Having seen a multitude of leaders over a 30-plus year career, from uber-confident to the point of arrogance down to timid and unsure, I’ve developed an eye for what constitutes highly (but not unjustifiably) confident leaders and the behavioral traps they avoid. Here are the 14 behaviors the self-assured self-select out of.

1. They don’t seek attention and praise.
In fact, super-confident people seek opportunities to celebrate the success of others. And I’ve learned the more praise you give away, the more comes back to you.

2. They refuse to make excuses.
Excuses are an attempt to dodge accountability and blame. Confident people embrace accountability and don’t worry about being blamed. They own their mistakes and command respect accordingly. They don’t hide behind circumstances or lack of resources to justify not accomplishing something.

3. They aren’t defensive.
Defensiveness is just another form of blame-dodging, even worse than the above because it often involves not just avoiding blame, but redirecting and projecting it onto someone else. Confident people are open-minded about their mistakes and what they could have done better, thus avoiding the need to redirect anything to anyone.

4. They don’t avoid conflict.
Conflict brings, well, conflict, and the self-assured is sure-handed in dealing with tension. They even look forward to it, viewing it as a mechanism to quickly get past differences and disagreements to move towards resolution. Read more here>>http://www.successdigestonline.com/highly-confident-people-avoid-these-14-behaviors/