confident in 8 steps
Scientifically proven
Recognize this? You on your way to one of the two annually planned board meetings and the moment you get into the elevator you feel all of your strength drain out of you. You have to act fast because according to the Huffington Post there are 8 ways to boost your confidence. Even if you don’t actually feel it, we all know the saying: fake it till you make it, and that’s how it works with confidence as well.
Chin up
It’s as simple as that states an article in Psychological Science; a long proud pose helps you to act powerfully. Others will perceive you as a strong person too.
Turn up the volume
Turn that dial up, especially if songs with a heavy bass are played on Spotify. This boosts your confidence way up. I’m not making this up the people at Kellog’s School of Management at Northwest University have thoroughly researched this.
Remember when
Do you remember the time you spoke to a room filled with 300 of your colleagues and pulled off the perfect speech? Or the killer speech you made at your best friend’s wedding? Or that pitch that reeled in those customers due to your persistence and charm combined with your sharp wit and analytic talent? Think back to a power moment that made you feel strong, it can’t have been that long ago?
Reading your CV apparently also works. Like wow, look at what I have accomplished, I did good.
Take your time in the morning
Consciously working through your morning ritual and taking your time in front of the mirror helps to lay a controlled fundament. If you have something important planned get up 15 minutes earlier in order to complete your morning ritual. I bet you’ll look even better.
Dress for succes
Whoever says clothes have nothing to do with success are not suitable Amayzine.com readers. The right outfit is a key element to achieving your goal. Not only will you seem more reliable when dressing the part you’ll even be better at doing it. Research states that doctors who wear a white coat operate better than those without.
Channel your favorite celeb
If you look for positive traits in celebs of the same sex and you recognize these in yourself you will cherish them even more, for example humor, taking care of others or well-spoken.
Stretch those muscles
Arms in the air, reach for the sky. What does it gives you? A better posture, better blood circulation and even more confidence. You can do it in the washroom, five minutes before a meeting. You’ll blow them away.
Educate yourself
Follow a foreign language course or an Indesign workshop, this will help you to feel even better about yourself.
Look in the mirror and think to yourself you didn’t turn out half bad, that’s a little tip from me.
