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Have you ever seen someone easily trust their decisions, speak up without second guessing themselves and feel completely comfortable in their own skin? It’s magnetic. These leaders have something that many people want – confidence. They draw us in, we turn to them when things seem to go haywire, and they are visionaries and touchstones throughout change. It’s a quiet sort of confidence that isn’t arrogant nor boastful.
Now scientists are studying what it takes to be confident and asking themselves: can we train our brains to be more confident? Neuroscientist Stacie Grossman Bloom has been fascinated by this question and has looked at the research through the lens of self-awareness and confidence in women. She believes that instilling confidence is one important key to fostering female leadership and advancing women’s rights. Not only is Dr. Bloom a neuroscientist, she also holds an executive leadership role at NYU Langone Health, is the mother to three young girls, and has been honored by the Society for Neuroscience for her outstanding dedication to promote the professional development of women.
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Have you ever seen someone easily trust their decisions, speak up without second guessing themselves and feel completely comfortable in their own skin? It’s magnetic. These leaders have something that many people want – confidence. They draw us in, we turn to them when things seem to go haywire, and they are visionaries and touchstones throughout change. It’s a quiet sort of confidence that isn’t arrogant nor boastful.
- Now scientists are studying what it takes to be confident and asking themselves: can we train our brains to be more confident? Neuroscientist Stacie Grossman Bloom has been fascinated by this question and has looked at the research through the lens of self-awareness and confidence in women. She believes that instilling confidence is one important key to fostering female leadership and advancing women’s rights. Not only is Dr. Bloom a neuroscientist, she also holds an executive leadership role at NYU Langone Health, is the mother to three young girls, and has been honored by the Society for Neuroscience for her outstanding dedication to promote the professional development of women.
Recently, I sat down with Dr. Bloom to discuss what neuroscience can teach us about confidence.
Can we train ourselves to be more confident?
Yes! All of our personality traits, including confidence, live in our brain. Our brains are made up of specialized cells called neurons and those neurons communicate with each other via synapses, the connections between them. We are creating and adjusting our synaptic connections all the time. Every time we learn or experience something, those incidents and the choices we make shape us. Sometimes that learning becomes reinforced and it becomes “hard coded” as part of who we are. Or we may experience it and forget about it and it goes away. And that’s all happening at a cellular level in our brain. So, if we make a decision to be more confident and we practice at it, we can reinforce that learning. The more we practice anything, the better we get and the more likely it is to become a habit.
What happens in our brain when we feel confident?
We know from brain imaging studies that when we are thinking positively, we activate what we call “the value Areas” of the brain in regions including the striatum and prefrontal cortex. When we feel confident, we engage circuits involved in reward and pleasure and we literally feel good. And not only do we feel good, but those around us feel good too. Confidence leads others to be more engaged with you, be it your troops, your patients, your clients, colleagues, kids, or friends. So, in that way, it’s contagious.
Is it really as simple as that – we think positively and suddenly we are confident?
We are extremely complex. We know that our emotions, prior experiences, stress, sleep deprivation, environment, memories, values, culture, or impairment due to drugs or alcohol all play a critical role in our ability to feel confident. The confidence killers will be different for each of us, but it’s important to be self-aware of what makes you personally feel beat down so you can adjust.
So, in feeling confident, you are saying there is also a need to be self-aware?
Yes. If leadership is the ability to influence the behavior and thinking of others, then we have to start with our own. The brain teaches us that when we are primed to be self-aware of when we are beating ourselves up or suffering from imposter syndrome, or even when we are being self-important, we are more likely to correct. If we reinforce our self-awareness, and “drill it into our brains,” again by reinforcing synaptic patterns of activity, we become increasingly mindful and we can overcome our negative inner voice to be more confident.
What would you tell aspiring leaders who are finding their confidence?
I would tell them to surround themselves with people who make them feel good and to avoid situations that make them feel beat down. I would remind them that simple physical adjustments like holding their heads high or wearing clothes they’re comfortable in can boost confidence. And I would advise them to imagine themselves being successful because they don’t need to rely on anyone else to make them feel good about themselves. But mostly, I would tell them to keep working at it because that repetition and practice is actually changing your brain to accommodate your newfound confidence in a way that can be lasting and meaningful.