Confidence is the key for Success... It plays an important role in journey of every individual on personal front as well as professional front...
You have to always remember that their is a slight difference between being a Confident and Over Confident...
For me, I found that one sure way to destroy confidence was to appear unsure. In my former assignment as tech instructor I have never used the words "I don't know" because that was a surefire way to lose my class confidence in me. If I didn't know an answer, I always used "that is an excellent question" and later researched it and got back to the student. This really works for me in my entire tenure...
I remember when i am doing my graduation one of my dear friend selected in an interview and believe me he did not know anything to the job for he has been interviewed but the way he handled himself was like a professional and he got selected for it. And when i asked him how he got the job without having much knowledge... he just answered one word...that is "CONFIDENCE." With confidence one can accomplish even the most difficult goals.
I think there are many keys to being confident some of them i am listing here you may agree or disagree with me and same would vary with person to person...
- The first tip would would be walk the walk. By this, I mean both a literal and metaphorical walk.Always your head should be up, showing that you are alert; your actions show that you know what you are doing, and always make eye contact with everyone to show them that you were there.Always walk as if you have a job to do, be purposeful in your movements, look people in the eye no matter who they are. If you have a confident walk, people naturally assume that you know what you are doing and you will make a great first impression.
- How we account for victories and failures (do you give yourself credit, or blame/credit the circumstances)
- Trying a lot. If you try a lot, fail a lot, but win a lot, I think the confidence sticks. If you only try once or twice, and you fail either or both times, those failures loom a lot larger than if you try, say, 100 times and fail 75. You've still got 25 victories there, and that means a lot.
- Go for the low hanging fruit...When building confidence, look for opportunities to succeed. In the planning process, set attainable short-term goals to help boost confidence. It is important to steer away from uncertainty.
- Gain knowledge. One of the best ways to bolster confidence is to equip oneself with knowledge. The more knowledge acquired... the stronger the self-confidence. Learn more about the profession you have chosen, more about your company's products and services, more about the people that surround you, more about your customers, and more about people in general.
A small story taken from citehr.com (http://www.citehr.com/97991-very-true-self-confidence-works-wonders.html#axzz16t27Ktd2)
A small story on Self Confidence:
A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out.
Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," he said. After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, "I believe I can help you."
He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, "Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time."
Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.
The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!
"I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.
With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.
Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.
"I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and telling people he's John D. Rockefeller."
And she led the old man away by the arm.
The astonished executive just stood there, stunned.
All year long he'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.
Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out.
Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," he said. After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, "I believe I can help you."
He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, "Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time."
Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.
The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!
"I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.
With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.
Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.
"I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and telling people he's John D. Rockefeller."
And she led the old man away by the arm.
The astonished executive just stood there, stunned.
All year long he'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.
Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
