“Whoever has confidence always has the upper hand” – Manoj Vasudevan explained in a presentation about presentation skills I attended.
Think it through – at least on the short term, in an encounter, whoever has the most apparent confidence will in effect have the upper hand. I have personally encountered this with the highly powered, confident salesman-type person. We all know those people who are always highly confident whatever the subject.
At the same time I would not say that this effect is necessary sustainable, and reflection will allow to consider what was proposed in a more rational manner.
Still it remains that confidence is an exceptionally powerful ingredient in our daily lives and we need to be able to radiate confidence when needed.
How is your confidence muscle? What are the occasions where you think you should have shown more confidence and what can you do to look more confident next time?
