Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection
How to adapt to different speaking situations
How to engage with an audience
How to use body language effectively
Maintain your confidence
Sometimes, someone intent on proving they're super smart can make you question your own expertise. You need to feel good about your own contribution to work confidently with others.
Remind yourself of all you can bring to your position and embrace your talents. This can help to keep you from falling into the comparison trap.
29
192 reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Let it go
If you have tried what you could, but your colleague is still lacking self-awareness, try to direct your thoughts and attention toward something else.
If you fixate on this person, your anxiety might grow. Instead, keep your distance as much as you can. Try to continue with a thoughtful and...
24
147 reads
Consider motivations
People may behave arrogantly not because they are confident but because they feel insecure. They may be trying to prove themselves.
Instead of trying to put them in their place, you may be able to dissipate their arrogance by validating their contribution. When they raise a...
27
195 reads
Collaborating with a difficult person
Interpersonal skills are often essential to success in your job. Unfortunately, one of the most difficult personalities to work with is someone who thinks they're the smartest.
When you work with someone who fails to give others space when sharing ideas, you can still find ...
27
434 reads
Stand your ground
An egocentric person is often loud and abrasive, and you may find it challenging to get your point across.
You can be direct and constructive: 'Before we close on this, let's find out what others think." Your team will benefit from the diverse opinions. However, the best balance is where ev...
24
166 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Related collections
Other curated ideas on this topic:
Know your worth
When starting out as a freelancer, it can be challenging to know where to price yourself based on your knowledge and your skills in the market. To work this out, we suggest you:
- Find your niche. This is the value freelancers bring to many companies to help meet their n...
You Are Unique😇 And So Is Your Journey🐾
First let us agree as soon as we start to pursue a goal🏆, we often find ourselves in the nasty trap of comparison and instead of giving any kind of benefit or boost to your productivity this feeling leads to anxiety🙂😔 and burnouts😮💨 so what should we do :
Get Out Of Your Head
Focusing too much on your own thoughts can leave you stressed and keep you from engaging. Try to let those distractions go when you're talking with someone so the person feels important and validated.
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates