We'd all like to be more confident in life, but it's not always easy.
Here are a few simple but actionable tips backed by science to boost your self-confidence.
1. Stand tall
As researcher Amy Cuddy explains in her popular TED talk on power posing, a tall and expansive posture can increase confidence-boosting hormones in your body and make you feel more powerful.
2. Listen to upbeat music
Research shows that listening to bass-heavy tunes may have the power to make you feel more confident.
3. Recall a time when you were powerful
Channel a moment from real life when you achieved success and felt accomplished to help you feel and act more confidently.
4. Groom yourself and dress for success
Make an effort to put yourself together: take a shower, get a clean shave, put some makeup on.
Choosing outfits associated with confidence can improve your image and give you a surge of self-confidence.
5. Learn a new language
Learning a new language sharpens cognitive skills, which can boost life satisfaction and make you feel more confident.
Confident or arrogant?
自信還是自大大刊？
There are many ways to give your self-confidence a boost, but when is too much of a good thing a bad thing? Some people exude an attractive amount of confidence, and then there are those who reek of arrogance. Here are a few tips to keep in mind from becoming too self-absorbed.
有很多能讓自己提升自信的方法为迈，但是什么時候會過猶不及呢？有些人的自信就很適度缺菌，也有些人總是讓人感覺很自大葫辐。這里有些小貼士，你要牢記伴郁，防止自信變自大耿战。
1. Competitive 競爭
Now and then, a little healthy competition is a good source of motivation, but arrogant people see the world in black and white: they're either superior or inferior to others. They often make condescending remarks that put others down. Confident people don't feel the need to offend those around them in order to feel good. They can be competitive without being heartless, and they're just as good at collaborating.
良性競爭確實能夠激勵人進步，但是自大的人的世界非黑即白：要么就是比別人好焊傅，要么就是不如別人剂陡。他們經(jīng)常自以為高人一等，愛打擊別人租冠。而自信的人就不會因為冒犯了別人而感覺良好鹏倘。要競爭但無需無情薯嗤，這樣的競爭跟合作一樣作用非凡顽爹。
2. Conceit 自負
Arrogant people are full of themselves, and believe they have the best everything. The best story, the best advice, the best opinion, the list goes on. They constantly one-up others and butt in with their two cents even when it's not asked for. Self-confident people give everyone their turn to talk and celebrate others' success without mentioning their own accomplishments.
自大的人想的全是自己，并認為他們擁有最好的東西骆姐。最好的故事镜粤，最好的建議，最好的觀點玻褪，等等肉渴。他們經(jīng)常有欲望要超過別人，還經(jīng)常給別人一些不需要的幫助带射。而自信的人則是會給別人機會談他們的成功故事同规，而不會老提起自己的成功。
3. Criticism 批評
Arrogance is often a mask worn to cover up insecurities. Highly egotistic individuals ignore their shortcomings and shift blame to others whenever possible. There's always a reason why something went wrong in their hands that has nothing to do with them. People who are self-assured understand that no one is perfect and are willing to admit their faults and own up to their mistakes.
自大是掩飾不安全感的面具。高度自我的人無視自己的缺點券勺，把錯誤全都遷怒于別人绪钥。他們負責的事情出了錯時，他們總有理由說責任不在他們身上关炼。而自信的人會理解程腹，沒有人是完美的，愿意承認自己的缺點和錯誤儒拂。
