Test Your Level of Self Confidence

Life is unpredictable and the ups and downs of the life can only be handled well by facing it with courage. This courage comes from inner faith called self confidence. Hence it is important to assess one’s own self confidence from time to time and seek ways to boost it.

Here are some effective ways of testing self confidence. So, let us get started.

How do you feel about Meeting new People ?

Let us talk about your social life. Do you often meet people outside of your family and close friends? What if someone suddenly approaches you at a party or a public place? How would you react? Would you get nervous about it and then regret not being able to talk properly because of lack of confidence or would you pay attention to what the stranger has to say?

The way you react to an unpredictable situation tells a lot of your self confidence. Observe yourself carefully if you find yourself saying, “I don’t know why I could not talk”.

The important thing to understand is that being a private person is a different thing than not being able to face strangers properly.

Decision Making

Do you depend on others opinion to make a decision? Decision making is a major factor which greatly reflects your self confidence.

Decision making shows the faith that you have in your understanding. It could be either a professional decision or a personal decision. It could be affected due to some failures in the past but confidence must not be shaken even in the most adverse of the situations.

The decision one made must be held on-to firmly.

Is your Body language often in Control ?

Do you find yourself fidgeting in front of your senior officers or in front of a stranger? Do you start using a lot of hand movements in order to attract attention to what you want to say?

Optimism and Humor

An optimist will always use positive words come what may. The optimism is churned out of self confidence.

How do you take jokes based on you? Do you take it like a sport or feel uncomfortable? Only a confident person can take well jokes on him. Let us elaborate with an example. A woman who is about 20 pounds overweight would feel extremely low if someone passes a remark over her extra large size. But a woman who is 20 pounds extra but has accepted herself the way she is would only find it humorous.

Public Speaking

How will you react if you are asked to go on the stage and make a certain announcement? Would you feel nervous or would it just seem like a simple thing? Facing people directly shows the confidence in you because it covers many parameters. Since many people would be eyeing you your body language is clearly visible.

Comparison with Others

Comparing one’s life with others and feeling inferior based on the same suggests low self esteem. There will always be someone richer, more successful or more good looking than you.

But you may either have faith in your own self or make the best out of your strengths than enter into an endless and useless marathon of comparing yourself with others.

Facing Criticism and Failure

A bad day at office, getting dumped by your lover, having financial problem; how do you take negative things in your life? Do you face it or do you allow it to nibble your confidence and cause interruption in your daily life?

Failure and criticism is part of everyone’s life and facing them eye to eye shows that you are a confidence person.

Apart from these basic ways there are many online self confidence testing modules available which help in giving you a more detailed report of your self confidence.