Joey Coulon
Coach certifiée
Self -confidence is not innate!
Self-confidence is what allows us to believe in our abilities to succeed and therefore to act, to make decisions, to learn and to think by yourself. In order to develop self -confidence, it is essential to have an self -knowledge based on our own intuition, our past and present experiences as well as to have an environment favorable to the development of your own confidence
Being able to count on the other: to be able to count on the other, you must have in front of yourself a person who will have active listening.You also have to be able to be able to express your expectations and needs to this same person in a clear way.The objective is to establish a relationship of trust.
Being able to count on your own capacities: get to know better, to become aware of your skills, your qualities while respecting your own values and being attentive to your own needs;This will allow everyone to adopt the right posture according to the environment where we are.
In this article I give you some tips that will allow you to enhance your self-confidence:
- Make an inventory of your skills
- Maximize your strengths in daily life and at work.
- Accept your limits while thinking about how to improve.
- Accept what you can’t change and focus on what you can change
- By trying to improve objectively and honest, visualize yourself as you would like to be.
- Congress yourself with your achievements, you are never better served than by yourself.Do not look for the approval of others.
- Think positively.
- Say.Place your limits and learn to say no.
- Be constructive, so as to learn from your positive and negative experiences in order to improve.Do not focus on failure.Tell yourself that we learn from our failures and that often success comes from many failures.
- Have the right posture
- Stop comparing yourself to others
- Improve your listening and communication
- Take part in social activities.
- Flush to do things that get you out of your comfort zone.
Why is it so important to set your own limits and learn to say right?
- Create a space of freedom
- Attract this and those we want
- Enforce
- Strengthen your self -confidence
- Take care of yourself
- “Learn to say no, it is to be able to offer real yes sincere to your interlocutors”
Gestures can sometimes help get a message across but they can also harm this message.
Here are some practical tips to keep in mind during a conversation to control your non -verbal language.
- Monitor your body expression.The posture can have an effect on how people react to your message.For example, having crossed arms is perceived as a defensive attitude.
- Avoid moving continuously when you speak.It distracts people and reduces the impact of your message.Avoid playing with objects or with your hands.So that people focus on your message, stay calm and keep visual contact with them.
- Reflect the body expression of the other person.Listen to what your interlocutor says and be synchronized with him and use an affirmative body language.
- Check your voice and your breathing.Take a big breathing before talking.This will prevent your voice to tremble or that the stamp is too weak or too strong.