How to do twice as well by changing your clothes

The fastest way to boost your confidence is to upgrade the way you dress and groom yourself.

Clothes don’t just change how others see you, they also change how you see yourself. 

In a 2012 study, Hajo Adam and Adam D. Galinsky got 58 students to take a test. Half the students wore a lab coat, like the ones worn by doctors and scientists. The other half wore their casual clothes. People with the lab coats made half as many errors as those in casual clothes.

By dressing like a competent person, you feel more confident and get better results.

I’m not suggesting you wear a lab coat everywhere but this is an important lesson.

How you dress changes how you see yourself. Dressing like a slob makes you feel and act more anxious. Dressing like a competent person makes you feel more confident. 

Dressing well also makes people treat you with more respect and see you as more attractive.

We tend to act the way people treat us. When people treat you like a competent person, you end up acting more confidently. If you're dressed poorly, people treat you with less respect. You start to see yourself as less competent, and it kills your confidence.

This is about self respect.

You wouldn’t show up to a wedding looking like a slob, so don’t show up to life looking like a slob. When you start to respect yourself, others start to respect you. You see yourself as more competent, and this boosts your confidence.

A simple wardrobe change can be a huge boost in confidence.

But how do you dress like a competent person?

1. Competent people have good hygiene.

2. Competent people wear fitted clothes.

3. Competent people wear colors that complement each other.

4. Competent people get a good hair cut.

Now, becoming fashionable isn't going to suddenly turn you into James Bond.

It's more of a social lubricant. It's not going to magically make people like you. But it will stop most people from disliking you.

Despite what we encourage, everyone judges a book by its cover.

You can complain about the world being shallow or accept how things are and take advantage of it. This isn't about becoming some fashion guru.

It's about putting your best foot forward when you meet someone and getting the chance to make the most out of the relationship.

Once you look competent, you need to learn to speak confidently.

No one is going to be fooled by good looks if you can't carry an interesting conversation. That's why I made the Charisma Gym.

Most people think they need to be born charismatic or extroverted to be good at talking to people. But charisma and conversation are a skill like learning the piano. Hit the right notes and people will love listening to you.

The Charisma gym has weekly Zoom calls where we practice our social skills live, it’s also full of course material you can take at your own pace.

It's free for the first 100 members. Then it becomes paid. Join HERE before all the seats are taken.

That’s a wrap!

— Justus Bosch

P.S. What guys actually want to wear… (this one got a solid chuckle)