Another post from my back catalogue from a time when I sent monthly, not weekly messages.

I thought today I would give you a method to give you an immediate boost to your feeling of confidence.

This month I have tweaked a muscle in my back so I have been particularly aware of the position that I held my body in. This increase in my consciousness reminded me of a the importance that our physiology can have on how we feel.

Imagine if you were to see someone sat slouched in a corner, shoulders hunched, head and eyes lowered, frowning – get the idea? Now just by that description – how do you think that person is feeling? Happy, joyful and confident? Now while the question itself asks for a certain amount of mind reading, you must have noticed at some stage that you can just tell by looking at someone if they are upset or happy – notice how actors in dramas utilise this to demonstrate their art and portray their character, I’d be surprised if you found anyone bounding onto screen like an excitable puppy, grinning from ear to ear during a tragic part of a film for their character!

So lets try a confident posture: Standing or sitting tall, check that your back is straight, your shoulders are back and your head is up.

Become aware of where you are looking and consciously move your eye-line so that you are now looking above the horizon.

Having done that, keeping that same posture and eye-line put a big cheesy grin on your face – you know the one, the one that if it was in toothpaste advert it would be accompanied by a *ping*!

Now, try not to feel confident in that posture – Go on, give it a proper try. If you notice that you are wavering feeling confident then just double check that you haven’t moved your posture.

Now, I don’t know in what sort of situations this will be helpful for you to remember, maybe before talking to a group or maybe before making a particular phone call. Whatever, the scenario is for you, I invite you to enjoy playing with this.

As always I would love to hear your experience playing with this technique.