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COPYRIGHT 2004 Canadian Institute of Management
Everyday day, you are confronted with situations in which you need to convey self-confidence to others--people whom you like, others you don't like, others you'd like to like, and so forth. The image of yourself that you project to others largely determines whether others will respond to you positively or negatively. To get others to respond to you in the way you would like them to, constantly building and projecting self-confidence.
Play at a Higher Level
In the workplace, volunteering is a way of engaging yourself at a higher level. One of my mentors once told me that "leading men and women take leading parts." It's okay to be a bit player for a while. However, if you stay in the bit player role too long, it will become a habit that's tough to break. Miraculously, the mere act of stepping forward--volunteering--often summons within you that which is necessary to be successful. In other words, on some deep level, you only volunteer for those things in which you know you have a good chance of succeeding.
Volunteer to head up some task force, committee or subcommittee, a team, or work group, where you normally would not have volunteered. Volunteer as well to help someone rehearse a presentation. Serve as an...
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