Dress with authority

Dress with authority
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Dress with authority. You may assume that donning a β€œpower suit” 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 β€œhave it all together,” and by the same token you should look β€œput together.” 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 β€œdress casual” is the norm, emphasize the β€œdress” part without abandoning the β€œcasual.”
  • Your wardrobe need not be bland, but a more subdued color palette and styling may give you a bit more gravitas