Back yourself: 5 ways to boost your confidence

It’s been a whole week since I left my secure job for funemployment. I thought it would be full of tidying the garden and annoying my 9-5 friends but I’ve ended up quite busy meeting people to talk about working for them. And three days in, I was working on a casual contract for an incredible company. I put it down to a very confident list of the work I’ve done that I shared on LinkedIn. I found it embarrassingly hard to write it, let alone share to the world.

Perhaps it’s a symptom of tall poppy syndrome but us Kiwis are humble by nature. We would rather shrink into the background than be recognised individually for our work. For women, this is even harder because we are less likely to negotiate our pay or apply for roles unless we are 100% qualified. 

So it got me thinking, is our…