{"id":4802,"date":"2023-02-24T19:05:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T19:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indeedflex.com\/blog\/grow-with-indeed-flex-confidence\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T14:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:49:47","slug":"grow-with-indeed-flex-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indeedflex.com\/blog\/general\/grow-with-indeed-flex-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow with Indeed Flex: Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

You received a link to this article in your email because you signed up for Grow with Indeed Flex.<\/span><\/i> \u00a0 \u201cSkill and confidence are an unconquered army\u201d – George Herbert<\/b><\/p>\n

Definition:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Confidence – noun\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The quality of being certain of your abilities or of having trust in people, plans, or the future:<\/span> She has the confidence to walk into a room of strangers and immediately start a conversation.<\/span><\/i> He’s completely lacking in confidence.<\/span><\/i> Ask any professional coach, and they\u2019ll tell you that skill and talent alone are not enough to succeed. Confidence and belief in your abilities make the average exceptional. They\u2019ll also tell you the hardest thing to develop in anyone isn’t skill or talent\u2013 it\u2019s confidence.\u00a0<\/span> Confidence is having belief in yourself. It\u2019s the ability to be able to recognize your successes, trust your abilities, and be resilient enough to bounce back from bumps in the road. It can manifest in various forms such as self-esteem, self-assurance, self-reliance, and self-possession.\u00a0<\/span> Why Confidence Matters in Your Career<\/b> Opportunities.<\/b> Confident people are more likely to take on new challenges and pursue opportunities that can lead to career advancement and growth. <\/span>Research<\/span><\/a> shows that perception of your confidence also indicates their perception of your competence. Workplaces look at who they believe is most competent when deciding whether to offer an opportunity. Inspiring belief in others encourages them to offer opportunities to you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Decision making.<\/b> Growing with Indeed Flex helps you build your self awareness, but that\u2019s only one part of a successful career. You must convert your ideas into action for them to make an impact on your life. Taking action requires bravery and decisiveness. Developing confidence can help you to make better decisions as you trust your abilities, judgment, and experience more.\u00a0<\/span> Resilience.<\/b> A squiggly career is all about change. The world of work is evolving more rapidly now than any other time in human history. Your ability to cope with change, or \u2018bounce back\u2019 enables effectively navigate challenges while learning from failures.\u00a0 Confidence helps you to handle pressure in any workplace and bounce back from setbacks.\u00a0<\/span> Confidence Myths<\/b> Career experts Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis describe barriers to confidence as your \u2018confidence gremlins.\u2019 These are self imposed stumbling blocks that can stop us from reaching our potential. One example may be a fear of public speaking, which could stop you being offered a promotion opportunity if the role requires speaking publicly.\u00a0<\/span> Before embarking on a plan to \u2018cage your gremlins,\u2019 Helen & Sarah say it\u2019s important you don\u2019t let some commonly held beliefs about confidence hold you back.<\/span> Myth 1. Extroverts are confident and introverts are shy<\/b> Extroversion is often coupled with confidence while introverts are often assumed to be shy. In basic terms, extroversion and introversion rely on where you draw energy. Extroverts draw energy from spending time with others while introverts draw energy from spending time alone. Being an extrovert or introvert bares no impact on your confidence or how confident you can become.<\/span> Myth 2. Confident people are arrogant<\/b> There is a difference between confidence and arrogance. Arrogance is about having an exaggerated idea of your abilities. People who are arrogant often lack self awareness and fail to understand the impact they have on others. Confidence is about certainty in reality with a high sense of self awareness. Developing confidence will not make you arrogant.\u00a0<\/span> Myth 3. Confidence is something you are born with<\/b> Confidence is a skill which can be learned, practiced, and improved. Some people may have more of a natural talent for confidence, but this doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t have moments of doubt. Everybody finds themselves in situations where they lack confidence. The successful continuously work to develop their confidence as a skill.<\/span> Explore the materials below to help understand your confidence gremlins and develop coping strategies. Learn to recognize your successes, evaluate and build your support system, so you can continue to build your confidence and success.<\/span> \u00a0 Recommended Read: <\/span>You Coach You – Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis<\/span><\/a> Recommended Watch: <\/span>6 Behaviors To Increase Your Confidence<\/span><\/a> (10 mins)<\/span> Recommended\u00a0 Listen: <\/span>Building Up Your Self Belief<\/span><\/a> (17 mins)<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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You received a link to this article in your email because you signed up for Grow with Indeed Flex.<\/span><\/i> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cSkill and confidence are an unconquered army\u201d \u2013 George Herbert<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Definition:\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n

Confidence \u2013 noun\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

The quality of being certain of your abilities or of having trust in people, plans, or the future:<\/span> She has the confidence to walk into a room of strangers and immediately start a conversation.<\/span><\/i> He's completely lacking in confidence.<\/span><\/i> Ask any professional coach, and they\u2019ll tell you that skill and talent alone are not enough to succeed. Confidence and belief in your abilities make the average exceptional. They\u2019ll also tell you the hardest thing to develop in anyone isn't skill or talent\u2013 it\u2019s confidence.\u00a0<\/span> Confidence is having belief in yourself. It\u2019s the ability to be able to recognize your successes, trust your abilities, and be resilient enough to bounce back from bumps in the road. It can manifest in various forms such as self-esteem, self-assurance, self-reliance, and self-possession.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Why Confidence Matters in Your Career<\/b> Opportunities.<\/b> Confident people are more likely to take on new challenges and pursue opportunities that can lead to career advancement and growth. <\/span>Research<\/span><\/a> shows that perception of your confidence also indicates their perception of your competence. Workplaces look at who they believe is most competent when deciding whether to offer an opportunity. Inspiring belief in others encourages them to offer opportunities to you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Decision making.<\/b> Growing with Indeed Flex helps you build your self awareness, but that\u2019s only one part of a successful career. You must convert your ideas into action for them to make an impact on your life. Taking action requires bravery and decisiveness. Developing confidence can help you to make better decisions as you trust your abilities, judgment, and experience more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Resilience.<\/b> A squiggly career is all about change. The world of work is evolving more rapidly now than any other time in human history. Your ability to cope with change, or \u2018bounce back\u2019 enables effectively navigate challenges while learning from failures.\u00a0 Confidence helps you to handle pressure in any workplace and bounce back from setbacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Confidence Myths<\/b> Career experts Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis describe barriers to confidence as your \u2018confidence gremlins.\u2019 These are self imposed stumbling blocks that can stop us from reaching our potential. One example may be a fear of public speaking, which could stop you being offered a promotion opportunity if the role requires speaking publicly.\u00a0<\/span> Before embarking on a plan to \u2018cage your gremlins,\u2019 Helen & Sarah say it\u2019s important you don\u2019t let some commonly held beliefs about confidence hold you back.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Myth 1. Extroverts are confident and introverts are shy<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Extroversion is often coupled with confidence while introverts are often assumed to be shy. In basic terms, extroversion and introversion rely on where you draw energy. Extroverts draw energy from spending time with others while introverts draw energy from spending time alone. Being an extrovert or introvert bares no impact on your confidence or how confident you can become.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Myth 2. Confident people are arrogant<\/b><\/p>\r\n

There is a difference between confidence and arrogance. Arrogance is about having an exaggerated idea of your abilities. People who are arrogant often lack self awareness and fail to understand the impact they have on others. Confidence is about certainty in reality with a high sense of self awareness. Developing confidence will not make you arrogant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Myth 3. Confidence is something you are born with<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Confidence is a skill which can be learned, practiced, and improved. Some people may have more of a natural talent for confidence, but this doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t have moments of doubt. Everybody finds themselves in situations where they lack confidence. The successful continuously work to develop their confidence as a skill.<\/span> Explore the materials below to help understand your confidence gremlins and develop coping strategies. Learn to recognize your successes, evaluate and build your support system, so you can continue to build your confidence and success.<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Recommended Read: <\/strong>You Coach You - Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n

Recommended Watch: <\/strong>6 Behaviors To Increase Your Confidence<\/span><\/a> (10 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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