Today I want to talk about a very simple method, which I've had interesting results with. I'm going to talk about in the context of developing confidence. I believe I may have mentioned it briefly in a couple of my previous posts, but hadn't gone into much detail. I would like to do so in this post...
It is a way to increase confidence in ourselves, by using the example of others. You could use someone famous for example, who already displays the behaviour that you would like. What is even better is someone you know. This could be a person who has helped you or coached you about something in the past, or someone you looked at as a mentor.
When a challenge comes up, the trick is to put yourself in their shoes. Say for example you have to show a new colleague around the office, and how things are done in your place of work. You are bit anxious about stammering when speaking to the person.
Now say you also have a friend who is very good communicator and is able to get messages across clearly and concisely. How would they handle the situation? What would they do? In fact, just put yourself into there shoes and look out through 'their eyes'.
Such a technique can be very useful. For example, it is a way to create confidence to do whatever it is you wanted to do. The other thing is, it shows you do have the ability to be confident - previously you may have believed you did not.
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