{"id":6149,"date":"2016-11-05T12:04:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T19:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careersingovernment.com\/tools\/?p=6149"},"modified":"2016-11-14T21:45:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T05:45:10","slug":"11-strategies-building-self-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/about-gov\/education\/11-strategies-building-self-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Strategies for Building Your Self-Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/5-ways-fire-employability\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/self-confidence.jpg\" alt=\"self-confidence\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/self-confidence.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/self-confidence-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/self-confidence-480x357.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Employers want to hire self-confident people<\/a> because they are likeable and believable, and an indicator of how they might be in the role and in their organization. Employers ask themselves \u2018can I trust this person to deliver?\u2019 and \u2018will this person reflect well on us with our customers?\u2019 Self-confident people are more at ease with themselves than those who are not. Their inner strength rubs off on colleagues at work and that inspires their confidence. Behaviour breeds behaviour. What strategies help build your self-confidence so you have a better chance of getting hired and greater career success?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersingovernment.com\/tools\/gov-talk\/career-advice\/career-happiness-build-positivity\/\" target=\"_blank\">Self-confidence<\/a> is about being self-assured, self-reliant, both certain and comfortable with uncertainty, emotionally-controlled, with healthy self-esteem and humility. You truly believe that you have control over your future and that your actions will create the success you see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 11 approaches to help you leap into the unknown with more self-confidence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Feel the fear and do it anyway.\u00a0<\/strong>Making the perfect decision can be an illusion. Don\u2019t allow perfectionism to derail you. Trust your instincts. <em>\u201cAct your way into a new way of thinking, rather than think your way into a new way of acting.\u201d <\/em>Richard Pascale.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>See failure as a rehearsal for success.<\/strong> Wisdom comes from your successes AND from your failures. From Richard Branson to Steve Jobs, very few people succeed at the first attempt. The same applies to starting a blog, job hunting and learning from each CV, interview and interaction with your network. Reframe your self-talk from \u2018what have I got to lose?\u2019 to \u2018what have I got to gain?\u2019, from \u2018life is unfair\u2019 to \u2018what can I change?\u2019<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Create a safety net<\/strong> by having the support of people you trust around you. <em>\u201cI get by with a little help from my friends\u201d The Beatles (after Joe Cocker). <\/em>Surround yourself with the 5 people that validate your worth, fill you with confidence and possibilities, not the ones that judge you and drag you down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manage your expectations<\/strong>. Some fields are ultra-competitive. Be a realistic optimist.\u00a0Roll up your sleeves and muck in to build your self-confidence, even if it\u2019s not where you want to be right now. Play the long game and see each experience as an opportunity to learn what to rule in and rule out. Then take the next leap with more self-confidence.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Embrace uncertainty. <\/strong>Research shows we are hardwired to seek certainty in our lives because of our\u00a0fear of change. Embrace uncertainty by opening your mind and expanding your opportunities and behaviours. Identify what is unknown and accept it. Identify what is known and work with it.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Turn adversity to your advantage.<\/strong> Research\u00a0suggests people who graduate during recessions are more satisfied with their careers than those who graduated during times of prosperity. A bronze medal in the Olympics is more satisfying than silver, because you\u2019re just glad to get on the podium as opposed to missing out on the gold. Make these \u2018silver linings\u2019 a reality by turning adversity to your advantage, using it to achieve breakthrough thinking and then taking action. Take a different perspective for a different result. For example, increase your credibility by showing your vulnerability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Relive and visualize success<\/strong> like top sports people do. Recall positive leaps you have made in the past.\u00a0Relive those moments. Think of the mountains you have climbed, the barriers you have overcome, and look back on how far you have travelled. What resources did you call upon to make it this far? Look forwards, set your next milestone and take that positivity with you. Begin with the end in mind. What does success look like for you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Have Plan A, B and C<\/strong> so that you have more than one leap in mind as fall back positions.\u00a0Don\u2019t put all your eggs in one basket. Have three options to pursue, but ensure you maintain your focus on the main one and use the others to fall back on. Hope and purpose feed your self-confidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Prepare beforehand<\/strong> so you are fit to leap to give you the best possible chance of success.\u00a0You wouldn\u2019t run a marathon without putting in the training. Do your research. Confidence soars when you know your topic inside out. Own what you know so you can talk confidently about it to employers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adjust your language. <\/strong>Don\u2019t undersell yourself through the language you use to talk about yourself. You are not \u2018just a \u2026\u2019 or \u2018only the\u2019 intern or \u2018simply the newbie\u2019. Talk about yourself with pride and conviction.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Imagine<\/strong> there is a springboard underneath that you can bounce off no matter what happens<strong>. <\/strong>Ask yourself \u2018what if..?\u2019 questions \u2013 What if I learn how to code? What if I go travelling for 3 months? What if I follow my heart? There will always be another day, another opportunity. If you want to learn to leap, grab hold of the future before the future grabs hold of you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, your self-confidence is built by greater self-awareness of how you think and feel, managing yourself through the behaviours and skills that reinforce your self-worth and capabilities, and celebrating your successes as well as bouncing back from setbacks. You can do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employers want to hire self-confident people because they are likeable and believable, and an indicator of how they might be in the role and in their organization. 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