2018 HBCU Careers Magazine

HBCU Careers Magazine

How To Restore Your Confidence Account By: Micaela Morris, MBA Founder Effective Efficient Virtual Assistant (EEVA)

Whether youare in theworkplaceor anentrepreneur, confidence is necessary. Confidence can be something you have innately, or it can be produced. Think about what gives you confidence. How do you feel when you have it? What does the confidence look like? What’s in your confidence account? Entrepreneurs need to have more confidence than most because they are flagged as out-of-the-box thinkers. Most people think their ideas are crazy but only a true entrepreneur knows the struggles, the failed attempts, and the triumphs that come with being an entrepreneur. Even with white-collar jobs you need to have confidence when working with your coworkers and your boss. You need to be able to speak up for yourself so that you won’t look naïve, or weak. There are activities or help aids you can use to defeat the pain points. Here is an example, if you have an issue speaking in front of people for a presentation, you should enroll in Toastmasters or an organization that assists with public speaking. In return that aid would boost your confidence account.

Confidence is a quality overtime that must be cultivated like any other attribute or skill. Ready to increase your confidence tank? Check out the points below, if you have incorporated 3 out of the 5 points you are on the right track. Confidence checklist points 1. Change your attire – Does your clothes speak in a muted way or does it speak strong, vibrant, focused, courageous. If it is the latter, then make a change. 2. Change your attitude – If you are not liking yourself how can someone else like you and think you are a person to engage in conversation with? People can determine your attitude as soon as you walk into a room. 3. Mirror check affirmations – Affirmations assist in encouraging yourself, they also declare who you are to yourself so that YOU can believe the words coming out of your mouth. Think about it, if you don’t believe who you are, how can you confidently portray that to others? What you see in the mirror reflects, so reflect a confident person.

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