{"id":110,"date":"2017-07-19T14:08:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T13:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rogerrakestraw.com\/?p=110"},"modified":"2018-06-07T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T11:54:54","slug":"speaking-with-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rogerrakestraw.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/19\/speaking-with-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking with Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking with Confidence<\/span><\/h1>\n

What thoughts pop into your head when you read those words… Speaking with Confidence?<\/span><\/p>\n

Like most people, you may have instantly thought “I don’t do public speaking so that’s not something I need to worry about.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Buzzzz! You are ever so Wrong!<\/span><\/p>\n

Think about it for a minute…<\/span><\/p>\n

Confidence is the cornerstone of everything you’ve ever done in life!<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you always had the confidence that you could ride a bicycle or drive a car or write reports, or anything you’re now pretty confident about?<\/span><\/p>\n

Nope. Probably not.<\/span><\/p>\n

It took some practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

But with a little self-talk, or self-thought, and a certain amount of practce, you became confident about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s say you are tired of being underpaid and overworked, but you like your job.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Or you like the boss, feel some loyalty towards the company or something like that. <\/span><\/p>\n

But you want to make more money in your job.
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The first step you must take is to be more confident in your abilities, which requires you to Speak Confidently to yourself, about yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then you must practice becoming worth more to the company.<\/span><\/p>\n

The better the self-talk, the more & better the practice, the more confident you become, the more likely you are to get that raise.<\/span><\/p>\n

To voluntarily improve our lives, to learn something new, to do something different, requires a certain degree of confidence, which we can acheive by speaking to ourselves about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking with ourselves about our own confidence is a very important step towards appearing confident towards others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Appearing confident to others is the primary way we gain the recognition & respect we desire.
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This usually leads us to making more money by getting a better job.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

This confidence then leads to the lifestyle we desire and even the partner we want.<\/span><\/p>\n

TEDx Talks<\/span><\/h2>\n

Today I found a great TEDx Brixton Talk (youtube.com\/user\/TEDxTalks<\/a>\/) about the Secret to Speaking with Confidence, by Caroline Goyder, given late 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n

Go to the bottom of this post and Watch it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to Caroline.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t just listen, but really hear what she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

The secret to Speaking with Confidence may just suprise you.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s definitely within reach of every single one of us!<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope you have a fantastic day and thank you for spending a bit of your day with me today.<\/span><\/p>\n

I sincerely hope it’s been time well spent for you and I look forward to spending some time with you again very soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roger<\/span><\/p>\n

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