The Stance of Power.

“Strand up straight!” “Don’t hunch your shoulders!” “Keep your head up!”
Sound familiar? Most of our parents repeated these mantras. Those who took heed have excellent postures today, while those who didn’t have carried poor postural habits into their teens and into adulthood.
Because posture is the first thing people see, it is one of the key components to reflect how others who don’t know you will initially treat you. If you don’t stand straight, giving the impression of self-respect, they may not initially treat you as respectfully as they would someone with better posture.
Perceptual psychosocial studies confirm this. One hundred people were shown photos of people with their head hanging down, rounded shoulders, and stomachs out, while others were shown photos of people with their heads up, shoulders squared and back, and their stomach in. Poor postured people were perceived as less popular, more nerdy, less exciting, less ambitious, and less physically attractive than their straight-postured counterparts.
Look in the mirror or at the videotape of yourself. Now answer “yes” or “no” to the following questions: