There’s nothing quite like communicating with a healthy and confident person. Confident people communicate with ease and leave people feeling better after spending time together. Wouldn’t it be nice to feel your best every time you communicate? You can by focusing on your confidence!
Confident people share characteristics that help them effectively communicate with others. Thankfully, they aren’t that out-of-the-box and anyone can develop the same skill sets. Here’s a list of the top characteristics of confident people when it comes to communicating.
- Healthy and confident people are positive
- Healthy and confident people are empathic
- Healthy and confident people are great listeners
Being positive creates healthy communication- Confident people tend to be more positive than negative. Confident people with healthy egos recognize they can choose how they view the world. They choose to look at the bright side of things. This rubs off in their communication and expectations. They expect that people are looking for dynamic and positive communication and that’s what they bring to the table. Their confidence makes it easy for them to stay focused, positive, and interested in what’s going on during communication.
Understanding others creates healthy communication- Having empathy for someone else is a common quality of confident people. Being able to look outside of one’s self to imagine what someone else may be going through is humbling and keeps people grounded. Embracing diversity, making room to better understand what people are going through, and being empathic towards them helps guide healthy communication. Taking the time to consider someone else’s perspective and feelings always makes communication better.
There’s more to listening than hearing- One of the biggest breakdowns in effective communication is failure to hear what is being said. Listening is more than taking in words audibly. A lot more! Listening is an active situation where what is being said and what isn’t being said are of equal importance. Confident people tend to be better listeners. Their genuine interest in communicating helps them pay close attention to all the information coming in- verbally and non-verbally. They tend to make better eye contact which makes people feel engaged and safe, plus their confidence generally makes them naturally curious and inquisitive which are great traits for communicating.
Being confident leads to any number of positive outcomes. From being optimistic to building better relationships, confident people top the list of effective and healthy speakers. Working on your confidence can help you improve your speaking and develop a healthy and effective communication style.
