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Not Feeling Confident? Here Are Six Ways To Fake It

Occasionally The Confidence I’ve Projected Prevents Me From Seeking The Help I Eventually End Up Needing,” She Says.

However, Ruby

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Occasionally the confidence I’ve projected prevents me from seeking the help I eventually end up needing,” she says.

However, Ruby Andrews, a 22-year-old student at Chelsea School of Art, believes that faking confidence is “a necessary skill, particularly when you’re young and living in London”. She explains: “In the capital you have to be strong or you’ll sink. I’m not someone who flourishes when I’m out of my comfort zone, so faking it has helped me feel more confident and capable, even when inside I feel scared.”

Confidence coach Jo Emerson says she prefers the phrase “act as if” to “fake it til you make it”. “Acting ‘as if’ means you consider what qualities you would like to embody as a confident version of you – your best self – and then start acting in ways that echo this. For example, you might think your best self would smile at everyone you meet, in which case this is what you need to practice until it becomes second nature.”

Here are three areas where you can use this method to boost your confidence.

1. Adjust your body language

Both Davis and Andrews feel conscious of body language: Davis says she fidgets and Andrews tries to avoid tucking her hands in her sleeves as it could suggest a lack of confidence.

Tweaking your posture just a little bit so that you are making yourself bigger rather than smaller can “significantly change how your life unfolds” says Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy in her popular TED talk about what the way we position our bodies communicates to other people, and to ourselves.

2. Consider your tone of voice
Speaking quietly, not saying much or hesitating while you speak all betray a lack of confidence. Emerson suggests recording yourself speaking to get over self-consciousness about your voice. “This often takes several play backs,” she says. “Then ask yourself how you might improve the way you speak. This often means slowing down and breathing between sentences. The more you can relax and be yourself with your voice, the better you will come across.”

Anne Walsh, vocal coach at Confidently Speaking, says that during stressful times like interviews or presentations, “we breathe high into our upper chest areas through fear and tension and this interferes with our capacity to connect breathing to speaking effectively.” She advises her clients to breath deeply because it allows your voice to be “open, warm and resonant”.

Walsh adds: “These techniques are simple to learn and can be practiced regularly until they feel natural. Confidence is created by a relaxed, open body posture, low, easy breathing and a warm, resonant vocal tone. These aren’t necessarily natural states for some of us, but they can be consciously learned, practiced and applied in situations that count.”

3. Make eye contact

Emerson says looking people in the eye and smiling really help to build confidence. Andrews says she’s noticed that she tends to walk around with her head down, but notices that when she looks up, making eye contact with strangers “can be a positive and self-assuring experience”.

Dehydration Facts

The Body Needs Water To Function.Dehydration occurs When Water Intake Is Less Than Water Loss.Symptoms Range From Mild To Life-thr...

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The body needs water to function.

Dehydration occurs when water intake is less than water loss.

Symptoms range from mild to life-threatening.

The young and the elderly are especially susceptible to dehydration.

What is dehydration?

Water is a critical element of the body, and keeping the body adequately hydrated is a must to allow the body to function. Up to 60% of the body's weight is made up of water. Most of the water is found within the cells of the body (intracellular space). The rest is found in the extracellular space, which consists of the blood vessels (intravascular space) and the spaces between cells (interstitial space).

Dehydration occurs when the amount of water leaving the body is greater than the amount being taken in. The body is very dynamic and always changing. This is especially true with water in the body. We lose water routinely when we:

breathe and humidified air leaves the body (this can be seen on a cold day when you can see your breath in the air, which is just water that has been exhaled);

sweat to cool the body; and

eliminate waste by urinating or having a bowel movement.

On a normal day, a person has to drink a significant amount of water to replace this routine loss.

The formula for daily fluid requirements depends upon an individual's weight. Normally, fluid and weight are calculated using the metric system; however, below is the approximation in imperial (American) units.

Bodyweight	Daily fluid requirements (approximate)
10 pounds	15 ounces
20 pounds	30 ounces
30 pounds	40 ounces
40 pounds	45 ounces
50 pounds	50 ounces
75 pounds	55 ounces
100 pounds	50 ounces
150 pounds	65 ounces
200 pounds	70 ounces

If you would like to calculate your body weight and daily fluid requirements using the metric system, please use this formula.

For the first 10kg (kilogram) of body weight, the daily fluid intake required is 100cc (or mL) per kg.

For the next 10kg of body weight, the fluid required is an additional 50 cc/kg.

For every additional kg of body weight, an additional 10cc/kg is required.

This is the basic body requirement. More fluid would be needed to replace excess sweating from exercise or fever, fluid loss from vomiting, and diarrhea or increased urine production.

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