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Confidence can make or break your ily for those lacking it, self-belief is easy toboost
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“Hugely from a leadership and teamperspective,” says Rob Yeung, a corporatepsychologist at Talentspace and author ofConfidence: The Art of Getting Whatever you Want.
“You must be confident for others to have confidence in you. People equate confidencewith competence.”
Bob Etherington, a sales, negotiation and presentation trainer, says it can be thedifference between success and failure. “Companies aren’t run by people who are the best butby people who think they’re the best.”
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“Often you do need to feign confidence at first,” says Mr Etherington. “You try and adoptthe feeling of someone who knows what they’re doing.”
But, he adds, the best thing about faking confidence is that it often evolves into the realthing. “You get a picture in your mind of the outcome you want. Athletes do it all the time –they see the ball going into the hole. Even though you don’t really believe it, your brain latcheson to it. That gets your confidence going.”
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When engaging in conversation or making presentations, Mr Etherington’s advice is: “Speak clearly and drop your voice, stand with your feet about 30 centimetres apart, use yourhands when you talk and make eye contact.”
Peter Shaw, an executive coach at Praesta, says that personal experiences can also help. “Remember occasions when you have been confident in the past. Encapsulate memories ofsuccess,” he says. “You could also have a mantra, like ‘I can do this’ or ‘Keep calm and carryon’. Or you can think of situations where you’re confident outside of work and then transfersome of that into the work environment.”
Mr Yeung says: “Psychologists also talk about the ‘illusion of transparency’. Most peoplebelieve that when they are nervous everyone can see this. But they can’t. Just rememberingthis can make you more confident.”
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Two ways to improve how you come across are to make sure you have done yourhomework and to show up to meetings with plenty of time to spare. “You may not actuallyneed to read all those pages the night before but it will boost your confidence,” says Mr Shaw. “Preparation is as much psychological as practical.”
Arriving early is also a good way to collect your thoughts. “If you arrive flustered and haveto apologise, you won’t inspire confidence in those you’re meeting and you start on the backfoot.”
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There is a fine line between self-belief and arrogance.A confident manager is groundedenough to “accept criticism and welcome feedback”, adds Mr Yeung.
Language Points:
1. equate 使等同 2. feign 假裝
3. evolve 演變 4. encapsulate 封裝
5. mantra 咒語 6. flustered 緊張的
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Companies aren’t run by people who are the best but by people who think they’re the best.
公司的管理者不是最優秀的'人才，而是相信自己是最優秀的人
Exam Focus:
Choose the best sentence below to fill each of the gaps. Do not use any letter more thanonce, and there is one letter that won’t be used.
A How to use your confidence?
B What about faking it?
C How important is confidence?
D What can I do to build my confidence?
E How important is preparation?
F Can you be overconfident?
