“Fake it until you make it. Act as if you had all the confidence you require until it becomes your reality.”– Brian Tracy

To feel confident, you need to act confident and vice versa. If you don’t feel confident in yourself then it shows. If you act as though you have confidence and are happy and comfortable with yourself in situations then this is the energy you will be showing everyone around you.

You can’t just wake up one day and decide that you’re now confident, you need to work at it a little at a time and build up your confidence levels over time. If you act as though you are confident then you will begin to feel it the more you do it and you will have greater self-assurance of your qualities and abilities.

The saying is true, you really should “fake it before you make it”, don’t wait until you’re ‘ready’, start practising acting confident today! It’s not as daunting as you think to act confidently; you don’t need to be the loudest person in the room, draw attention to yourself, or change who you are or your personality.

A few simple adjustments to how you carry and hold yourself will make a big difference to how other people view you but more importantly, how you feel about yourself and your confidence levels. The more you practice and act confidently the more normal it will become and it will have a positive and lasting effect on your self-esteem.

Here are some easy tips to help you start acting and feeling more confident today…

Make Eye Contact

You don’t need to continually stare into someone’s eyes when you’re talking to them but if you constantly look away or down at the floor this is one of the biggest giveaway signs that you are unconfident in yourself.

Simply glancing now and again into someone’s eye line will help to make you appear more comfortable and confident. If you’re in a group situation, move your gaze between people and you’ll feel more immersed in the conversation and part of the group.

Don’t Slouch

When you feel unconfident it shows in the way you hold yourself, you will tend to slump and lower your shoulders.If you want to appear confident then it’s important to make sure you stand tall with good posture, don’t slouch and make sure that your shoulders are back.

This will instantly lift your energy and the way that people perceive you because you will look like you handle yourself well and will give off signals that you are confident in yourself.

Don’t Fold Your Arms

Folding your arms in front of your body may make you feel more comfortable when you’re in awkward or uncommon situations but it gives off a massive signal that you don’t want to be approached and that you’re unconfident.

To act more confidently, you need to practice positive and open body language, your arms should be uncrossed so you appear confident and open for people to approach you and talk to you.

Don’t Fidget

Fidgeting is another sign of low confidence and self-esteem because we use fidgeting as a way to calm us down and distract us from how uncomfortable we are feeling in a current situation.

To appear more confident avoid playing with your hair, pulling at your clothes, or fidgeting with your hands, this will help to give you a more self-assured air about yourself.

Talk Slowly and Clearly

Mumbling is a common trait of people who are unconfident in themselves. To act confident and to begin to feel more confident in yourself, you need to make sure that you are communicating with other people effectively.

Try to not overthink and stress about what you are talking about and speak slowly and clearly so that people can understand you fully.

Don’t be Afraid of Silence

If you are unconfident then awkward silences can be a big worry because you may feel that it means the conversation has died, you’re uninteresting and all your insecurities about yourself are true, but this isn’t the case.

It’s not natural for someone to talk constantly without pauses, and silences are good and normal in conversations.

Embrace the silences and act confidently and they will soon pass and you will be talking about something else naturally. Don’t overcompensate by talking too much and blabbering anything that comes into your head because this shows the opposite of confidence.

Dress Well

To act confident, we need to make sure that we are in the right mindset, and wearing something that makes you feel good will do just that.

When you wear something that you feel comfortable, attractive, and confident in, this does wonders for your self-esteem and worth. You will feel more confident in yourself which in turn will make you act more confident and help your confidence levels to continue to grow.

If you make an effort with yourself and your appearance this will help you to feel good about yourself and show people that you value yourself and will make you instantly appear more confident.

Practice Positive Self-Talk

If you want to act confidently then practicing positive self-talk is a really important factor for you to appear confident on the outside but also for you to begin to believe yourself from the inside too, which is vital for your happiness and self-esteem.

Telling yourself that you are capable of doing things and that you are good enough will help to put you in a more positive mental state, which you will project to the rest of the world without you even noticing. This will help you to appear more confident and will build your self-esteem and worth.

But Why Should You Act Confident Until You Feel Confident?

Acting confident, even if you don’t always feel it, is a great way of helping to train yourself to become more confident. You can’t feel confident until you act confidently, and if you’re not there yet then faking it until you make it will give you a massive boost of self-esteem.

Acting confidently is like a self-fulfilling prophecy, the more confident and self-assured you act the more you will begin to believe that you are capable and enough, and this will help to increase your confidence levels even further. You can do anything you believe and set your mind to, so, if you have a positive and confident mindset you will become more positive and confident each day.

Even if you don’t feel confident on the inside you can still look confident on the outside to other people, this will help you if you’re in unfamiliar situations or around people you don’t know. Acting confident until you feel confident makes you look and feel more confident in yourself and it will help to build your self-worth and esteem.

Like anything, building self-confidence takes time and work but little changes can make a big impact on your confidence levels and this will grow with time. Being comfortable in your skin and your abilities is the best form of confidence because you don’t need the approval of anybody else as you are confident in yourself.

Don’t wait until you’re “ready” or “confident” enough to do something, do it anyway regardless of how confident you feel and you will notice a massive increase of self-esteem, and this will help to build your confidence even further.

“Confidence is like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it gets.”– Unknown

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