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CEOs who scored high on measures of power - competence, dominance and facial maturity - and on a measure of leadership were in many cases the ones who ran companies with the biggest overall profits. (The study looked at profit, not profit margin, but controlled for firm size.) On the other hand, executives who were rated highly on measures of warmth, such as likeability and trustworthiness, didn?t necessarily match up with successful companies. Boards of directors take note: "There's no relationship between how trustworthy a person seems and how well the company does," says Nicholas Rule, a doctoral candidate...
...diction, the accents, the body language, the facial expressions, even the way the characters walk—it all reflects every detail of some stereotype or another, some character who is a caricature of him- or herself. At the drop of a hat Sun is a slouchy, mouthing-off teenager named Jerome, and one second later she is meek, investment-banker-turned-educator Ms. Tam, trying vainly to convince Jerome to come to a 41-minute class less than 20 minutes late...
...political persecution against women in much of the Arab world. Dakin, who also appeared as the primary dancer of “Heretic” and staged that piece as well, was masterful in her ability to convey messages of grief and anguish to the audience through her facial expressions as well as her movements. The final dance was a premiere of “Caprices,” a set of eight short pieces performed to the music of Niccolo Paganini. Because a different person choreographed almost every work, “Caprices” lacked continuity, and although...
...also help train injured faces to move again. Rose Hong Tran, a Houston-based Hatha yoga instructor, worked with local physicians to develop her specialized yoga facial toning technique. Tran says her workshops have helped increase mobility in clients with partial facial paralysis and problems like crooked smiles. "Every time you're working with your facial muscles, you increase circulation to your face 10 times," says Tran, who has certified other instructors to use her technique throughout Texas and in Atlanta. "It helps sharpen your mind...
Whether their reasons are mental, medical or motivated by appearance, more yoga enthusiasts nationwide are trying out the facial yoga trend. "I get people for all kinds of reasons," Hagen says. "I think it's kind of cathartic for people to be in a room making ridiculous faces and laughing." So, if the practice doesn't smooth out all your wrinkles, for a while at least it lets you feel like...