Are You Confident?

Contribute but wait for others to decide what to do Keep quiet Speak depending who is there Speak up and explain what you think should be done

Hold back and sometimes look for excuses not to take it Prefer to stay as you are Seize it as soon as you can Wait until you feel comfortable and then seize it

Feel comfortable and in control straightaway Feel comfortable once the conversation starts flowing Find it very hard Struggle a bit but get through

Feel embarassed, go red and struggle to control your nerves Just about manage to hide it Overcome it Overcome it and use the adrenalin to strengthen your preformance

Discuss the situation but tend to let the other person have their own way to avoid a conflict Give in pretty well straightaway Listen to them and pursue your argument regardless if you think it is correct Pursue your argument, only if the person doesn't put up too much resistance

Introduce yourself without thinking too much about it Struggle for things to say and feel rather uncomfortable Take the initiative and introduce yourself to somebody confidently and charismatically Wait for people to come to you before you introduce yourself

Feel motivated and clear about what you aim to achieve from the day Generally feel demotivated and lacking energy Get things done but find it hard to feel motivated or enthusiastic Sometimes have plan and feel motivated to achieve it

Deliver your thoughts and views confidently straightaway Prepare your thoughts and present them at a suitable moment Struggle to express yourself at all Wait for other people to express their thoughts first then give your point of view

Get quite nervous but just get through it Get your point of view across clearly but feel relieved when you've finished Hate the very thought of it and try to avoid it Speak confidently and enjoy engaging the audience

All the time Never Quite often Sometimes

Acknowledge it but only if people mention it Keep quiet Speak up straightaway and acknowledge it Wait to see what happens and then maybe acknowledge it

Diagnose it and try and spend time trying to work out what happened See it as a positive experience, learn from it and move on Struggle to pick yourself up and move on Take a little while to get over it and move on

All the time Never Not much Sometimes