🤟 11 ways to have ‘Don Draper’ confidence
by Joe · 32 things on NewTwos
- Confidence is not about looking cool, saying the right thing, or even getting people to respond to you in a favorable way.
- It’s about feeling okay no matter what situation arises.
- Use these tips to achieve inner peace, and feel more confident.
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- Be laid back with your posture.
- Make people win your attention.
- It will relax you.
- Use selective eye contact.
- It will make the other person want to win your attention.
- When you’re making your key points, hone in.
- Don’t overreact to your own mistakes.
- It shows you’re not pressured by what is happening around you.
- Remain silent even when things are going wrong.
- It prevents you from appearing like someone who does not have an answer for what is going on.
- And it gives you time to think.
- Slow down.
- People only give themselves 30% as much time to respond as they would give other people.
- Do not try to convince other people.
- Frame yourself as an equal partner to the conversation.
- One of the ways we determine if we want to associate with someone is by how much they seem to want/need us.
- Walk away if what you’re giving is not being reciprocated.
- NOT in an emotional huff.
- Adapt the belief that you will always be okay.
- When you truly believe everything will be okay, you will not feel weak for long.
- Tell the truth even if it loses you a client or make you feel weak.
- You will stop feeling like you always have to say the right thing.
- And stop worrying someone else might reject you, because you know you will never reject yourself.
- Telling the truth allows you to project more external confidence.
- And every interaction or experience is more fun…even if it used to stress you out.
- Remember: You are okay and you will always be okay.
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