Dress with authority
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Dress with authority. You may assume that donning a βpower suitβ or otherwise over-dressing for an occasion is the best way to appear authoritative. Quite often, however, this will be taken by others as another case of trying too hard.[7]
- To appear authoritative, you want to act like you βhave it all together,β and by the same token you should look βput together.β Choose a style of dress that generally approximates what those around you will be wearing, but with extra emphasis on a crisp, clean look. If βdress casualβ is the norm, emphasize the βdressβ part without abandoning the βcasual.β
- Your wardrobe need not be bland, but a more subdued color palette and styling may give you a bit more gravitas