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How to build confidence
How to connect with people on a deeper level
How to create a positive first impression
Showing your palms
Showing your palms reveals that you have nothing to hide.
This will also make you feel more confident, by overriding our natural tendency to shrink and close off when nervous.
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Gradual exposure therapy
- Take the situation you want to stop feeling nervous in
- Find a low stakes way to mimic it
- Get some repetitions in.
Social courage is a muscle that is transferable. So if you push your comfort zone even in one area, it will bleed out in all the othe...
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Learning to laugh at yourself
This is the first step of overcoming your fear of being judged by others. Being able to laugh at yourself is a great marker of confidence. And it makes you more fun to be around.
You can start practicing laughing at yourself by sharing embarrassing stories from your dis...
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How to soften the blow of rejection
Reframe success and failure.
Reframe success as doing anything that improves you. So even when you are rejected, as long as you reflect on what went wrong and how you can do better when you're in that situation again, that's a win.
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Revealing your insecurities with a smile
- If you are in a situation where you can't stop thinking about how nervous you are that you cannot perform or connect, it can be better to share how you are feeling with a smile, rather than try to hide it.
- This can even make you more likable and make...
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The echo technique
Echoing a question gives you time to catch up when you are feeling nervous. It's also an easy form of mirroring, which helps you connect with the other person. Because when you repeat someone's words back to them, it can help build feelings of likeability, trust and rappo...
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Adjusting your body language
When you're nervous, your body tends to tighten up, leading to short stiff movements or fidgeting. By contrast, bigger hand movements while speaking convey confidence (they make you look and even feel more confident.)
An easy way to start exercising hand movements is using ...
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The more you prepare and practice, the more confident you’ll feel when your career aspirations are on the line in the job interview.
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Tackling Small Tasks
Do the things that make you feel most accomplished.
You might feel even more productive when you're confident. And you can gain confidence by crossing off the little tasks that are easy to do and take little time.
Excuses=Emotional Safety
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