Social recognition is one of the most powerful incentives that move a person forward to new achievements and achievements. Therefore, it is not surprising that many people strive to win the recognition and respect of others, to become an authority for them in any area and determine their mindset.
Key steps to building your credibility
Have you decided to become an authority for those around you? This is a great goal, just keep in mind that you will have to work on yourself until the seventh sweat. Forget the magic pills, they don't exist. So, to make your dream come true, follow these 6 steps in any order:
1. Start building your confidence. This is the key to your success. If a worm of doubt sits inside you and constantly tells you which of you can become an authority, if you do not have education, money, rich parents, attractive appearance, etc., then your venture is doomed to failure. There are several ways to become more self-confident: keep yourself a success diary, where you will write down all your achievements, even the smallest ones, and read it regularly (at least once a day); Write a list of what makes you feel positive and read it in the morning after waking up and in the evening before going to bed (when you are in a positive mood, you are always confident); do all the things you promised to do for yourself or others (the more often you keep your word, the more confident you become).
2. Choose a topic in which you are going to become an authority. Search and read all the books you find on the subject of your interest. Without knowledge, you will not be able to convince anyone that you have a proper command of your topic.
3. Be the person responsible for your life. Authority is a person whose opinion is listened to, whose advice is followed. And since you get the opportunity to influence the lives of other people, you must clearly understand: you are responsible for your followers. Therefore, first of all, learn to take responsibility for yourself. Remember what you promised to do for yourself or others, but for some reason did not fulfill it. Make a list of these to-do's and start closing your tails immediately. Take advantage of the most effective way to build responsibility - to make a public commitment to people whose opinion you care about. This will give you additional strength on the way to your goal, will help you not to break down when the inevitable difficulties come. You don't want to be empty talkers, do you?
4. Learn to speak clearly and clearly. An authority in any area should be able to clearly convey its position, explain it and, if necessary, defend and defend. To train this skill, look for public speaking courses. Constantly polish your skills, speaking in front of loved ones or even in front of your reflection in the mirror, if there is no audience within walking distance in front of which you can show off your syllable.
5. Take care of your physical health. One of the reasons for the influence of authority on the minds of people is his stupid energy, which he literally radiates around. The basis of such energy is the excellent condition of his body. Sign up for a gym, gym, or at least start exercising in the morning.
6. Tidy up your appearance. Will you listen to the words of a person who smells bad of sweat, unshaven, with uncut nails, dirty hair and crumpled clothes? Hardly. Therefore, if you have problems with your appearance, immediately engage in cultivating the habit of looking after and taking care of yourself.
Typical mistakes
Novice authorities, not knowing what to do and in what sequence, often make a lot of mistakes in their actions and do not even understand which ones they have committed. So:
one. The desire to acquire the status of authority in a few days or a couple of months. In such a short period of time, your new thinking and character will not have time to fully rebuild, because all your life before you made your fateful decision, you lived differently. Old habits and beliefs will not just go away, you will have to fight with them for a long time and persistently.
2. Accepting responsibility that you definitely cannot cope with, overestimating your capabilities. Most likely, you will be crushed by a heavy load on your shoulders, and this will inevitably affect your self-confidence and delay reaching your goal indefinitely.
3. Stop in its development. Do not think that once you show the will, diligence and desire to achieve your goal, you can rest on your laurels endlessly. In a rapidly changing world, new information is constantly appearing in almost any area of human activity, and if you don’t study, sooner or later your knowledge will become obsolete and competitors will throw you off Olympus.
