How to Appear Confident and Win Favor

Tips for any business meeting you have to attend in person

David O.
The Startup
Published in
6 min readJan 22, 2020

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The eye contact (Source: Pixabay)

First impression matters. It is not because people judge by appearance. Neither is it because people are quick to jump to conclusions. The real reason is that perception is reality. Perception of competence attracts trust from the other person.

No one wants to do business with a loser. This is why you need to always appear like the winner they are expecting you to be. This is everything about how you look.

Psychologists say 93% of communication is nonverbal. This means that everything else aside from your words is generating 93% of how the other person perceives you. People often try to improve the 7%. But even if you are exceptional on the 7%, you can’t succeed based on just that.

Other areas of communication can be improved. And they can put you in such a position where you can mix up words but still nail the business meeting. This is about making your nonverbal communication speak competence.

The ways listed here are gotten from various books and speeches by people who have mastered the craft. And they are very simple changes you can embrace instantly and start practicing. You practice them so they can become how you relate whether you are conscious of it or not.

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David O.
The Startup

I investigate things and write about them. Mostly around wealth, money, rich people, career, and business success. Not financial advice