How Do I Gain Confidence When Looking For A Job?

You have to be confident in yourself. (er...uh huh...)

Find out what are you good at and focus on those points during you interviews.

eg. I am good at speaking and am able to do presentations in a way that people understand. I let them know that.

As for points that need to be worked on, do just that as well. However, many make the mistake on focusing on only their bad points and lose confidence as a result.

An employer wouldn't mind if you are not good at something as long as you are willing to learn. Also, please...when you bring across the fact that you are willing to learn, make sure you really are willing to learn.eg. I'm not really good at doing financial paperwork. As a result, I might need someone to supervise me at the beginning.

Put yourself in your employers' shoes.

If you are hiring, what will you be looking for?

btw, you'd be surprised by how charitable some employers are.

Most important is not someone who is very good, but someone who is humble and willing to learn from their mistakes.

Reading some motivational books will help as well.

I've recommended a few before. Have a look at them here:

*From a loser to a Millionaire.. at age 26
*Sick of your life? Here's how to change it


Screw the cynics ...focus on what those who became successful say....why listen to the cynics when all they have to show are their failures as well?

One of the best methods is actually to just go for more. Keep going for interviews. Look for jobs that you aren't really interested in, prepare as if you're really interested and then just go for it. It's the hardest and the easiest method to do so, depending on how you look at it.

Conclusion:
You must know what you are good at and be willing to accept your flaws as a reason for learning something new.

Hope I helped.

Ya Feelin' Lucky, Punk?

Luck.

Good Luck. Bad Luck.

Some say that Luck is something that is outside of our control, while there are others who claim that people create their own luck as they go along.

There was an experiment that about that actually:

2 Groups of people were invited to participate. 1 was composed of those who were convinced that they are unlucky, while the other claimed to be extremely lucky all the time.

Both these groups of people were given simple instructions to follow an 'obstacle course' of sorts.It involved walking down a path and into a cafe. Within obstacle course were 3 main things...a $10 note on the floor, an offer announcement on the cashier and an individual that was supposed to strike up a conversation with the participant.

Here are the results...

Lucky Group - Almost everyone found the $10 note and saw the discount offer. Not only that, they said that they made a new friend while in the cafe.

Unlucky Group - Nobody found the $10 note. Nobody saw the discount. All of them just had their coffee alone.

Interesting huh?

While I personally agree that there are certain elements that are outside of our control (ie. who your parents are), the rest, I believe, are actually controllable.

One way I handle it is to control what I think.

Let's put it this way...just by controlling my thoughts, I am able to consistantly win at Texas Hold'em Poker with my friends. And I mean consistantly with at least 50% profit. I've yet to try it in a real casino, though I know once I'm confortable with the environment and I'm able to control my thoughts, I'm a winner.

I start to lose the very moment I get anxious, like when there are a couple of rounds where I lose and see my friends earning. What I do is simply get myself into the state where 'it's alright, money flows and it will flow to me'.

Then I start winning again.

It's the same for me when I won my LCD TV. For some reason, that morning I woke up, I KNEW I was going to win. No reason. I was going to win. Period.

And I did ^^

Was it plain good luck? Maybe.

There's one thing that I'm certain of though: My mindset contributed to the result.