Monday, May 14, 2012

Personal Confidence Projects Success


 What you project to your clients, colleagues, and other business contacts can have a huge impact on how you're received and how you fare in the business world.
 And while it's essential, many people don't know how to project self-confidence in a professional situation.


What is Self-Confidence?

Many people are confused about what it really means to be self-confident.
 Your self-esteem is the way that you feel about yourself.
 You can have high self-confidence levels in some areas and low self-confidence in others.


It's critical that you have a lot of confidence in your ability to work in your chosen field.


Projecting Poise

It's important to take a look at how confidence can affect your job performance and impact your professional life.
 Here is a sampling of how you can make sure your professional contacts know you´re right for the job; or trust that they have made a wise decision turning to you for any type of help.
 Be clear, concise, and certain.
 Don´t give a lot of excuses or elaborate too much.


In a world where so much is done through electronic mail, make sure that every email you write comes across as confident and complete.
 Good written communication is essential to success whether it´s with your customers or your partners or colleagues in business.
 When you can show that you have a proven track record, you´ll be able to wow them with your expertise.
 In that situation, it´s even more critical that you radiate strength and determination.
 This will allow you to have examples for future clients along with a good reference.
 Speak clearly, directly, and be loud enough that you can be understood easily.
Be clear about your limits and your expectations.


Stand Firm

Confidence allows you to stand up for yourself when someone tries to take advantage of you.
 However, there are plenty of people in the real world who don´t operate that way.
 Don´t allow yourself to be put in a situation where you feel awkward or uncomfortable.


Faking It

What if you don´t really have self confidence yet? In that case, you need to fake it until it´s real.
 It´s even easier to do it in writing.


Once you have mastered these steps, your self-confidence will shine through in everything you do.


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