Last week, I was listening in on a conference call regarding creating your brand and leadership. It was striking just how many women couldn't get past prejudice or critical judgment from others. It's not surprising considering society hyper sexualizes women, only to then later shame them creating these insecurities. Caller after caller worried about dressing appropriately or looking too Latina or not Latina enough. I began to grow annoyed because the real issue was not being tackled.
Everyone including myself has experienced some form of sexism and prejudice in the workplace and educational system. The issue is getting beyond our own personal insecurities and exuding confidence. No one will follow a leader with no confidence.
Every single post on this blog is about living your Bella Vida, your beautiful life. I encourage you to browse this blog to find many mantras and inspirational quotes. I'm sure there is something here for you, something to trigger your growth because success happens when you conscientiously decide to be your best, truest, most authentic self.
Here are a few posts to get you started:
It's not easy but if you truly want to lead you must learn to tackle your issues and move beyond your insecurities. You must learn how to deal with them and then move beyond them so you can reach the place where you can take action with confidence.
Quick Tips to Build Your Confidence
- Takes risks.
- Get out of your own way
1. Accept yourself
2. Love yourself.
3. Don't think negatively about yourself.
- Preparation
1. Study
2. Practice
- The best leaders surround themselves with skilled people.
1. No one knows everything.
2. Delegate tasks to the most skilled.
- Be grateful
- Pass it forward.
1. When you help others you help yourself.
Now I toss it to you, what else would you add to this list? What helps you act more confidently?
"Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control." Tom Landry
"Developing self-confidence is always the preliminary to becoming a leader. " John Adair
"It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse." Adlai E. Stevenson II
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt
4 comments:
This is a good article., because it is well organized and expressed with the very leadership qualities one can possess.
I'd add my favorite: IGNORE EVERYBODY ELSE. Once we learn to block all the "noise," life is, oh, so much more less stressful. The only standards we should be living up to are our own. It's taken me to this ripe-old-age to figure that one out. :p
Great post, Letty.
*lol* I meant "less stressful," not "much more less stressful." Huh
Confronting your insecurity demons is the most powerful thing. There will be other times but now you know that you are the one in control.
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