Throughout 2012, I will be posting simple but effective tips that YOU can try.
Trying just one or two of these tips will help your confidence levels to explode within a couple of months, so imagine what you could achieve if you commit to this for the whole year…
Week 1 – “Fake it to make it”.
You may have heard the phrase “Fake it to make it” or “Fake it until you make it”.
I’ve mentioned this briefly in previous posts and also my newsletter, but I just wanted to clarify what this means and more importantly, what it doesn’t mean, in terms of confidence building.
Faking it means smiling when you actually feel nervous, or holding your head high when you really feel like curling up into a ball so that nobody will see you.
This is about giving the appearance of confidence, and it does work. Once you act confident, you will see that your fears weren’t real, so it starts to become easier and eventually you don’t have to ‘fake it’ anymore.
Faking it does NOT mean lying or pretending to know something that you don’t know, or pretending to be somebody you are not!
So in terms of being confident at work, do not bullshit your way through a business meeting pretending you know it all, because you will obviously be found out very quickly! In terms of being confident in a social situation, don’t think that you need to be the life and soul of the party and entertain everyone there with your karaoke skills (unless you want to!!) because if this isn’t the real you and people see through the act, this will make you lose confidence.
This tip is about being the best YOU that you can be, not being somebody else.
Try it; Whenever you feel nervous this week, try ‘faking it’. Hold you head high and make your posture appear more confident. Smile as if everything is OK.
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I have no confidence. If I want to accomplish something, I just torture and berate myself with the thought I am a complete loser until I do it. I’ve accomplished a fair amount this way.I know a few successful people who this sort of works for but the most successful people just do amazing stuff because it is the stuff they most want to do. Plus, they do have confidence. I’ve never known anyone super successful at anything though who did not doubt they could do the thing they are trying to do. I don’t know business CEOs or people like that but I do know people who are at the top of their fields. I think self doubt is almost universal.
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Hi Mel, I came here via your newsletter. Thanks for putting up these high quality tips.
Thx for taking the time to post these tips!
That's a great idea! Actually I will be doing a confidence workshop in April in my local area, so I was going to convert it to a teleclass, but I may convert it to video training instead. Let me think about this :) Thanks for your comment
Hi, I saw your videos on you tube. Is there any chance you will be doing these tips on video?