A Common Mistake that Causes Lack of Confidence and How to Solve It

A Common Mistake that can Cause Lack of Confidence is Failing to Learn the Skills You Need to Succeed

It’s odd how we instinctively know it’s wise to go to a driving instructor before we drive our first car yet we attempt to do many other important things in life without learning the skills that lead to success.

For instance, we try to:

• present without learning presentation skills training,
• ü  negotiate without negotiation skills training,
• ü  make a relationship work without understanding how different personalities need to be communicated with and how to repair things when they go wrong,
• invest thousands of £££ in technical skills without learning sales, marketing, networking, people leading and other essential skills that help us make a healthy profit from our products and services,
• get promoted at work without influencing and interview skills,
• try to feel calm, motivated and confident when we haven’t got the foggiest idea how to get rid of our stress, anger and nerves

Somehow we expect these skills to come naturally. Then we blame ourselves for failing instead of blaming ourselves for not learning!

Solution 5 – Invest in Training and Coaching

Research shows that the most successful and confident people in all areas of life invest in understanding how they tick, learning the secrets of the great communicators and how confident people control their emotions when the going gets tough.

They tend to invest between 4% and 10% of their income on personal development.

And, I mean invest – one of my business clients brought in an extra £35,000 a year in profit just because of one influencing principle I taught her.  Another client saved hours of time and stress by using this principle with his kids and his team at work.

I have a personal and business development budget invest in courses and coaching that helps me grow and become more resourcefu. I have invested tens of thousands of pounds over the years. Every time I have, I’ve experienced huge returns on my investment financially and in personal and professional fulfilment.

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