Some days I’ll catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror or window and say to myself, “Eek! What’s happened to you?”
Then I’ll further criticize myself, “Geez, your eyes look puffy today, your skin looks dull, your haircut sucks, your teeth are yellowing, you look fat in this outfit…Ugh!” You name it and I’ll say it to myself in this self-deprecating moment.
Sound familiar?!
In my experience, these momentary self judgmental or self-doubting appearance critiques are common. I’ve seen my clients do it, friends and family do it…I’ve done it to myself. I think everyone doesn’t appreciate the way they look from time to time – even renowned beauties, Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez and Angela Jolie. It’s true!
The trick is to not let the moment turn into to something longer – wasting your time and energy – and insidiously spreading into other areas of your life, ultimately affecting your self-confidence which you and I both know means everything. We deserve to feel good about ourselves in every moment!
To get your groove back and rapidly remedy these negative thoughts, here is a checklist of five questions – a “Yes!” answer is where you will find your culprit:
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Have you heard of Oren Klaff?
He is best known for his expertise in raising capital, selling companies and closing complex deals. A turning point for Oren’s pitching success came when he began studying neuroeconomics which combines neuroscience, economics, and psychology to study how people make decisions.
Oren even wrote a book about his lessons, Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading and Winning the Deal. It’s a smart read.
Basically, we’ve all got to make a pitch at some point. If you want something, then you must pitch. Oren says, “Pitching is packaging an idea and getting people to listen to what it is you have to say”.
In his S.T.R.O.N.G. pitching method, Oren reveals it’s all about getting attention and appealing to your audience’s or buyer’s crocodile brain (aka. croc brain) – the primal, fight or flight, instinctual part of the brain. Since the croc brain has limited focus and capacity, you must quickly strive to create an emotional reaction with the person or people you’re pitching. And visuals play a key role at triggering emotions.
“Aha!” I exclaimed. In addition to your pitching presentation materials, why not give yourself every advantage and apply these same principals to your professional pitching attire?
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Did you know your savvy shopping skills can have a direct, positive impact on your salary and overall job satisfaction?
According to acclaimed Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Heidi Roizen, they can!
The trick is to harness your masterful shopping techniques and apply them to your business negotiation strategies relating to salary, promotion possibilities, special projects, teams that you want to be on, work hours, etcetera.
I was recently watching Heidi Roizen speak at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Women in Leadership Conference and my ears perked up when she shared a handbag analogy that I think you’ll appreciate too.
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Okay, I know what you’re thinking…not exactly the type of career style recognition you were looking for, right? But there is much more to learn here than meets the eye.
Danielle from We Wore What looks adorable in her whimsical striped tee. It’s fun. It’s flirty. It’s perfect on her. And it’s part of her job to take fashion to its limits. She’s a personal style blogger and in order to stand out in her chosen field she must visually provoke her audience. There are a million and one shots on blogs of girls wearing stripes, but Danielle was extra savvy in her choice, allowing her to separate herself successfully from the masses. Her style strategy worked…tweets, shares, pins and repins…connections galore are plentiful certain to lead to increased opportunities in her career.
You need to do the same at work!
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