Five Ways to Grow Your Confidence

by the Human Workplace Staff

Everybody struggles with confidence at times. When you walk into a new situation, it's easy to be unsure of yourself. That goes double for job-seekers.

Standing up in front of a group to speak can be terrifying, and so can job interviews. It can be hard to trust your own judgment sometimes. 

If you're lucky, your friends and family members give you great advice, but they aren't always there to help in the moment when you could use a confidence boost the most!

Here are five ideas for boosting your confidence:

Journal

Get a journal and write in it. Write about what happened to you during the day, and write at least one short Dragon-Slaying Story every time you write in your journal. What's a Dragon-Slaying Story? It's a story about a time when you saved the day at work or somewhere else. Remember your triumphs. That a great way to boost your confidence!

Mojo Time

Think about your friends, and pick a couple of friends who know you well and who always bring you up. Sit down with each of them, separately or together, and ask them "What do you think I'm good at?" Their answers might surprise you. Our friends often know us better than we know ourselves!

Invest Time in You

Exercise, sing, paint or do something else that makes you happy. Life is not all about work. There are lot of fun and mojo-building things to do for free or very little money, so if cash is tight, you can still grow your mojo!

Step Into Your Headshot

Choose an outfit or clothing ensemble that looks smashing on you, put it on and get a fantastic new picture taken of yourself. Upload your awesome new photo to your LinkedIn profile.

Look how sharp and confident you look in your photo! Every day you'll take another step toward feeling like the confident person in that photo all the time. We call this process Growing into Your Headshot. 

Everybody in transition experiences a Mojo Drop at times. Sometimes the drop is slight, and sometimes it's dizzying. When your mojo disappears, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you.

You are still amazing - it's just that your fuel tank is depleted!

Our last mojo-boosting tip is to take a look at the new Human Workplace Virtual Course Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best. 

This new virtual course starts on June 6th, 2015 and continues for four weeks (in our four-week edition) or 12 weeks (in our Standard and Advanced, EXTREME MOJO BOOST 12-week editions).

Read about the three editions of Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best below the Slideshare presentation!

Here are the topics we'll cover in the Four-Week Edition of Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best beginning June 6th, 2015:

• Knowing Your Value and Your Talents
• Growing Your Confidence on your Job or your Job Search
• Growing Your Confidence in Interpersonal Situations (job interviews, team meetings, performance reviews, negotiations, and interpersonal conflicts)
• Gaining Confidence in your Decision-Making

Here are the topics we'll cover in the 12-Week Standard Edition and 12-Week Advanced EXTREME MOJO BOOST Edition of Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best:

Learn more about all three Editions of the Virtual Course Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best at these links:

Four-Week Edition (USD $129) Beginning June 6, 2015

12-Week Standard Edition (USD $299) Beginning June 6, 2015

12-Week Advanced EXTREME MOJO BOOST Edition Beginning June 6, 2015

Questions and Answers about Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best

How does this virtual course program work?

Each week during the course, for four weeks or 12 weeks depending on the Edition you choose, you'll receive a new lesson and exercises from us via email.

Your lessons will always arrive on Saturday. You'll receive additional materials too - eBooks, tools and podcasts to keep your mojo high!

What if I have to be away or have to miss one or more weeks?

Your lessons are yours to keep, to print or to follow on your computer screen. If you have to put them aside for a period of time to deal with other issues, that's okay. You can follow the lessons are your own pace!

What comes with the Advanced EXTREME MOJO BOOST Edition of Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best?

The Advanced EXTREME MOJO BOOST Edition of Grow Your Confidence and Be Your Best is the right choice if major confidence issues are hurting your career progress or your job search.

In the Advanced EXTREME MOJO BOOST edition you'll receive the Advanced Edition EXTRAS listed in the table above, and you'll also receive a free Burning Issue Blog Answers Response to your most pressing job-search or career question, composed by the Human Workplace Coaching Staff.

I like the idea of growing my career Muscles & Mojo but I'm interested in a different topic. Do you have other virtual courses?

We have 35 Four-Week and 12-Week Virtual Courses for you to choose from! 

Download our catalog here!

Reach us here with your questions.

Grow your flame with us!