High power vs. low power cues: Space taken (arms out, legs apart, chest up) reads as authority. Space surrendered (arms in, shoulders rolled, gaze down) reads as submission. Neither is "correct" — but knowing which you're doing lets you choose.
Power stance: feet wider than shoulders, chest up, hands visible. The body occupies maximum space — a primal signal of security and authority. Used well, it communicates "I belong here." Used poorly, it reads as aggression.
Holding this posture while being challenged can read as dismissive. Combine with direct eye contact and a neutral face — not a stare-down.
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