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Last Friday, I noticed in some video podcast clips that I had this goofy, e=
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mpressed, and I was doing it far more than I liked.=20

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n doing the same thing without knowing.

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ng for laughs until it became a habit. Somewhere along the way, I'd adopted=
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e funniest little game.=20

This is what behavioral scientists call: mirroring.=20

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### The theory: mirror neurons

In the early 1990s, a neuroscientist named Giacomo Rizzolatti was studying =
[motor neurons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron) in macaque mon=
keys at the University of Parma. The research was focused on a specific are=
a of the premotor cortex called F5, which fires when a monkey reaches for a=
n object.

Then, accidentally, something strange happened.

A researcher walked into the lab, eating an ice cream cone. The monkey was =
sitting still, not moving a muscle. But the same motor neurons that fired w=
hen the monkey itself reached for food lit up in response to watching the r=
esearcher eat.

The monkey's brain was simulating the action without the monkey doing anyth=
ing at all.

Rizzolatti and colleagues described this formally in a landmark paper publi=
shed in _Brain_, coauthored with Vittorio Gallese, Leonardo Fogassi, and Lu=
ciano Fadiga. They named these cells **mirror neurons** - neurons that fire=
 both when an animal performs an action _and_ when it observes that same ac=
tion being performed by another (Gallese et al., 1996).

What the team had found, without setting out to do so, was the neural basis=
 of imitation.

By 1999, Marco Iacoboni and colleagues [published fMRI data](https://www.sc=
ience.org/doi/10.1126/science.286.5449.2526) showing evidence of a mirror n=
euron system in humans - localized in [Broca's area](https://en.wikipedia.o=
rg/wiki/Broca%27s_area) and the inferior parietal cortex, regions involved =
in both language and movement (Lacoboni et al., 1999). By 2004, Rizzolatti =
and Laila Craighero had written what became one of the most cited neuroscie=
nce reviews of the decade, concluding that the mirror neuron system is the =
mechanism by which we "understand the actions and intentions" of others fro=
m the inside out =E2=80=94 not by reasoning about them, but by internally [=
simulating them](https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/ann=
urev.neuro.27.070203.144230) (Rizzolatti & Craighero, 2004).

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### From the lab to real life: the chameleon effect

What Rizzolatti's team found in macaques, social psychologists had been doc=
umenting in humans for decades; they just didn't yet have a name for the me=
chanism.

In 1999, Tanya Chartrand and John Bargh published a series of experiments o=
n what they called [the chameleon effect](https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLandin=
g?doi=3D10.1037%2F0022-3514.76.6.893): the tendency to automatically mimic =
the postures, mannerisms, and facial expressions of the people we interact =
with, without awareness, without intention, and without being asked (Chartr=
and & Bargh, 1999).=20

In one experiment, participants worked one-on-one with a confederate who ei=
ther rubbed their face or shook their foot. Participants mimicked whichever=
 behavior their partner was doing, and did not notice they were doing it.

More importantly, when the confederate=C2=A0intentionally=C2=A0mirrored the=
 participant rather than doing their own thing, [participants rated that pe=
rson as significantly more likable](https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=
=3D10.1037%2F0022-3514.76.6.893) and the interaction as significantly smoot=
her.=20

The mirroring created affiliation: It made people feel understood, even tho=
ugh nothing substantive had been said.

This is the neurological explanation for charisma that has nothing to do wi=
th charm or personality. Some people make you feel seen not because of what=
 they say, but because they intentionally synchronize their body language w=
ith yours.

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### **The 4 aspects of unconscious mirroring**

Aspects


What it includes


What it means



**Postural**


Body orientation, lean, arm position


Alignment and openness



**Gestural**


Hand movements, head nods, timing


Engagement and resonance



**Facial**


Micro-expressions, eyebrow activity, and mouth tension


Emotional attunement



**Prosodic**


Pace, pitch, pause patterns


Cognitive synchrony




Most people unconsciously operate in one or two planes, whereas highly char=
ismatic communicators, knowingly or not, mirror across all four.=20

The goal is not to mimic.=20

But to tune in.

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### Why does this matter more in leadership?

Research by Elaine Hatfield, John Cacioppo, and Richard Rapson established =
that emotions, not just behaviors, are contagious through the same mirror m=
echanism. Their work on **[emotional contagion](https://assets.cambridge.or=
g/97805214/44989/sample/9780521444989ws.pdf)** showed that facial feedback =
loops are the primary route: when we unconsciously mimic someone's expressi=
on, our face sends signals back to our brain, shifting our internal state t=
o match.=20

A leader who walks into a room with a closed posture, a fixed expression, a=
nd a clipped tempo is not only communicating tension but spreading it to th=
e people around them. The team mirrors the leader, then experiences the emo=
tional state that expression generates, before any words have been spoken.

The reverse is equally true. A leader who enters with physical openness: un=
hurried breath, steady eye contact, neutral but present expression, establi=
shes the same calmness for the people in the room.

Ulf Dimberg and colleagues demonstrated this specifically with facial expre=
ssion: even when participants were shown emotional faces so briefly they co=
uld not consciously perceive them (under 30 milliseconds), [their facial mu=
scles still responded, and their mood shifted accordingly](https://journals=
.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9280.00221) (Dimberg et al., 2000).

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### What does it mean for founders?

We=E2=80=99re not aiming to perform a posture; mirroring feels clinical, an=
d people notice. The goal is to build the habit of awareness first, which i=
s exactly what my husband and I accidentally stumbled into.

**1. Audit our default expression, not just the intentional one.** Record y=
ourself in an unguarded moment: a meeting, a voice note, a call. What does =
your face default to when you are listening? Processing? Disagreeing? We ar=
e almost always the last to know.

**2. Notice what we are mirroring from others.** If we walk out of a meetin=
g feeling drained or scattered, ask whether we absorbed the room's state ra=
ther than set it. Mirror neurons are a two-way system; awareness of what we=
 are absorbing is the first act of regulation.

**3. Use postural openness as a deliberate anchor before high-stakes moment=
s.** Research on posture and self-perception suggests that [even a brief ad=
option of an open, expansive posture](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1=
177/0956797610383437) affects how we carry ourselves into the ensuing conve=
rsation (Carney et al., 2010).=20

**4. Slow our tempo before we speed up our words.** Mirroring happens acros=
s prosodic patterns too: pace, rhythm, silence. If we take an unhurried bre=
ath before answering, we can modulate the relational temperature.

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ne;"><i><b>.</b></i></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align=3D"center" va=
lign=3D"top" style=3D"font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:15px 0px 15px;"=
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tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id=3D"in-case-you-missed-it" class=3D"dd" alig=
n=3D"left" valign=3D"top" style=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;padding:=
0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h3 style=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;mso=
-line-height-alt:125.0%;">The theory: mirror neurons</h3></td></tr><tr><td =
class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-=
break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In the early 1=
990s, a neuroscientist named Giacomo Rizzolatti was studying <a class=3D"li=
nk" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u001.DmjFX-55oU0VlNulJA=
3fBL6YbW6S-OFwSFSZ2zjo_pEY70dRXZzVAgBJSf0lRQrooRXPZs3i5CGL6keQj0ebz_3oTxFUw=
jw-zrGc6w9PxdRCx-mSwLmT7WIS4hO7uHrpnzgIYC6Gwrgg0thCqCVGxGAvBPqCQkcmfrOSYR8m=
GvUl6piz_aISWjoY9mOoOe6c-rJvZMYqP9MTW4WlXMaerSOkoe0QlFO51tIeG6vziRBxzMuha9W=
-vTkhw86o8dKw038b_nzs4sGAXhKL4VZWKg4-Q4Bi0pXYRxTEqtgQPNA/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYV=
HaPQCFgQ/h20/h001.B4iEo4AfRQnwAqWNFgLToHB4SGzAgOIqVe9o4NGNy_Y" target=3D"_b=
lank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>motor neurons</span></a> i=
n macaque monkeys at the University of Parma. The research was focused on a=
 specific area of the premotor cortex called F5, which fires when a monkey =
reaches for an object. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" st=
yle=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D=
"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Then, accidentally, something strange happen=
ed. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px =
15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-al=
t:150.0%;"> A researcher walked into the lab, eating an ice cream cone. The=
 monkey was sitting still, not moving a muscle. But the same motor neurons =
that fired when the monkey itself reached for food lit up in response to wa=
tching the researcher eat. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left=
" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p styl=
e=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The monkey&#39;s brain was simulating th=
e action without the monkey doing anything at all. </p></td></tr><tr><td cl=
ass=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-br=
eak:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Rizzolatti and c=
olleagues described this formally in a landmark paper published in <i>Brain=
</i>, coauthored with Vittorio Gallese, Leonardo Fogassi, and Luciano Fadig=
a. They named these cells <b>mirror neurons</b> - neurons that fire both wh=
en an animal performs an action <i>and</i> when it observes that same actio=
n being performed by another (Gallese et al., 1996). </p></td></tr><tr><td =
class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-=
break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> What the team =
had found, without setting out to do so, was the neural basis of imitation.=
 </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15p=
x;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:1=
50.0%;"> By 1999, Marco Iacoboni and colleagues <a class=3D"link" href=3D"h=
ttps://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u001.AT3-eE2Hi133k66I6TdPhrMYOTG-LPW=
vf6UU1D4h2NA_qpon6cJhDhQUfRi2j0_R7bxXdkqUzV0bbNiuZ_gHIEWfMPPU08PgjwKSyIyVz6=
JyekPBZBdupjMIo1Cha52KbIDArciYg9lnFb_6a3o9OZaPA7zmnMnQlPtQuaFETX0AFqqKiImf8=
iF_ts-HuLjv2FsTRH4BOkGz3RTtSvADUL0EwY2T_h9yZM-eWCFUqXqR7IskyfAbKgVj-kVuoJ-f=
cvsNcPppfHAzMZMQ0oHQYafQY6Cxoahy2yYQMMRFNiBH4dk8wH6LIeAVGvVGYe3d/4pe/hxEqSq=
9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h21/h001.qE83oNeE_AuyB09sJ73f0tFwt2KXUYpImtjVXIYC7Lw" targ=
et=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>published fMRI dat=
a</span></a> showing evidence of a mirror neuron system in humans - localiz=
ed in <a class=3D"link" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u00=
1.DmjFX-55oU0VlNulJA3fBL6YbW6S-OFwSFSZ2zjo_pGZhOlnjOC_VWbWClWysdYGkOFVkoBIe=
7S2xFZUcE5rPeIpDW2HTwvo-qFykI8FpbCXpwMrWYTizEUtLYNUHGWu1hUZYZYrWC-Kw-BeCS4X=
GdyIgrKj8JjMYa188MqC569bmwWqYN9VRVzyyYQ7Ix0cScnXuqG10TsKRiRqu7GeTuYfGsYdxuB=
e7gj1IRd8Vx7Zu9oVhmDPZAZHNPwOE4jk9PIqV6fK25qXZZy92WBPMDPxM7j4n83KuHJIrOLEse=
4/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h22/h001.Lcs9wA-U3l8zNe5anqy-QmFLnFjBf_U4WoUP6=
budfy4" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Broca&=
#39;s area</span></a> and the inferior parietal cortex, regions involved in=
 both language and movement (Lacoboni et al., 1999). By 2004, Rizzolatti an=
d Laila Craighero had written what became one of the most cited neuroscienc=
e reviews of the decade, concluding that the mirror neuron system is the me=
chanism by which we &quot;understand the actions and intentions&quot; of ot=
hers from the inside out =E2=80=94 not by reasoning about them, but by inte=
rnally <a class=3D"link" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u0=
01.AT3-eE2Hi133k66I6TdPhvGKvEEHsq_tPYwgvDWg-xOLf5jc9Z_DXw72IKXtCC-ItX1dwDL6=
XcteAp9lBdFQYPvlRvB6EGw6CLhJnrj3Dd6poFbMB8_8fLHzgVNW34w7QA1W69BJYLzNIqt8uoZ=
D8DYezjath89Ex5NRLfl-Avk6J2PECVNbaDTmkktorVmxUlxmhqdVYM-W-EvJJjM-dCdt-VzVoO=
F6l1GiBgNAf5xoADh8gSKn-bKc7MYXChRTe1PGxVmwteULaj5mx5qVYi9VfubErmlZ1bHuk-k0A=
bi9njTdW9P-3dTXow-l3dLRPG9tOi-fB4CSBBc9rBILrUAfPSaDM_mkY0IfmK52n74/4pe/hxEq=
Sq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h23/h001.V0bSk19MNyDRi1BPksKl4ugTemrcuRMFen84as2DCf4" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>simulating them<=
/span></a> (Rizzolatti & Craighero, 2004). </p></td></tr><tr><td align=3D"c=
enter" valign=3D"top" style=3D"font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:15px 0=
px 15px;" class=3D"dd"><table class=3D"j" role=3D"none" width=3D"20%" borde=
r=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"center"><tr><td> &nbsp=
; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id=3D"from-the-lab-to-real-life-the-c=
hame" class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" valign=3D"top" style=3D"color:#000000FF;f=
ont-weight:400;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h3 style=3D"color:#00000=
0FF;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:125.0%;">From the lab to real life:=
 the chameleon effect</h3></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" sty=
le=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"=
mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> What Rizzolatti&#39;s team found in macaques,=
 social psychologists had been documenting in humans for decades; they just=
 didn&#39;t yet have a name for the mechanism. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=
=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break=
:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In 1999, Tanya Char=
trand and John Bargh published a series of experiments on what they called =
<a class=3D"link" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u001.thLk=
E51u0OkA8SpXr5bfnlExoWePOn6VZlDZUXPkLXy8aa2GecX3kwNqJzt3iFMzdNR1if4yP9TIkgx=
vR8Ab-EklZuf8-D79skyYZiqNJJUaBTV6F4EeszZXb2fH5dYdjr1a2_adyZZl0qCPsHxs3qx2ST=
LlMlA4toCh7xK5EZJzPZVU3JUCZKMv53-e4M5Fa1TkOTlfNFmJOOzslSxHCIglpsQzKFO2xylGw=
490KrDfzBZ30MnycCXXkTVHOae0-CgBH-1WqJIhOqCetkHBNMqADcYpMQ4OQcW045xGCheNL916=
4gCLhBUcN4f4Xwu9/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h24/h001.RX487cHrl4iWAYEoqJ2AVI=
H53oB6whWyhz7CvfV5k_4" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollo=
w"><span>the chameleon effect</span></a>: the tendency to automatically mim=
ic the postures, mannerisms, and facial expressions of the people we intera=
ct with, without awareness, without intention, and without being asked (Cha=
rtrand & Bargh, 1999). </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" st=
yle=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D=
"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In one experiment, participants worked one-o=
n-one with a confederate who either rubbed their face or shook their foot. =
Participants mimicked whichever behavior their partner was doing, and did n=
ot notice they were doing it. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"l=
eft" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p s=
tyle=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> More importantly, when the confederat=
e=C2=A0intentionally=C2=A0mirrored the participant rather than doing their =
own thing, <a class=3D"link" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/=
c/u001.thLkE51u0OkA8SpXr5bfnlExoWePOn6VZlDZUXPkLXy8aa2GecX3kwNqJzt3iFMzdNR1=
if4yP9TIkgxvR8Ab-EklZuf8-D79skyYZiqNJJUaBTV6F4EeszZXb2fH5dYdjr1a2_adyZZl0qC=
PsHxs3qx2STLlMlA4toCh7xK5EZJzPZVU3JUCZKMv53-e4M5Fa1TkOTlfNFmJOOzslSxHCIglps=
QzKFO2xylGw490KrDfzBZ30MnycCXXkTVHOae0LHucScWg1-6nVO3Ob_rEP-Y2Ja8Pn4cmvceDQ=
62cqO6ZTV5L1WrM_hzjX2QNy5Ag/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h25/h001.ifMw0uvUNA4=
SfBuSHllL1SqISVsf8Eu6jHu2lsQ7bpM" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener norefer=
rer nofollow"><span>participants rated that person as significantly more li=
kable</span></a> and the interaction as significantly smoother. </p></td></=
tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align=
:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The=
 mirroring created affiliation: It made people feel understood, even though=
 nothing substantive had been said. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" alig=
n=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;=
"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This is the neurological explan=
ation for charisma that has nothing to do with charm or personality. Some p=
eople make you feel seen not because of what they say, but because they int=
entionally synchronize their body language with yours. </p></td></tr><tr><t=
d align=3D"center" valign=3D"top" style=3D"font-size:0px;line-height:0px;pa=
dding:15px 0px 15px;" class=3D"dd"><table class=3D"j" role=3D"none" width=
=3D"20%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"center">=
<tr><td> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"e" align=3D"le=
ft" valign=3D"top" style=3D"padding:15px 15px 12px;"><h3 style=3D"">When yo=
u walk into a high-stakes meeting, which type of mirroring do you pay most =
attention to?</h3></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"ee e " style=3D"padding:0px 15=
px 15px;"><div style=3D"margin-left:0px;" class=3D"edm_outlooklist"><table =
role=3D"none" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"4" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"lef=
t" style=3D"min-width:300px;"><tr><td style=3D"width:100%;border:1px solid =
rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.17);padding:6px 12px; border-radius:4px;"><a style=3D"fo=
nt-style:normal;text-decoration:none;" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefound=
er.com/ss/c/u001.gaaA1Gye7IN08GIPmsK5K96HvxOJxLtWweYntAW6STg3a5-slPX6gkDhvR=
obOXjob6s_5zJhT4Pf9c-fUJ8LIlA7M8p8dWbmNFxU6VWTCsFshrVfMmKZi_ODsEb0gQedQ3NBB=
Z2NmngvoDHLcTMQQ3-TJ1WxiqchnpXkDnPb1AO41N5Y112DSfRLt1QBz5eJrj0CGybvm_7lYLqF=
25ncRcJbCTSvN70cLGqhSzZ-uTFHswCW9rSgEH8QJ07ksQmqqK10vE8HVTsMPwOjWEDISpaSCee=
OyRcM2N5YSgUqyHJtAB6BxmZZqga7B4qNrvtoFzi0L1vjGXh1gwFHX4msZr9F9CpHgvP-KnAn2F=
_3eccOYmn9uiQgcF_TdK7VKrq1qQcdAAbNQAm7CbcADTXTirQW8DHdX-eopDsex-8137AChzfkG=
OF7c2XCiIunYJPay1sXScR0YECaS5mCsCwVI73-ItePudKcg8R_CBM_6lbBuqJnNh20ujlIG0uB=
u8_nHdUpobMB-46xdnsCCMyRQCa3ZWIOO7QyMGfA2apGVNclrOsQ7KQaDRZDlMBIfRuwbY5X_vh=
giXQd3LNScZI8-l7Gs5vbParZVH37YQ4fsagx564tcc-LiJFK3jd3NH9Pyv6DZVplsheN9tS8ac=
OT1EkMrBXh_VbZZxfG_IKLUvWOWCA1_g_bZzISYKjsU82Yb9p4EUGz-3TTY_Xuu0TdRUvfYwjsy=
ttVc3ZHnjKemVZxpqUIgHR_TLdxoW_lPiWUl3sU7bjSoek_8PeKRj0Ivxqfa3vndTLloWNaodF7=
avI1xZMHnR6YRagooaC4x7WRXJ0j4JjY_UhMZ4yVaIj35YpkdaHxgxd_xuU4tLSmg07Pi3VkU3F=
8CZsIyEdI0HLdcPl1t7NclhkTmGcHlVRqwI2GEo9P2pJs7ZB0PUe9-B6dpWcnPrVya3p-DWbOq0=
1w6iybNRUJKS2zVlT5QmnVz7RTW0OMJpRPx2Nl8gXGM29fH2v1LLbsDdFUSgYY25l4ZvgAlMqZA=
-RnVfA8WA0-rAehhERLit3VFwJKHDlV1tMqpDXenj5b0Ua4k4CrY4GF/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVH=
aPQCFgQ/h26/h001.APY_-EetzM0MIrq123iswfPMiNY4QsV_Ckfd6fxKYRw"><p style=3D"f=
ont-size:14px;color:inherit;"> =F0=9F=93=8C My posture and body position </=
p></a></td></tr><tr><td style=3D"width:100%;border:1px solid rgba(50, 50, 5=
0, 0.17);padding:6px 12px; border-radius:4px;"><a style=3D"font-style:norma=
l;text-decoration:none;" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u0=
01.gaaA1Gye7IN08GIPmsK5K96HvxOJxLtWweYntAW6STg3a5-slPX6gkDhvRobOXjob6s_5zJh=
T4Pf9c-fUJ8LIlA7M8p8dWbmNFxU6VWTCsExw2Q0Pww6Ais5W_n2GxrePS415HQGP4ccjQXKHez=
hW0YKNn7G8Lz92hq-Omx-ftVPJ4EeBE-ek5zV9M2vzriz_sn8ceoSy0oeOH5n_gOgJ_u_WaduPJ=
Xd4g5Kndrv0gADmMxDsEJ87ryU69MfFlrBw6wafal59_tJJtBR_Q5cNdtb5n9GMwzyDf-F7Yd6X=
IjZraUj6DSrk-KtUe5id61i230nHfwwIO0h-bYbC5uOM5xxY37QgU5olsb2i0v35mZya0yJZvb3=
MtvhQznL2d7YfpgOKC0HM1BK0lzVafemRQxI0oRwMvq4ei-FcPjG3eGTWlpkW27cqS5Q3MoPWao=
d5laXu-0KUinyLez6MTnjMfrS4ti4fKuLczqG2a_WZZF8B7fGBXWhNSKsMQt5J60XyzuqU2AmAe=
CRdLcw6dS2xVnbvhddpZNolMhLrpKMuL2pxxM5upmFk07kXcZt8ddD4ynRm-TDeGfnD85imEogF=
nYdJgAkxK6_XYYFxAmaCY3n4MxjdLqyaNNqhnvWwf_eSfzv9EHj7CNGKTrM8FZnQG95PpFlxeqy=
iPh3JgyHb1jWESFsDWN-5oU63hpr2tKJ4FvQP1G7oXSvpI6QuFAWE6rLcTS3-3z3R1adQhx01-g=
aWE2u0gNn408yf6mz7OL76agl0Dw1UDp2pv_PiXySdwGuSqXdG4I7C8qeMeTADNbaCCzCvq8Kc1=
05nyKoqO1R0Nod7pmIeGJ6v0yHdwTFGCjroAWFOLpa1-EjI4IRq2sSICVpc93AZe-iNzc_Z-DS6=
0eTX81uAy-fX0Xb68tErPn5wW8eziCV4KkfxtCe93BaK5xyY2FfWd6GrRGq9ITe3SjOjgDM6cTi=
VUBbUzCtwqRspgdAmryMAbyEldkmcSt9z9H3K3lBYT9VWgv84eVeSxzbaIzygQUmhR_V2hkk_mH=
MFgrPqK08TedEkCMx58BiEfeSbv-KoTg-Eoy-WgIY/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h27/h0=
01.su5BvJlbgXLLNheSguTNc1udorHjaTX6G6tmFzNDw_U"><p style=3D"font-size:14px;=
color:inherit;"> =F0=9F=93=8C My facial expression </p></a></td></tr><tr><t=
d style=3D"width:100%;border:1px solid rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.17);padding:6px 1=
2px; border-radius:4px;"><a style=3D"font-style:normal;text-decoration:none=
;" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u001.gaaA1Gye7IN08GIPmsK=
5K96HvxOJxLtWweYntAW6STg3a5-slPX6gkDhvRobOXjob6s_5zJhT4Pf9c-fUJ8LIlA7M8p8dW=
bmNFxU6VWTCsHgsAI-5kbJRMBkdqSMECZ8dl7byNeV7vQxAOacs9FBzolvpTj43a4CIKkbSS-1t=
C09X6jceLOu1Nx0_fYT9Lhg8oFUFsrgIB370gxEOUB5FNhTrKhjuaaWGG_u46Uu2ib-NMxJZDsN=
bJ5TnLr2q7zLIVKjpvxBKYNA1Jz_arsi6pzgw5jcYvhuDEmZfyLm7Po4sAFv_R7AcBNjxiviPYT=
ZBe4Iym0LwHGv_YDLQxBi-8qFpbfIs5sAVikcO8iwBMnAG-Yp8H40QxJ4WW9XKcwBo9DsAUKQty=
AWgnTTOBxuUx4im5VE4O0CH3JKBb_s3vpB0WuURRxQzAnf4owIaipqAxebgou9fnTx-837rf68h=
cUjUMt9SlLr5hDWx2tU1rH_DF3sL5V4Nr59G2bonGwZcjTqNsGB39fnMbg_VxtpYuom1NKHvNUE=
zJtnS2X1zDgbBRorebdjlxJjaTmc5WMdUXZN-5oti1IX-GidFe6eb5V4RkVW39vcSJlOj8Hsjw8=
9p2AZDbft-BlGsg4Xe3b86WIGEXH3Qn-OEIwLJ_hqEZS1XNdgtMtUiUBPQ_oE94PHS0Y1PzoNcf=
wccAay4vCUmz2rlEvgAY-GQ5RFFInrPmdK8ow913OBgBJ03lcKNAreX1VnBPfbZX-Pi7hmr47Lk=
H6l9LSQM4NjKTb27YHtrqvdpFF757z10kPSg5VY4Lt273E6RD3bIpYG07A9WX2fT2fGC4Y5eKSe=
fbS532kiEXx3cirQKgRuSvlwRupXQzmeAF6VZyxTA_ZRfpiUKEG4ZXt4IPM3Tv1Dhrnzfactpxl=
sZJTS524NT3uf7U2oVA2SW14dCoMAm325STQCDw8d--f12N5SkY8tqgig_ItUTxWFnDXsXz_sZu=
Vxt89n_oCtZRoX1g9a_BvQ-Sqwne-6jKt167if-joHC5UkQIj_BS0pgOz2q1FH2xySXPvig9hWt=
FOeUfdFF5jtbmZfyB42/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h28/h001.ReJq24S9_7Vp97aq0Og=
3UGpVAPGouTAKrq1XGlgYFUE"><p style=3D"font-size:14px;color:inherit;"> =F0=
=9F=93=8C My pace and tone </p></a></td></tr><tr><td style=3D"width:100%;bo=
rder:1px solid rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.17);padding:6px 12px; border-radius:4px;"=
><a style=3D"font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;" href=3D"https://elink=
e47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u001.gaaA1Gye7IN08GIPmsK5K96HvxOJxLtWweYntAW6STg=
3a5-slPX6gkDhvRobOXjob6s_5zJhT4Pf9c-fUJ8LIlA7M8p8dWbmNFxU6VWTCsFDWIKQtkYJ-5=
TnDyAaWyi_uHWNTcBa_OF_q8ut-B6k55eUusPERrCFv7BtACiEn9pn7lbH_utpRRJtArALLZm8V=
Zo_CQqXpwM5fuwriivp8rlR8xiuxZ0bHBKesXrWpNvZskzAJJPRjHEOTbpQrQLMB0fYUoqw_Tgw=
9y6eSh_LLn5UKu56oOQ-txdydZHO4xaV6sZ02DU_6xeKHDtPosDBtRvBpru8BD1pj_VUBDL7Mdp=
atYBBOzmsal-MB0GVK6zwHoZei3zNuoowiVtt-QvmsAf7OO_hrXZsNuzxTy9ivaZjVWWKmPuAJd=
pBKmo1rkWC1dcAlfUpRrJXbapngPTNInueZUFriMQxK-5Gxkse34dLGiqpccJELebEv-G0ZTNvB=
mjzxw0e4ePJK23Q6ghFgROcuiGGqcoJllJ9oVsnZy9bTsD29vmqOY-Vvak55wWP1wWWLILjsjWN=
WoVwjKrO06PbTAHPhpsUynE7hDeSUamoGbZJqbGp4V5LIr_rBkHRhLOFzGcS5fla7Bev-r__cNh=
0Ybuv-ZYHks2BUVZFmuR4Lip8dCxFd4WXpdRcigPKvrVjfuohMZqdJDCiGQPVqsH8tw3R4Z4x7i=
tkTTamtbh3o9sMVQq3TOHSaW5CVoVAWWoZEN-NOAtGy5qMM4g9_6tlmjY7YkxNzdIiN_PB6HFNc=
BGhjpie_bgjkYKKny_xmvWSyTxfcJ0QP3DodR5f-96up7PgJsUohr9gZze410l6RMvUP7n8IaOQ=
U9zaADXn7KE1PGTria0-FyS8Ho9in0dh-JtKFhHx1aq9ijhIjAH6QA--6PXED9Zx0Mpngvk0HWo=
SWbxsuRBRBATHlSdi0Gmnp2PhAmNBAc3miKraToF1gtqPvs4_NxDhVujCpyAruZ8j5-CV98KjY-=
L1syyCjyUZl5SJlobWCv5QigwjaUarsTw9OGlz1HRMOFs_SMMgostqrF1h2M7oWR2s1c2m/4pe/=
hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h29/h001.5R-eCAtMlykZrgleMQ-6y9grD6NX-aXo5nwQItYDeBw=
"><p style=3D"font-size:14px;color:inherit;"> =F0=9F=93=8C Honestly? None, =
I&#39;ve never thought about it </p></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><=
tr><td align=3D"center" valign=3D"top" style=3D"font-size:0px;line-height:0=
px;padding:15px 0px 15px;" class=3D"dd"><table class=3D"j" role=3D"none" wi=
dth=3D"20%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"cente=
r"><tr><td> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id=3D"the-4-aspects-=
of-unconscious-mirror" class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" valign=3D"top" style=3D"=
color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h3 styl=
e=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:125.0%;"><b>The 4 =
aspects of unconscious mirroring</b></h3></td></tr><tr><td style=3D"padding=
-bottom:14px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:14px;"><table=
 class=3D"table" width=3D"100%" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-col=
lapse:collapse;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-widt=
h:1px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><th class=3D"table-h" width=3D"33%" valign=
=3D"middle" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-r=
ight-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p=
 style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break=
:break-word;"> Aspects </p></th><th class=3D"table-h" width=3D"33%" valign=
=3D"middle" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-r=
ight-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p=
 style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break=
:break-word;"> What it includes </p></th><th class=3D"table-h" width=3D"33%=
" valign=3D"middle" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;=
border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:=
9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;wo=
rd-break:break-word;"> What it means </p></th></tr><tr><td class=3D"table-c=
" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left=
-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;p=
adding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-al=
ign:left;word-break:break-word;"><b>Postural</b></p></td><td class=3D"table=
-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-le=
ft-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px=
;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-=
align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Body orientation, lean, arm position </=
p></td><td class=3D"table-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-b=
ottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-wid=
th:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt=
:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Alignment and =
openness </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"table-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"to=
p" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-widt=
h:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D=
"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-wo=
rd;"><b>Gestural</b></p></td><td class=3D"table-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"=
top" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-wi=
dth:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=
=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break=
-word;"> Hand movements, head nods, timing </p></td><td class=3D"table-c" w=
idth=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-wi=
dth:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padd=
ing-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align=
:left;word-break:break-word;"> Engagement and resonance </p></td></tr><tr><=
td class=3D"table-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-wi=
dth:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;p=
adding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;=
padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><b>Facial</b></p></td><=
td class=3D"table-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-wi=
dth:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;p=
adding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;=
padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Micro-expressions, eye=
brow activity, and mouth tension </p></td><td class=3D"table-c" width=3D"33=
%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;bo=
rder-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9p=
x;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word=
-break:break-word;"> Emotional attunement </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"ta=
ble-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;border=
-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-bottom:=
9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;te=
xt-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><b>Prosodic</b></p></td><td class=3D"=
table-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-bottom-width:1px;bord=
er-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1px;padding-botto=
m:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;=
text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Pace, pitch, pause patterns </p></=
td><td class=3D"table-c" width=3D"33%" valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-botto=
m-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-top-width:1=
px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-top:9px;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150=
.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"> Cognitive synchron=
y </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=
=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"ms=
o-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Most people unconsciously operate in one or two=
 planes, whereas highly charismatic communicators, knowingly or not, mirror=
 across all four. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=
=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"ms=
o-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The goal is not to mimic. </p></td></tr><tr><td=
 class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word=
-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> But to tune i=
n. </p></td></tr><tr><td align=3D"center" valign=3D"top" style=3D"font-size=
:0px;line-height:0px;padding:15px 0px 15px;" class=3D"dd"><table class=3D"j=
" role=3D"none" width=3D"20%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D=
"0" align=3D"center"><tr><td> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id=
=3D"why-does-this-matter-more-in-leader" class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" valign=
=3D"top" style=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;padding:0px 15px;text-ali=
gn:left;"><h3 style=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:=
125.0%;">Why does this matter more in leadership?</h3></td></tr><tr><td cla=
ss=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-bre=
ak:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Research by Elain=
e Hatfield, John Cacioppo, and Richard Rapson established that emotions, no=
t just behaviors, are contagious through the same mirror mechanism. Their w=
ork on <b><a class=3D"link" href=3D"https://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c=
/u001.q00Z9RikNCodesha7RmPChWkraj0gkobwKSZnzzEADRFsSMb6Y2MTRCbD_hlz9UWzdv3n=
iwCi5LBlakXb9wOgsziVk2eRhr-_HwfrC5NkVPGAM01OcVsPMnXo4dbY9UQ5NfjvWZCgCTrDZB2=
Hhla3EmGm5uRNul5cXEgB9WIlpsXrydCbDt0EXaO_3a2YghBrhWaUvV165jdoCJNaG3JBVU4Jv8=
2wrOqCFRTOZ4Y-6lR7bVDfNTbt7JXbFkF37lBmGC31Ou6oCt2bVZdoePJ9uilyeWV0r6s5IK-Kb=
JRvbUpGbuZxc2ewR3lohx27gzblQPvAJKFoJOo9oHVbtcpRg/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ=
/h30/h001.qC58kd4N_ESm7u4uW0Au6ok-biy8x8hBy-6ezSeCsK0" target=3D"_blank" re=
l=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>emotional contagion</span></a></b>=
 showed that facial feedback loops are the primary route: when we unconscio=
usly mimic someone&#39;s expression, our face sends signals back to our bra=
in, shifting our internal state to match. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd=
" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break=
-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> A leader who walks into a=
 room with a closed posture, a fixed expression, and a clipped tempo is not=
 only communicating tension but spreading it to the people around them. The=
 team mirrors the leader, then experiences the emotional state that express=
ion generates, before any words have been spoken. </p></td></tr><tr><td cla=
ss=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-bre=
ak:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The reverse is eq=
ually true. A leader who enters with physical openness: unhurried breath, s=
teady eye contact, neutral but present expression, establishes the same cal=
mness for the people in the room. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=
=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"=
><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Ulf Dimberg and colleagues demon=
strated this specifically with facial expression: even when participants we=
re shown emotional faces so briefly they could not consciously perceive the=
m (under 30 milliseconds), <a class=3D"link" href=3D"https://elinke47.insan=
efounder.com/ss/c/u001.lx52RbnrgLTAoIl8gQTJ8qPMk80YLXmsgDMozOKszynqd8R2Brdy=
TF0gPV32gxaIV0McTPOq6Dti2ruZnholf4hP_U_TUvQPtGgUsH_N4uLbkUvu4I1wGsKmeVdHCUe=
dnWt1uPLyDhdOUv_YaZNIHy0oYBHAi4lm0ua0kklHPnvAXr7mt0dg1aJgdOhp2EzIiXHJDMCOpU=
T1YBuEgi3SZPtQ641OjE89dBCB-_-kZMt5eMcLarELSw5fopMkT4BQBPnFU7i-gqGlVhIG4tOzJ=
SLk_ITeuPklU8EOCHbmxZPGCyPf84BMyK6Es-ijadK7/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h31/=
h001.9ddPfnBghMc9Z3xNdIWxblizi_w7Sc_OUUWfDMigDpo" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"=
noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>their facial muscles still responded, a=
nd their mood shifted accordingly</span></a> (Dimberg et al., 2000). </p></=
td></tr><tr><td align=3D"center" valign=3D"top" style=3D"font-size:0px;line=
-height:0px;padding:15px 0px 15px;" class=3D"dd"><table class=3D"j" role=3D=
"none" width=3D"20%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=
=3D"center"><tr><td> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id=3D"what-=
does-it-mean-for-founders" class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" valign=3D"top" style=
=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h3 =
style=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:125.0%;">What =
does it mean for founders?</h3></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left=
" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p styl=
e=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> We=E2=80=99re not aiming to perform a po=
sture; mirroring feels clinical, and people notice. The goal is to build th=
e habit of awareness first, which is exactly what my husband and I accident=
ally stumbled into. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=
=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"ms=
o-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>1. Audit our default expression, not just the=
 intentional one.</b> Record yourself in an unguarded moment: a meeting, a =
voice note, a call. What does your face default to when you are listening? =
Processing? Disagreeing? We are almost always the last to know. </p></td></=
tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align=
:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>2=
. Notice what we are mirroring from others.</b> If we walk out of a meeting=
 feeling drained or scattered, ask whether we absorbed the room&#39;s state=
 rather than set it. Mirror neurons are a two-way system; awareness of what=
 we are absorbing is the first act of regulation. </p></td></tr><tr><td cla=
ss=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-bre=
ak:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>3. Use postural=
 openness as a deliberate anchor before high-stakes moments.</b> Research o=
n posture and self-perception suggests that <a class=3D"link" href=3D"https=
://elinke47.insanefounder.com/ss/c/u001.lx52RbnrgLTAoIl8gQTJ8qPMk80YLXmsgDM=
ozOKszymO_7oShtU6Y45ej-spQbapfp-NSLUIJSZtGZosmjigUYITxRcLRZnZKaJtTLI6hvLaMw=
PvHgKAxGcKJ0-0FWVJsRaCiN4VAjp2PurfMrkVsA5uRaEQp9marfhVgmPegpZ_WRtXH4kR7yHg2=
EdOyF-pFyD3yvW6k0UmYygFr1h_jKnHjay9MPwdddJ4btTnrluLezjAebqF6YexKOdTsDthlwZg=
ej5S-A3KvPkiq0jPFOppS2lOWQkKKchcF2X_M-Fwy-QqtLScL7LghmIv1JYh/4pe/hxEqSq9QS7=
WYYVHaPQCFgQ/h32/h001.0kCTVs_XBV_OEUrtLJu89LgCpxkUvkiCo61U2MoXtHM" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>even a brief adoptio=
n of an open, expansive posture</span></a> affects how we carry ourselves i=
nto the ensuing conversation (Carney et al., 2010). </p></td></tr><tr><td c=
lass=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-b=
reak:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><b>4. Slow our t=
empo before we speed up our words.</b> Mirroring happens across prosodic pa=
tterns too: pace, rhythm, silence. If we take an unhurried breath before an=
swering, we can modulate the relational temperature. </p></td></tr><tr><td =
align=3D"center" valign=3D"top" style=3D"font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padd=
ing:15px 0px 15px;" class=3D"dd"><table class=3D"j" role=3D"none" width=3D"=
20%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" align=3D"center"><tr>=
<td> &nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id=3D"key-takeaways" class=
=3D"dd" align=3D"left" valign=3D"top" style=3D"color:#000000FF;font-weight:=
400;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h3 style=3D"color:#000000FF;font-we=
ight:400;mso-line-height-alt:125.0%;">Key takeaways</h3></td></tr><tr><td c=
lass=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-b=
reak:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> My husband and =
I started this as a game. A dumb, funny, call-each-other-out game. </p></td=
></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-al=
ign:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> =
But it was so helpful when we built that simple daily audit, a tiny moment =
of noticing something we were doing completely on autopilot that was shapin=
g how we came across. </p></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" sty=
le=3D"padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"=
mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Being more attuned to our body language is no=
t about performing, but being better at taking control of our presence. </p=
></td></tr><tr><td class=3D"dd" align=3D"left" style=3D"padding:0px 15px;te=
xt-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style=3D"mso-line-height-alt:150.0=
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