Did you know you don’t even have to be naturally confident to reap the rewards of confidence? You simply need to do what confident people do.  Here are six examples:

“Opportunity looks a lot like hard work.” Ashton Kutcher

If there are definite goals you want to achieve, then one of the best things you can do for yourself is create a mental goal-map.

So often we don’t get what we want, but as the song says, we should never despair because as often as not we will get what we need.

What are you passionate about? What do you aspire to? You don’t need to have world changing or life changing goals. What you do need are reasons for being here.

So many people are so concerned with the go-go-go of their lives they don’t slow down enough to consider the importance of stop-stop-stop. Sometimes people need a brain break.

The waiting place is that place you find yourself while you’re waiting for something else to happen. For the approval you’ve been waiting for on that report you sent in. On the funding you’re hoping to get for your new project. For the meeting you’re trying to arrange with the person you want to be your mentor. 

Some people have no trouble with procrastination. They get up with a list of things to do and they do them, systematically without delay. Others have a list of things to do or more often, a single thing to do and they take it with them from pit stop to pit stop while their procrastination problem distracts them with unending diversions to keep them from stopping long enough to get on with their list.

No matter what your goals, big or small, you’re going to have to take concrete steps to get them out of the wish zone into the fulfillment zone.

Whether you’re at the very bottom rung on the ladder to your goals or near the top, there is a single thing you need to do everyday, and that is your absolute best.

Whether your resume is being read by the HR manager, the head of a company, a hiring manager or a recruiter, you can bet it’s sitting in a big pile of other resumes. When your resume hits the top of the pile you have about six seconds to grab that person’s attention.

The words you choose speak volumes about you and at the same time influence how others perceive you.

Are you more excited about new projects than the ones you do everyday. Do you put things off? Do you get the things you like best off your plate first?

Sometimes feeling invisible stems from inside ourselves. In the course of trying to keep up with the day to day of life we forget how important it is to give ourselves a break. A walk outside at lunch, or an evening or morning stroll, can do wonders for clearing the mind and changing perspective.

With strong communication skills you’ll be able to ensure things get things done right, the first time!

Life doesn’t bend its will according to effort or the good intentions of the people living it. Sometimes, a lot of the time there’s someone else more qualified or with better connections or who just happened to be in the right place at the right time to grab away that thing you were trying so hard to get.

Sometimes while striving for our best, we cross a blurry line and start striving for perfection and then instead of moving forward and feeling satisfied with our results, we get stuck and dissatisfied and we begin to question whether or not we are even good enough to be doing this thing in the first place.

Unless you’re trying to do something no one else on the planet has ever accomplished or even conceived of, then you are not the first.

Don’t confine your thinking and your actions to what you think you might be able to accomplish. Reach beyond your boundaries.

There are lots and lots of things you can do everyday to lighten your load and make the going easier. Getting enough sleep, eating right, keeping a positive attitude, and remembering the importance of gratitude are all important.