Markus Kaulius walks through a confidence exercise: stand with shoulders back, stronger eye contact, firm handshake, upright posture, louder voice. Practice for ten minutes a day and notice how others respond. Confidence is a physical habit you can build.
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This is actually one of the most fun things I do whenever I'm talking on a stage. It's an exercise that I do and I just say, hey everybody, show me with your body, what would it look like if you had 50% more confidence? And everybody knows, they're like, okay, well, shoulders are back. I got more eye contact. Yes. I'm full. Yeah, I feel good. My handshake, nice and firm. Yeah, I'm strong. We know that because it's in here. It's in us to be that way. Why do we not act that way? Oh, because the world told me not to. Shh, don't have too loud of a voice. Don't have too much of a presence. You're too loud. You're too tall. You're too skinny. You're too fat. We've been put in this box and we've accepted. We're being put in a prison and we're like, okay, this is where I'm supposed to be. I'm supposed to be this quiet. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry for my presence. But if I said let it out, you know what to do. And then my next question is, okay, what if you just walked around like that every single day? Just walk around even for 10 minutes. Try it out with your spouse. Try it out with your best friend just to see what it's like. Instantly, they're going to be like, who's this guy?