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Learning How You Can Feel More Confident In Yourself

Dr. Peter Gagliardo
3 min readFeb 13, 2020

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When you are in a room full of people, do you feel like you don’t belong? Do you feel like everyone around you seems more confident and sure about themselves? This has happened to me many of times. I remember I was in a meeting sitting next to a senior member of the group and I said, “I feel like I don’t deserve to be here among such amazing and great people.” And his reply shocked me. He replied, “Me too. These people do amazing things and I am just me.” I never would have guessed it from the way he held himself. That was the day I realized that all these people probably have doubts just like me.

So What Secrets do they know about how to be confident in themselves? After talking to a lot of them, I realized they knew that confident is not something you have, it’s something you create. They created this belief in themselves. It was nothing more than that. Its a feeling that comes with the certainty that you can accomplish whatever you put your mind to. The confidence comes from within and knowing that means you can be more confident any time.

What can you do to look more confident (which also make you more confident)?

  1. Adjust your Body Language:

Think about someone you view as being confident? How does he or she hold themselves? How did they move? Did they make eye contact, have…

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Dr. Peter Gagliardo
Dr. Peter Gagliardo

Written by Dr. Peter Gagliardo

Health & Wellness Strategist who provides you with the quick reads to answer your questions

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