When engaging an audience, the credibility of what you are saying is very important. It brands you immediately as an expert or a sham. If you are not going into a situation where you already have established credibility, there are several ways that quickly establish it. Source: Quote a credible source or expert. This allows [...]
Trust Your Gut
Most of us are taught to defer to authority. As a result, we tend to disregard our internal compasses when faced with conflicting opinions. But your instincts are often right. Listen to your inner voice. Take a moment to breathe and consider what is going on. Ask yourself, “Are there other ways to approach this [...]
It’s been popping up all over LinkedIn and Facebook. The job title of Independent Business Owner at Self Employed. It doesn’t tell you anything about what the person does or if they do anything. Worse, more often than not, the title belongs to someone who is working in an MLM/network marketing company and doesn’t want [...]
Never Let Them See You Sweat
If you don’t project self-confidence, how can you expect your client to have confidence in you? It’s okay to feel nervous or unsure of yourself. Everyone does at one time or another. The more you believe in yourself, the more others will believe in you. So how do you boost your self-confidence? Harvard Business Journal [...]
Activating a positive superstitious belief can boost people’s confidence, which in turn improves performance: In an experiment, a dexterity task that normally took more than 5 minutes was accomplished in just 191.5 seconds, on average, if participants were wished good luck before they started it, according to research led by Lysann Damisch of the University [...]






