Confidence is one of life’s little essentials – except that it isn’t that little and it is one of the most important things any self respecting man must master. Confidence can mean the difference between you and that job, between you and that girl, between you and pretty much anything. Confidence, it appears, exists only to get in the way but it is also something you need.
Spring/Summer 2013 | Nox Magazine
Life just wouldn’t work if we didn’t all have a bit of confidence. It takes confidence to step out of your house in the morning; it takes confidence to cross the road; it takes confidence to trust yourself enough to not do something embarrassing during your working day. It takes confidence to do just about everything.
Building your confidence is a life long task. It doesn’t happen over night, but there are many ways you can increase it…
Building Confidence
Building your personal confidence will make a huge difference to your personality, your maturity and the way you think.
Doing new things is a huge confidence booster. Moving away from home can mature you, taking up a sport or working out regularly will give you body confidence and pushing yourself into doing things that are outside of your comfort zone will make you believe in your own ability.
Spring/Summer 2013 | Nox Magazine
Unless you are very lucky, confidence has to be earned, it won’t just fall in your lap. But confidence is about so much more than just your belief in yourself, it is also about having confidence in your image and wearing what you are comfortable in.
It cannot be underestimated just how much of an impact confidence in your clothes will have on your prospects, your personality and the way the world perceives you. Knowing you look good will change the way you walk, your posture, your face and the impact that just a glance can have. Building your confidence will help you move forward, it will help you get what you want.
Have Confidence in Your Clothes
Being happy with your image isn’t restrictive – it applies to everyone, young or old, thick or thin. Creating confidence in your clothes isn’t a set formula, it is individual, just as every person on this earth is an individual. It is a continuous process and it never, ever stops. Whether you are new to the style game or a self professed old hand, there will always be something you want to change or something you need just that little bit more confidence to wear.
Spring/Summer 2013 | Nox Magazine
We don’t think it’s ever possible to be completely happy with your style. You can be pleased with it, but never completely satisfied. You need to reach a point where you know what you want to buy and know you are not going to waste money on things you don’t need or won’t wear and most of all, know it suits you.
Whether we can ever be truly happy with our style doesn’t mean we should not have confidence in it. As long as you know that you look good, that your clothes work well and that you are comfortable in them, everything is OK. Style development can bubble away undisturbed underneath because you achieved what so many others haven’t –you like the way you dress.
Choosing your Style with Confidence
To really build confidence in your clothes you are going to have to find the right style for YOU. You need to have a clear idea of how you want to dress, what impression you want to make and where you want to go. A lack of clarity at this stage will result in a lot of wasted time, wasted money and a huge lack of confidence in your wardrobe.
Gentlemen of Leisure | August Man Singapore
Consider your ideas carefully, build up a collection of images that exemplify the style and outfits you like and then take time to think about why you like the look and how it could work for you. Having a collection of images also gives you a reference point for your future purchases. You can see exactly what you need to buy. Pin them on your wall, look at them everyday for a couple of weeks and see if your opinion changes.
Take note of well dressed men you pass in the street, see how they carry themselves and determine what is it about their look that makes it desirable.
Also, DON’T just copy your friends. One, they might not actually be that well dressed, despite what they claim, two, you don’t want to look exactly the same as the people you socialize with, three, you need to pick a style for yourself, not everyone else. Ask for their opinions, but take them with a pinch of salt.
Massimo Dutti June 2012 Men’s Lookbook | FashionBeans
Picking a style is only half the battle, you need to make sure it is exactly the right one for you. This requires you to consider more than just the clothes themselves. Think about your lifestyle, think about your features, your body, the image you want to portray and even where you live. However, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be open to new ideas, so don’t discount something just because it is a bit alternative just make sure it is appropriate to you.
Having confidence in your clothes will make a huge difference to your life. We are, whether we like it or not, a very visual society and those that make the effort will almost certainly get ahead.
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