Know—Do Not Talk the Walk

You know that feeling in your gut they call intuition?

Well, forget about what might seem to be the intuitive thing when trying to get people to appreciate and/or respect you. 

What is going on in the current political arena in the United States serves as a good example of my ultimate point.  All the politicians are yapping trying to make their point and illustrate their potential importance to the rest of us.  They are doing the intuitive thing in hopes of garnering appreciation and respect.

Intuitively, I think they must believe…Talk and they (potential voters) shall come to embrace me and my views.  They are the personification of the danger implied in the title of this post.

It's your desire to be respected and appreciated as a person. Good for you! That's true for most if not all of us.

But, here's the problem, as I see it. It's a conflict with how we think we should communicate and project ourselves to the world and what we should do. It's not as intuitive as we might think.

Consider this...you've met them before. It's those people who are incessantly talking about what they know and what they've done. They can go on, chapter and verse, for hours and never stop blowing their horn!

These people never pause to think about getting you involved in the conversation and to share your thoughts. No... they’re too wrapped up in themselves to do that!

In other words, they are doing the intuitive thing to try and generate your respect and appreciation. They think if they tell you all that stuff, you can't help but be impressed with them.

The result...usually, the exact opposite, right? You're repelled by the self-serving attitude and, in fact, don't respect or appreciate them.

So, how can you avoid being perceived in such a way?

Don't think intuitively. Think confidently!

People who truly understand and feel a sense of self-worth just know and do not talk. They do the exact opposite of jabbering on and on about all they know and all they have done. They don't have to yak about themselves because their level of self-worth provides a comfortable level of self-confidence.

They know those truly in the know do not talk; the old adage, knowledge is power.  With it you can have a quiet confidence rather than an egotistical, overbearing presence.

What are a couple of things you do to be perceived as confident rather than self-centered and egotistical?

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