Confidence is the most important thing in the life of any person. Trust is necessary in private life but also in your work. Although it is sometimes difficult to get people to trust you, it is necessary to prosper and be successful at work. But for others to trust you, you must first start by trusting yourself in all your abilities and possibilities.
There are some behaviors that can help you get people around you and even your work clients, colleagues or bosses, to trust you more.
Even if you are the boss, your workers will also place more trust in you and therefore will be more productive for your company. Everyone wins! If you do not have the following behaviors, the time has come for you to incorporate them into your day to day. Over time and almost without you realizing it, they will become part of you.
Be more tolerant
It is necessary to be tolerant with yourself and with others. If you are tolerant of the people you have. Around you you will be a calmer person and you will have more friends, better workers and much healthier and more successful private and professional interpersonal relationships.
At your work, let it smell like lavender
It may seem ridiculous but it is an idea that you cannot rule out. People don't like bad smells, but they do approach people who smell nice. If you want people to trust you and feel good about your work with you, then in your job position if possible, try to add some scent relax like the smell of roses or lavender. The smell must be welcoming to convey a feeling of well-being, flee from those odors that are too strong or unpleasant.
Be free to be yourself
Nobody is perfect and in some situations you don't have to show perfection in yourself. If you feel embarrassed, irritated, shy, why not show it? The important thing is that you do not lack confidence in yourself. The way you handle situations will show your level of trust, both that which you have towards yourself and that which others may have with you.
If you get stressed and run away feeling irritated or depressed, people will never trust you. Once you learn to accept situations gracefully, regardless of what happens, people will start to trust you more.
Maintain pleasant eye contact with others
There is a popular belief, and in some cases wrong, that if someone does not make eye contact with you, then they are hiding something from you. This is not true, but society continues to believe it. For this reason, it is necessary that to maintain body language and pleasant contact with other people, you must have adequate eye contact. This way you will be showing them that you are a person they can trust.
Don't be afraid to say: Excuse me
People who start a sentence by saying; apologize or forgive someone else, they will be more likely to evoke trust and receive what they want from the other. For example, if you need to make a phone call but have run out of battery and you need someone else's phone to make that call, you can say; 'Excuse me, could you let me make a call? My phone has run out of battery and it's an urgent call that can't wait. ' Read this last sentence with the 'sorry' and then without the 'sorry' in front, Do you realize that there is a significant change?
Really gaining the trust of another person is not an easy task, but your behavior will teach you to have a key role and to achieve it. Pay attention to your body language and the way you treat others to ensure that you behave like a person they can trust. Although remember that the most important thing above all is that you trust yourself, in your possibilities and that you are a person who knows how to respect himself and who respects others.
If you start treating others how you would like them to treat you, you will see how little by little people will be kinder to you and they will feel much more comfortable around you. Even if the work situation is very stressful. Take the test, you won't be disappointed.