2023 - Visiting Lecture - The important of public speaking for businessmen - Part 1

Believing in yourself means believing in your own abilities. It means being able to trust yourself to do what you say you will do and knowing that the effort will produce the desired results. That means believing in yourself comes from a mixture of several major psychological experiences—experiences such as self-esteem, self-confidence, self-esteem, autonomy, and environmental mastery.


When we believe in ourselves, it triggers all kinds of psychological processes that help us achieve our goals, fulfill our dreams, and increase our well-being. But the reverse side is also true. Lack of self-confidence or lack of self-belief means that we are less likely to act, change, or push through to make things better. Consequently, when we expect to fail, we are actually more likely to fail (Bénabou & Tirole, 2002).


That means believing in yourself is like the key turning the ignition and starting the car. We can't go anywhere without it. Try as we might to push ourselves forward, we are hindered because our thoughts, attitudes, and actions are not in line with our goals. So we don't do what we need to do or we sabotage ourselves along the way, sometimes in obvious ways and sometimes in ways we are totally unaware of.


Believing in yourself includes things like self-esteem, self-confidence, self-confidence, autonomy, and mastery of the environment. These concepts are related but different. So I think it's useful to learn about each one. That way, we can explore which areas we struggle with and take more efficient action to start believing in ourselves more. That way we'll get more than just "just believe in yourself" advice—you'll have the information to understand why you don't believe and the tools to start changing these beliefs.

- Self-esteem is the feeling that you have value as a human being.
- Confidence is a positive attitude about your abilities, qualities and judgment.
- Self-confidence is the belief that you can rely on yourself.
- Autonomy is the feeling of being able to choose and direct one's own behavior.
- Environmental mastery is your belief that your efforts can produce the changes you desire.


These are some of the key components involved in believing in yourself. Maybe you struggle with just one of them or maybe you struggle with all of them. But by understanding where your struggles lie, it will be easier to start changing your attitude about yourself.


The material above was delivered by a presenter from Mexico in an international webinar held by STEKOM University in collaboration with the University of Mexico. The title of the presentation is "The Importance of public speaking in intercultural contexts". The name of the presenter is Estela Salome Solis Gutierres, PhD. He works at the Faculty of Human Science, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California.


This international webinar activity is part of the implementation of STEKOM University's commitment to increase various international activities. This was done in order to realize the vision to become an international-class university. Various international activities carried out by STEKOM University continue from year to year. There are international activities that are sustainable and there are also some international activities that are not sustainable. All types of international activities are accommodated and regulated by the International department of STEKOM University.