I was having a ‘collective’ conversation with my wife over the last few meal slots we had at a seminar.. We were having a discussion about making changes to some plans we had and going to a conference, but there was a dilemma. We didn’t know how to make the decision.
I guess it’s common, right? I know a lot of people who kinda make decisions on a whim, or don’t make decisions at all. And I think the trouble with many people is that they can’t make decisions.
So… I’m almost certain that you’ve been struck senseless by Steve Jobs’ flurry of innovations beginning with the MacBook, the iPod, the iPhone and now the iPad.
There’s a lot to say about genius, and although I have not yet met Steve Jobs myself, I think there’s a certain kind of drive in the man that enables him to push himself forward so much.
Ah, the wonders of the internet. After getting some mails, I find that many are concerned with the issue of social interaction, so I decided to discuss confidence in a social setting.
According to Carl Jung, we have two sides of our character – the introvert and the extravert. If you take this knowledge into account, you will begin to understand how social confidence is built.
Introversion-oriented people tend to stay in smaller groups, often speaking one-on-one with others and focusing a lot on their work related topics because that is what preoccupies them the most. Extraversion-oriented people will tend to speak randomly about a good number of things and often end up covering a broad number of topic areas in a social interaction.
Just recently, a fairly senior manager of a local company approached me and asked me a very surprising question. He asked how he could become more confident in front of his customers.
Now, mind you, this is a manager who has had over 12 years’ experience in the same industry. You would have thought he had the capability to achieve this by now! However, confidence is not just about a skill – it’s a state or a feeling that you need to experience.
