Skills and Confidence

What can I do to increase my communication skills and confidence?

1. Talk to mirror, be loud and expressive.
2. Read literature, it will improve your language as well as vocabulary.
3. Listen more, speak less.
4. Observe people and situations.
5. Dress well, well means neat and tidy not Gucci and Armani.
6. Be aware not only about science and current affairs, but about anything in this world like movies, politics, fashion, awareness increases confidence and improves communication capabilities.
7. Watch videos where experts interact with people, just watch their body movements specially hand movements and the way they use floor, practise this alone.
8. When you speak, don't make it monotonous, try to interact, ask questions.
9. When you don't have an answer, the best answer is “I will get back to you later", don't get nervous.
10. Treat individuals and groups as just another human being and not his master’s voice.
11. When you have low knowledge about a topic in discussion, let the other person speak first to get an insight of the topic.
12. Accept that you can be wrong, there is no perfect scholar in this world because nothing is perfect. Be wrong but with grace!
13. Take care of oral and dental hygiene to make your interactions less awkward.
14. Communication must be humble, but with a pinch of firmness.
15. Any new word you hear must be underlined in your dictionary.
16. When you get on stage, remember the most important people in your life first.
17. Communication improves with practise, start interacting more.
18. Accept yourself as who you are to improve confidence level.
19. Don't create unnecessary hype or give unneeded importance to an event or you will automatically be nervous.
20. If you learn to laugh at yourself, nobody else would be able to laugh at you!