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No but confidence does. There is a correlation between height and CEOs of fortune 500 companies but I personally think it has more to do with a person's confidence especially since so many tall people tend to be more confident.
I would suggest you either get taller or stop worrying about something you can't control.
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No- be confident and sure of yourself. People don't care about your height- only your work product. Women may care, but you can't control your height anyway so why worry?
I agree that confidence can overcome preconceptions, just make sure it's the right sort of confidence.
Shortness, like a few other things, makes it easier for people to consciously or subconsciously attribute some other behaviour to being a product of your shortness. Other things being absolutely equal, if you're an aggressive short guy, people are more likely to see the aggressiveness as over-compensation for lack of height, rather than just simple aggressiveness.
There's a short director who is quite aggressive/confident in a way that involves bullying others. When he's not around, there is always some degree of sniggering among us regular-sized folk that this is because of his height. Not that explicit, but more comments with indirect references (eg "he was quite short with you just now") that lead to smirks, then we move on.
It's not fair, it's not a level playing field, but that's life. In my view, women and some minorities suffer more from this sort of thinking than short men.
Where were you going with this?
"Well, now that I know my height is an issue, I'm going to start drinking more milk." ?
No, I was just simply curious.
Doesn't matter. Some legends in finance are short as hell but naturally give off an intimidating presence
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