Many young men struggle with their concept of self-image and with the mention of it they unusually cringe or hide the fact that they are not confident in their own skin and that they feel things need to be improved before they could become confident and comfortable enough with themselves, but this mindset is wrong. Here are some tips and trick on how to feel and look more confident as a man.
Attire
First thing that young men must invest on are the clothes. For you to start the self-renovation towards improved self-confidence, you must first evaluate your wardrobe. Do you have clothes that make you look good? Do you have format suits, and business attire? Down to the last detail of men’s business socks, do you have those? Or how about formal handkerchief? All these things must be considered because in order for you to feel confident you must first present yourself as confident to others and to yourself.
Posture
You must then work on your posture. Even if you have great looking clothes but if you wear it with a bad posture it still unconsciously sends the message of low self-confidence. Work on an upright posture, chest up and straightened back.
Having good posture is not only for show but the posture that you have sends a signal to your brain thus with each stride of that good posture you also feel more confident and comfortable with it. The hormones in your brain also sends the signal that you are feeling great and it sends feedback on your self-image that you feel therefore you are confident.
Smell
Choose the right perfume and cologne. You do not have to suffocate other people with a strong perfume but you just have to have the right scent that suits every event and occasion that you are in. perfume are like clothes, you have to wear it accordingly, thus you must have different sets of perfumes and colognes that you have to try and gauge on which event will it fit.
For example, a physically exhausting event you will have to have a strong scent to cover any unwanted small from the sweat. For occasions that are calm you also have to wear a calm scent as a tone setter for everyone.
Demeanour
Make sure that you rehearse in your mind how you should walk and how you should carry yourself across different social interactions. With the way you behave you can show people that you are confident. You have to show honesty and genuineness in your actions, you do not have to impress everyone but also you do not cower in a corner in any social event.
Expose yourself to others, yet do not overexert yourself as to be needlessly wanting for attention. Just be cordial and warm with everyone, a simple nod would do to show people that you are confident and comfortable at the same time.
Confidence is a mere attitude in life, it just needs to be shown through how you move and dress and socialize with others.