When it comes to improving anything at all, it’s really important to understand the true nature or essence of the area in which you desire to improve. Since this article is concerned with the area of improving interpersonal skills, let’s take a moment to fully understand the essence of interpersonal skills.

As a career executive or aspiring executive, you recognize how important it is to sell yourself, but the thought of being self-promoting turns you off. Do you need to promote yourself because you see an opportunity but you simply don’t know how? The advice that follows will help you feel confident and empowered in selling yourself.

No matter at what stage of your career you are: an enthusiastic youngster looking for his first job or an experienced individual looking for a workplace change, interviews can always be nerve-racking and challenging. Specific questions might seem mainstream and overly used in every recruitment interview, but they are enough to get someone flustered. One of these questions is: WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES. No matter how strong you are in your particular field or how good you are with your speaking skills, this question can cause you to take a pause.

What comes to mind when you think of someone who is articulate? Maybe you picture someone on stage in front of 1,000 or more people. Or someone who’s done a TED talk that gets a lot of shares. Or perhaps it’s someone who is very eloquent and powerfully persuasive every time they open their mouth to speak.