Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

People judge you really quickly, at first just on your facial features. There are two dimensions - warmth and competence. You can think of them as trustworthiness and strength. They're first judging you on warmth; evaluating whether or not you are trustworthy. That's much more important to them than whether or not you're competent.

If you're going into finance, you might be dealing with a lot of sexism and a lot of alpha behavior. How are you going to deal with that? How are you going to feel powerful and comfortable with being who you are?

Trust comes before strength, and it becomes a conduit of influence. Your strength is a little bit threatening before people trust you.

When we're sad, we slouch. We also slouch when we feel scared or powerless.