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Want to Sound More Confident? Avoid These 7 Words, the Last One Will Surprise You
Word choice can affect many things, including the way people perceive you.
Some words can make you seem intelligent and confident while others have the opposite effect. There are also words which are fine in some situations and there are words that should never be used.
A 2006 study published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology found that “a majority of undergraduates admit to deliberately increasing the complexity of their vocabulary so as to give the impression of intelligence.”
Using certain words can kill all the time and effort you’ve spent on developing your image. You may have truly great insights that provide clients perspective and encourage patience, but uttering the wrong word may show a lack of confidence.
And if you aren’t able to deliver that information with confidence, clients might not be convinced enough to heed your recommendations.
While some people may indeed just be born confident, we lament the absence of it in ourselves. There’s good news though, we can grow our own confidence with a little work.
