Monday, June 29, 2009

Another confidence trick

Huge day tomorrow, starting with an interview (I'm conducting, not attending!) at 9am, so unlikely that I'll get a spare moment to post my thought for the day. So, instead, a lesson from last week:

Another trick if you're not feeling all that confident:
Be prepared.
Find out as much as you can about the situation while you're approaching it. Ask questions, plan your approach, dwell on your desired outcome (not your feared outcome!)
If you walk in knowing you've done as much as you can to face the situation as well equipped as possible, you'll have that to believe in and consequently you'll walk in taller, stronger and far better placed to come out even more successfully than you've planned to. (and of course you've planned to be successful - that's the 'dwelling on the expected outcome' part of preparation - and worth a 2nd mention!)

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