Lovely Mumsnetters! Come and tell me your best confidence faking tips!!

[champagnesupernovainthesky]

Mumsnetters I need your best tips please - I'm starting my new qualification course next week, have been out of education for a really long time so it's quite daunting. I'm having a little wobbly confidence crisis and am worried I won't be able to do the work required and then not pass. Am a single parent so DP at home to reassure me. Come on - the best confidence tips you've ever had or swear by!!!

Fake it ‘til you make it!

With regard to the teachers on the course, don't be afraid to ask all the questions you need to, or to say that you simply don't get something - I've tried faking confidence and come to realise that it is quicker and more satisfying to tell someone where you are struggling and get them to help you than to muddle through. Getting it right with help leads to more confidence in the end.

Socially, on the other hand, I've no idea. Still working on that one!

My SIL told me to go into the loo just beforehand and stand in a superhero pose for a short while. Feet apart, hands on hips, staring nobly toward the imaginary horizon. Feel the cape streaming out behind you.

You could try it in the classroom as well, but I wouldn't recommend it.

@PurpleFlower1983

Fake it ‘til you make it!

This all the way. I taught facilitation for years and it's all fake, all the time, until it isn't.

Also, help others. If you're nervous, find someone who looks more nervous and help them. You'll fell better and so will they!

Wear your favourite underwear. Ideally something a bit sexy but comfortable- I always find that wearing something I’d be happy for a doctor to see gives me confidence (this goes back to my mum warning me that if you get knocked down by a bus a doctor might have to cut off your clothes to treat you so make sure you never wear “bad” underwear when leaving the house). If you are dressed for being knocked down by a bus everything else is a win.