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13 Powerful Body Language Tips To Instantly Boost Your Confidence

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If you wonder if you reflect confident body language, stop reading for a moment.

Notice how you are sitting or standing.

Where are your arms?

What is the expression on your face?

If someone were to walk in the room right now, what preconceptions might they make about you simply based on your body language?

If you don't think your body has a language of its own, think again. A large percentage of communication and how people perceive you comes from body language. According to a groundbreaking study by psychologist, Dr. Albert Mehrabian, body language is 55% of communication.

Body language includes posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Your body language might reveal your true feelings or intentions or levels of self-confidence.

Perhaps you feel tired, angry, bored, frustrated, or enthusiastic, but some of these might not be feelings you want to communicate in a given situation.

Do you really want your boss to read your body language that shows you are bored with his speech?

29 Signs Of Lack Of Confidence And How To Change

by Barrie Davenport

Having confidence is a key part of living a happy life.

In fact, studies have proven that those with confidence make more money, have happier relationships, and are generally more successful than those who don't.

When you're confident in yourself, you believe in your abilities and maintain a sense of competence in everything you do.

Having low self-confidence undermines your faith in your ability to be successful and competent.

Low self-confidence manifests itself in a steady feeling of inferiority that can prevent you from making progress and accomplishing your goals in life.

Interestingly, a lot of people don’t know exactly where they stand in terms of their confidence level.

They may feel confident in one area of their lives, but they lack it in another.

Many people have low confidence but aren’t aware enough to realize what is holding them back.

They don't know why they don't have the self-assurance that others seem to possess so easily.

103 Positive Affirmations For Success and Abundance

by Barrie Davenport

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Anyone who has tried to bring their dreams into reality knows it takes more than just positive thinking.

It often requires a total change in mindset, which can be challenging to achieve on your own.

Fortunately, there are proven ways to help shift your thinking to create more abundance in your life.

One powerful method is using positive affirmations.

By repeating these short, powerful statements daily, you can retrain your brain to focus on success and abundance, motivating you to take the actions required.

Positive affirmations for success and abundance can help you manifest your dreams, goals, and desires.

But before we dive into the positive statements, let's look at what they are and how they work.

Worried People Think You’re Weird? 9 Reasons They May Be Right

by Barrie Davenport

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If you've ever wondered, “am I weird?” you're not alone.

We all have our quirks and eccentricities, but sometimes it can be hard to tell if we're just being ourselves or we're just weird.

It's even harder when you feel like you're the only person who sees the world in a certain way and others don't seem to understand you.

If you're worried that people think you're weird, let’s explore what it means, some reasons why people may think you're weird, and whether or not it's a bad thing.

21 Simple But Effective Communication Techniques

by Barrie Davenport

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Do you struggle to communicate effectively with others — either verbally or in writing?

You may need some effective communication techniques at work and in your personal life.

Your words come out easily enough, but the consequences of those words are sometimes far from what you intended.

Communication sounds so easy.

Words come out of your mouth. Someone hears them and reacts with more words and then boom — you’ve had a conversation.

Or perhaps you had a monologue or an incoherent prattle, and you're just not aware of it and how it impacts the other person.

Maybe one of your word exchanges didn’t go as well as you’d hoped — either because one (or both) of you didn’t understand the other’s message or because something else got in the way.

This confusion is particularly embarrassing or uncomfortable when you're in a work setting.

So, how do you make sure to communicate your meaning more effectively next time?
How do you recognize when your communication style is off-putting?
What are positive communication techniques you need to learn to make your next conversation or meeting more fruitful and enjoyable?