Be yourself. Be confident in your capabilities and in your ability to develop new skills and act on them. The reward is that you growth in knowledge and skills, you learn and you become an achiever.

Sounds cheesy, but it’s true. People respond positively to those who act with confidence.

 Whether you want to get a first date with someone, get a promotion, or take your business to the next level, boosting your confidence is a great way to accomplish it. Here’s why:

What Confidence Really Means

Have you ever met someone who seems to have everything under control? They’re smooth-talking, making statements rather than asking questions, standing tall, have a firm handshake, and have an air of confidence? They seem to be successful, don’t they? All appearances suggest that they’re in control and living the life they want. Confidence is what makes them look this way. Confidence sends a powerful signal to everyone who sees it. It says “I consider myself to be a success”.

Confidence tells other people that you are a good, life long partner, a worthy competitor, a capable leader. It doesn’t matter how a person is dressed, whether or not they’re physically attractive because if they are confident the assumption on your part is they must have a reason to be that confident. Which leads you to believe they know something that you don’t.

This is when we make assumptions about people with confidence: that they are somehow superior or at a higher level than we are and that we should try to impress them or work to be more like them. That’s why we gravitate toward confident people, want to date them and want to be liked by them.