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...positively or negatively. To get others to respond to you in the way you would like them to, constantly building and projecting self-confidence.
Play at a Higher Level
In the workplace, volunteering is a way of engaging yourself at a higher level. One of my mentors once told me that "leading men and women take leading parts." It's okay to be a bit player for a while. However, if you stay in the bit player role too long, it will become a habit that's tough to break. Miraculously, the mere act of stepping forward--volunteering--often summons within you that which is necessary to be successful. In other words, on some deep level, you only volunteer for those things in which you know you have a good chance of succeeding.
Volunteer to head up some task force, committee or subcommittee, a team, or work group, where you normally would not have volunteered. Volunteer as well to help someone rehearse a presentation. Serve as an...
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