Salespeople How Confident Are You?

Are you brimming with confidence? Or, do you wish you could improve on yours? Some people demonstrate their confidence by trying new things, by maintaining control in challenging situations, and by being decisive.

There are those who exhibit their confidence by living a life of enthusiasm and passion. Others do so by extending trust and offering respect to others.

All of these practices are things that will just add to their confidence. It’s continuing their cycle of self-confidence. However, it might not always be that easy to kick-start that cycle of self-confidence.

To determine whether you are confident, you should consider how effective you believe yourself to be in a number of tasks.

This task has been termed as self-efficacy. It’s a vital part of determining whether you are confident or not.

If you feel that you’re efficient in a certain area, then it will improve your satisfaction and help you reinforce your success.

When a confident person sees a challenge, they recognize them as a simple obstacle that they need to overcome.

As they are quick to recover from setbacks and unafraid to try new things, they tend to bounce back and move forward with relative ease.

Your confidence levels can and will impact your performance. It will also affect how satisfied you feel with the choices that you make, with the words you choose to speak, and the actions that you take.

A strong belief in yourself and your abilities will affect your determination, motivation, grit, your performance, and your choices.

So, how confident are you?

1. I do what I believe to be expected of me over what I believe is right.

2. I am comfortable when facing a new situation.

3. Life leaves me feeling energized and positive.

4. I avoid doing things that appear difficult.

5. Even when others give up, I keep going.

6. I will work hard to solve a problem.

7. I set out to achieve every goal I set.

8. I am left feeling negative and hopeless when faced with a challenge.

9. I relate to those who work hard and fail to achieve their goals.

10. I often receive positive feedback on my achievements and performance.

11. I need immediate success to maintain motivation throughout a project or I will walk away.

12. I consider the lessons I picked up after overcoming a challenge.

13. With a bit of hard work, I know I can achieve my goals.

14. I maintain contact with people successful in my industry.

How you answered these questions should give you a good idea of whether or not you are a confident person in your normal life. Let’s take it a bit further. Now, look at the statements below and grade them on a scale of 1 to 3, 1 being deeply true, 2 being sometimes true, and 3 being that it’s not normally true.

1. I have a good sense of my weaknesses and strengths.

2. I’m willing to take a risk if it’s for something that I believe in.

3. I am prepared for new experiences.

4. I am capable of coping with doubt and fear.

5. I make time to remind myself of past success.

6. I understand that failure is an inevitable part of life.

7. I am capable of coping with unexpected events and changes.

8. I’m comfortable in asking for support.

9. I know my values.

10. My actions align with my values.

11. I don’t easily give up.

12. I understand that not everyone will approve of me or like me.

13. I have a strong sense of self-worth.

14. I understand that setbacks are to be expected.

15. I don’t get down on myself when I’m facing a tough time.

If you marked most of these with a one, then you have nothing to worry about. You’re as confident as can be. If the majority of your answers were twos then you could probably do with a bit of a boost in the confidence, but you’re close. If you answered the majority of your questions with a three, then you’re on shaky ground. That’s okay, you can work on it.

Remember when you change your mindset you’ll change your results.

Richard Grehalva