10 Quick Tips To Level Up Confidence [0:00:00]
So, I found this information in a 2014 study in the Journal of Social Psychological and
Personality Science.
According to the data if you want to increase confidence, you want to listen to Queen, Michael
Jackson, Led Zeppelin, David Guetta, and Hans Zimmer.
Now, what do these musicians all have in common?
Gents, it's all about the bass.
So, the researchers were able to clearly show that this high strength high bass music is
internalized by people and it basically makes them feel stronger, levels up their confidence.
In today's video, gents, ten easy ways to quickly improve your confidence backed by
science.
[Music] Next up on the list, be careful of counterfeits
and generics.
So, this is from a 2011 study out of the Journal of Experimental Psychology, and what they
found is the use of fakes, of generics, of counterfeits can level down your confidence.
Basically, you're not going to feel as good about yourself if you go out there and you're
buying and wearing a fake Rolex instead of getting the real thing.
Now, I'm not saying go out there spend a lot of money on a watch, but I am saying when
you're making a decision of which shampoo you're going to go with which food you're
going to buy, you know what I'm talking about, those generics, those other brands you've
never heard of.
Now, you know you're compromising, you're saving your money, and you may even tell yourself
the ingredients pretty much look the same, but this can have a detrimental effect on
how you perceive yourself.
Basically, are you good enough, that's what they showed in the study.
Now, this isn't going to affect everyone and if it really doesn't bother you, then just
ignore this one.
But, if this does bother you maybe you do want to spend a little bit more money to get
the real thing.
So, the next tip to level up your confidence, ignore those negative voices in your head.
Now, all of us have this self-doubt, but for some of us it can be crippling.
And if you're one of those people what you need to do is learn to meditate for a minute
a day, five minutes a day and release those negative thoughts.
This comes out of an Emory University in which they showed basically one minute per day of
just simply I'm releasing this negative thought and you start with that and all of a sudden
you're going to start to feel better, you're going to realize a lot of these negative thoughts
they are self-created, they're not real.
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So, this next step to increase your confidence is really simple, take a shower.
So, most of us know this is common sense, but here's the deal, if you smell just a bit
it's going to zap away your confidence, it's going to really drop.
This is based off a 2009 study out of the University of Liverpool.
What they found is they had the two groups and one group they asked not to shower for
a couple days, the other group they said, sure, shower right before you come in, feel
good about the way you smell.
Now, they filmed groups, the unshowered and the showered group and they had them read
the same exact thing.
But here's the deal is the people that were unshowered they weren't really feeling great
about themselves.
And even though this was a videotape, people were able to watch this and see and they just
felt that something about these people makes them come off as not confident.
So, guys, if you smell and even if you're doing a video conference, you want to make
sure that you clean up and you shower.
Next up, gents, wear the right colors.
This comes out of a 2010 study in the Journal of Evolutionary Psychology and what they found,
two colors dominated, it created a lot of confidence for men and that is the color black
and the color red.
Those are the colors that created confidence.
Now, there were some other colors that you can look to bring in that in some studies
did show that they increased confidence.
They were blue and green.
Both of those were shown to actually increase confidence, but yellow, gold, and white were
actually shown to lower confidence.
Now, for me this jacket I absolutely love it, I don't feel it affects my confidence.
So, this, again, is in a pure study, I'm not saying don't wear those colors, but I am saying,
you know what?
Maybe look to bring in a bit of red in your pocket square, bring in that red tie, bring
in that dark gray colored suit, whatever it takes to build to level up your confidence.
If it's an easy hack like that, use it leverage it.
[0:05:13] So, I think this next one we can all agree
on and that is exercise.
When you take care of your body when you exercise you go to the gym you go out for a run, all
of a sudden your confidence levels shoot up.
There's actually numerous studies on this, but the one I just read is a 2009 study and
this was called The Effects of Exercise Interventions on Body Image: A Meta Analysis.
And what I liked about this study is, again, they looked at how do you perceive yourself,
not only do you feel happier, but your confidence levels shoot up and this has been shown to
be measured, it is very clear.
So, go to the gym, go out for that run.
So, this next one, surrounding yourself with nature, going for a walk in the woods, going
into a park.
Guys, again, been shown in numerous studies what it affects is our overall perception
of ourselves, it allows us to free our mind, and it levels up our confidence because we're
able to clear out our head.
Now, this next one is really important and I've been alluding to it in multiple points.
I talk about happiness, I talk about confidence.
Are they the same thing?
No, they're not.
But guess what?
Our body and the way we feel when we're confident when we're happy it is very similar.
So, a quick hack to all the sudden level up your confidence is to think happy thoughts.
Find a way to make yourself happy.
Do something that you know is going to put a smile on your face.
Think of someone that's important to you.
I know I think of my girls, I think of my son just how proud I am of him.
I think about moments that I -- that have just been great.
And they have nearly shown that if you can link happiness and you can feel happy, your
confidence levels are going to shoot up as well.
And, let's get into the next hack to level up your confidence, remember your best moments.
This is based off a 2013 paper, Power Gets the Job: Priming Power Improves Interview
Outcomes.
And what they did here it's an amazing study, they had two groups of people go and do interviews
and this was both face to face and they had to write out and answer questions.
And the only difference between these two populations is they asked the people right
going in you think about your best moments and this other group you think about your
worst moments.
They let them think about that for a couple minutes, then they went in and did the interview.
And, again and again, people that thought about something great someone thought about
things that they did awesome in their life maybe go back to fourth grade that time that
you kicked butt in that read-a-thon and you read all those books and you -- you were making
all those other kids cry.
You know what I'm talking about.
You felt so good about your ability.
Think back to that moment and use that to your advantage.
Yes, to get the job because it reminds you of the power that's within.
And, again, they've been able to show that this internalization, it's all about the mind,
gentlemen.
And, don't just leave it in the mind, don't be afraid to actually say it out loud.
Have a mantra, have something that you say you repeat to yourself; I am worth it, I do
have the skill set, I can do this.
Whenever you repeat you've got something you say to yourself again and again, that levels
up your confidence your belief in yourself.
This really works.
And, if you need the data I've got that for you.
There was actually research done at the University of Toronto, this was published in The Bulletin
of Personality and Social Psychology.
And what they discovered is that, yes, these affirmations, you saying things being careful
about how you say what you say and making sure that it's positive will have a great
have a strong effect on your own self belief and your confidence.
Next up, gentlemen, leverage luck leverage superstition.
So, maybe you've got a lucky pen or you've got a lucky watch, you've got a lucky jock
strap that you wear every time you go out there and play baseball, and please wash that.
But, the point is is that superstition luck does have a measurable effect on our performance.
This comes out of the University of Cologne and what they found is that they were able
to actually show that when people believe something has luck it is superstitious, that
they will actually perform better when they have it.
So, it could be a lucky hat, whatever it may be even telling somebody good luck go out
there and break a leg, this can have a positive effect on the outcome.
Well, gents, if you enjoy this video, check out this one, How to Instantly Be More Attractive
Based on Science.
I love bringing in the whole science aspect doing the research.
Let me know what you guys think about videos like this down in the comments.
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