By Jodie Cook
The most confident version of you is unstoppable. They don’t overthink, they don’t overreact. They don’t sweat the small stuff or fret about the future. They’re not playing the victim or blaming the weather. They aren’t brash or showy, they’re assertive and determined. They have an infectious conviction that they’ll make it through anything that’s thrown their way.
Confident leaders run strong companies. Assured of their plan and with trust in their leadership, their team members rally together to deliver the vision. They believe in the ability and the motivations of the person behind the wheel.
If you want to become that confident person, look no further than ChatGPT and these five powerful prompts. Copy, paste and edit the square brackets in ChatGPT, and keep the same chat window open so the context carries through.
Become a confident leader with ChatGPT
Lean into your strengths
There’s no prerequisite list of characteristics to become a confident leader. Anyone can leverage their unique personality to run a thriving business and lead a strong team. No two leaders are the same. Get ChatGPT’s help defining your personal leadership strengths. Those traits that help you get people onside, attract support and gather respect. The way you speak or think, your logical brain or your mental toughness. Whatever means that you pave the way and others follow.
“Analyze my LinkedIn profile or resume to identify my top 5 leadership skills. For each skill, provide an inspiring explanation of why it’s unique and how the combination of these skills forms a powerful leadership profile. After you list the skills and their descriptions, I’ll review and let you know if I’d like to adjust any of them before finalizing. Here’s my LinkedIn profile/resume: [Paste LinkedIn profile or resume text here]. ”
Transform your doubts
Imposter syndrome is a common theme in many people making waves in their field. Leaders are not exempt. With multiple people relying on you, every decision carrying significance, and the weight of everyone’s concerns on your shoulders, it’s no wonder that even the best in their field sometimes doubt they can do it. Transform every doubt with this next prompt. Pour your heart out to ChatGPT and it will tell you why you don’t need to worry. Open up an AI confession box and have your mind set at ease in minutes.
“Act as my AI confession box. Start by asking me to share my doubts and insecurities about my leadership and decisions, starting with the most prominent. After each doubt, provide two reasons why I don’t need to worry, offering reassurance and a positive perspective on my capabilities and situation before moving to the next.”
Get perspective
As soon as you remember your mortality, nothing seems to matter. With the stark realization that everything around you is finite, nothing is real, and in the end we all want the same things, you start to get a sense of perspective like never before. That angry client email isn’t the end of the world. That annoying supplier isn’t such a big deal. You’ll find a way around the business challenge. All that matters is staying calm and enjoying the ride. Let ChatGPT help you get perspective.
“Provide me with perspective. At my company we have [number] of employees, [number] of customers, and our biggest challenges right now are [describe challenges]. Contrast these figures and problems with astonishing stats about the size of the world, the number of people who have ever lived, or other mind-blowing facts to help me see how my company’s challenges are manageable in the grand scheme of things. Help me remember the importance of staying calm and enjoying the journey of leadership despite these challenges.”
Learn from leaders of the past
For enhanced confidence as a leader, you need solid role models. It’s lonely at the top. Without examples of people who have convincingly led their troops to success, you might start to believe it’s not possible for you. Find those role models with ChatGPT. Based on what it knows so far, ask it for relatable role models and their stories. Cycle through until you see those that resonate with your world, and remember their mantras when times get tough.
“Based on what you know about me so far, suggest a relatable business role model who exemplifies leadership and resilience. If I’m interested, I’ll ask for a fact or an inspiring anecdote about this person, as well as a mantra of theirs. If not, suggest another historical or contemporary figure. Continue offering suggestions until I say ‘stop’. Let’s start with the first role model recommendation.”
Communicate more powerfully
It’s no good having great ideas if you waffle your way through sentences. It’s no use standing tall and proud if you mumble each point and fail to keep attention. The most confident leaders have the voice to match. They may not be loud, but their words are mighty. Concise, clear, and impossible to ignore. Take your communications and crank them up a notch for the same effect. Channel the verbal skills of the best in their field and practice delivering information like the powerful leader that’s inside.
“Rework this [script/email] to emulate the powerful communication style of great leaders from history. Make it concise, clear, and compelling, ensuring it captures attention and conveys my message with authority and conviction. Tell me what you changed and why, and suggest 5 rules for me to follow when writing further messaging. Here’s the original text: [Paste your script or email here].”
Confidence and assertiveness in leadership: ChatGPT prompts for success
Become the leader who makes waves in their field. Become the business owner everyone wants to work for. Become the entrepreneur whose reputation precedes them. It starts with confidence and assertiveness and it ends in glory. Lean into your strengths so they carry you forward, and transform every doubt that’s currently in your head. Get perspective by remembering the finite nature of all things and get extra inspiration from great leaders of the past. Communicate your message so no one misunderstands. Step out of your shadow self and take your seat at the top of the table.
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By Jodie Cook
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Founder of Coachvox AI – create an AI version of you. Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2017. Post-exit entrepreneur and author of Ten Year Career. Competitive powerlifter and digital nomad