Self-confidence is trust in yourself, your abilities, and your judgment. One set of experiments comparing the accuracy of men and women on a test showed that “confident people, regardless of their gender, tended to be more accurate.” The factors influencing self-confidence include: What you are already good at. If you are given the freedom to choose…
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As defined by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, emotional intelligence is “the rudder for feeling, thinking, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making” and is related to a person’s ability to judge and control their own emotional reactions. The greater your ability to identify and understand your own and others’ emotions and to regulate your emotional…
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Business, counseling, and leadership professionals are available to help when you become stuck. SMaRT coping strategies include reaching out for help, without hesitating because of what other people might think or worrying about appearing weak. It is important to find the right person to work with you. You need someone who understands confidentiality; is fair,…
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A technology leader received a promotion to manager reflecting his excellent skills, his ability to build relationships with clients and teams, and his sense of what the company needed. After six months, he requested a demotion back to his old level: he hated administration and needed to be closer to the work. That leader knew…
Read MoreSelf-confidence is sometimes used as a synonym for self-efficacy, which is the belief that one can accomplish one’s goals. However, self-confidence is a more general term. As self-efficacy researcher Albert Bandura states in one of his books: “I can be supremely confident that I will fail…” Therefore, self-confidence has to be looked at in context.…
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Unless you are self-employed, working remotely, and have no employees—and no clients—you are going to interact with other people. The way you interact and the way you feel about yourself in social situations is your social self. Social interaction (defined as love and belonging) is one of the most important basic needs of people, according…
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At the start of the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the lead croons to his mirror, “I believe in you.” This is the very definition of self-efficacy. Your belief in your own ability to surmount obstacles and achieve success is your self-efficacy, as distinct from self-esteem (overall feeling of worth)…
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You have goals you want to reach. When you self-manage, you use your skills, such as your ability to organize and prioritize, plus your positive attitude to help yourself and your team reach those goals with the fewest setbacks and the minimum amount of fuss and resistance. Building Self-Management Skills You own self-management—for example,…
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As defined by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, emotional intelligence is “the rudder for feeling, thinking, learning, problem-solving, and decision-making” and is related to a person’s ability to judge and control their own emotional reactions. The greater your ability to identify and understand your own and others’ emotions and to regulate your emotional…
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