Tip into confidence
Confidence comes from inside. It hangs out between your ears. That’s the great news – you can learn to have it, increase it and friend your confidence whenever you need to. Here are some tips for you.
Tip 1: You’re not alone. If you’re feeling scared or uncomfortable in a situation, so are others. You don’t have an “exclusive” on feeling the way you do. Think about first learning to drive – how uncomfortable that was, it was for everyone. Awareness doesn’t take away your feelings, it just puts you on notice… Continue reading
Need more confidence?
The next three blogs are repeats of my first three blogs that I posted a year ago. I didn’t have many readers when I first started. I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I enjoyed writing them.
Have you ever wanted to have more confidence or come across more confidently? But you don’t want to be arrogant or cocky.
First – you will not come across arrogant or cocky. Believe me, if you’re even concerned about that, you’re already hard wired that you won’t. Arrogant people aren’t concerned about coming across… Continue reading
Public speaking!
Those two words, when put together, can strike fear into many people. Early in my career I was asked to give a speech at a conference. The thought of giving the talk made my heart pound, palms sweat and had me envision getting sick rather than stand up in front of people. I went ahead and gave the speech, not my best, but I did get through it.
Since that first speech I’ve given hundreds more. Now I enjoy the process and look for any opportunity I can to speak in front of a crowd. … Continue reading
Value
Recently a client was exploring ways to have people see the value of her services. We came up with some ideas for conveying value. These can be applied to products and services of a solo entrepreneur and an organization that is much bigger. See what you can use in your own company.
Idea 1: It starts with you. When you and your employees understand and believe in the value of your products and services this will naturally come out when talking to potential customers. Is everyone excited about what you offer? Enthusiasm goes… Continue reading
Tweaks!
If you are a manager or a supervisor this blog is for you. If you are managed or supervised by someone other than yourself, you may want to pass this along. The number one reason people look for other work is due to poor management. It costs an organization from 125% to 200% of the salary to replace an individual. Following are some tweaks you might want to consider embracing.
Tweak 1: Take time. You’ve got lots of priorities every day. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done. … Continue reading
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