If you struggle with confidence, it can feel like an insurmountable problem. Your lack of confidence doesn’t just impact how you feel, it also impacts how you present yourself to the world, and how you are perceived by others. If you don’t feel confident in yourself, in your abilities, or in your worth, other people aren’t going to view you any differently.
This can impact your personal relationships, your status at work, and even the simplest daily interactions. Don’t let your lack of confidence handicap you any longer.
Instead, try to apply the following five tips to your daily life. Soon, you will be the confident person you deserve to be.
1. Stop apologizing & stand your ground. If you do see yourself, you aren’t alone. Many people spend their days apologizing for being present in places where they are perfectly within their right to be present, apologizing and acquiescing to people who are encroaching on their space, and apologizing for asking for what they are entitled to.
2. Exude confidence in your physical presence. To continue the first tip, one of the best things you can do is exude confidence in your physical mannerisms. This means standing up straight, having good posture, speaking with a confident voice, and making eye contact.
3. Build up others. Saying and doing things that make other people feel happy, respected, and appreciated doesn’t just boost their confidence, it does a lot to lift your confidence and mood as well.
4. Play up your accomplishments. You don’t need to spend time crowing about your accomplishments, but you can start accepting compliments that you receive at face value without diminishing yourself. You can also speak proudly and openly of your talents and accomplishments when they come up.
5. There is absolutely nothing more confidence-building than genuine accomplishment and service to others. If you would like to increase your confidence, spend time each day doing good things, this can include the work you do for a living.