Source: Shyam Bhatawdekar’s website: http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com
- Self-assurance
- Poise
- Self-possession
- Composure
- Coolness
- Calm self-assured dignity
- Buoyancy
>>>>Signs of self-confidence
- Impressive external personality
- Calmness and coolness in appearance and behavior
- Absence of tensions, stresses and strains
- Positive outlook
- Organized
- Absence of inferiority complex
- Absence of aggression and boastfulness
- Humility and modesty
- Absence of complaining and passing the blame
>>>>How to Build and Improve
Self-confidence?
- Keep balance- don't be under-confident and don't be
over-confident
- Good personal grooming
- Impressive and acceptable dress sense
- Use classy accessories (not necessarily very expensive)
- Personal hygiene
- Improve your appearance
- Keep physically fit
- Keep mentally fit
- Keep a good posture
- Walk smartly and faster
- Don't bite your nails
- Do a firm hand-shake
- Stand by your fundamental truths or values
- Keep examining your paradigms (mindsets) and change
them if necessary
- Openness to learn and to learn continuously
- Openness to unlearn and to relearn
- Keep positive outlook
- Yet, be abreast with the realities of life
- Keep up-to-date in knowledge in your
technical/professional area and in human skills (behavioral and soft
skills) (This is one
most important factor in improving your self-confidence)
- Keep up-to-date in skills/competencies in your
technical area (hard skills) and human skills (behavioral and soft skills)
(This is one most
important factor in improving your self confidence) (
- Focus on your strengths and only critical weaknesses and improve them
- Control your anxieties and fears
- Communicate effectively.
- Have a good command over the languages through which
you deal with others
- Speak up whenever and wherever required
- Don't mumble
- Walk the talk (actions speak better than words)
- Good sense of timing
- Have an active orientation
- Design successes by achieving your objectives and
related tasks by way of seeking opportunities, joining opportunities and creating
opportunities that suit your strengths.
- Smart and hard work
- Make decisive decisions.
- Work speedily and then accelerate
- Be energetic and exude enthusiasm while working
- Handle mistakes calmly
- Learn to be humorous and have fun
- Build trust
- Build team work.
- Delegate effectively.
- Use your and other people's (your subordinates’)
creativity
- Take care of your people.
- Maintain good human relations
- Compliment others (that makes you an I am OK- you are OK person)
- Accept compliments graciously
- Keep your eyes and ears open (without being a part of
politics, being completely professional)
- Learn the art of negotiating the system.
- Be flexible in your approaches
- Good interpersonal relations.
- Be firm but friendly
- Be friendly but not familiar (familiarity breeds
contempt)
- Be assertive (do not be submissive or aggressive)
- Be dependable and live up to your promises
- Live with integrity and dignity.
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