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November 14, 2019

Boosting Your Self-Confidence and Boost Your Life

None of us are born with limitless amounts of self-confidence. So if there is someone in your life that appears to be oozing self-confidence, then it is because they will have worked at it and built on it year after year. Self-confidence is something that you do learn to build up more and more, because life can be busy and life can be hard, which can easily deflate confidence. 

It can be a negative review at work or a busy personal life, and it can cause our self-confidence to dwindle. Some unkind comments can be quite hard hitting, and if there are plenty of things going on, then it can overwhelm and exhaust us. As well as this kind of thing, we do have to deal with our inner critic and the self-doubt that we have that always tells us that we aren’t doing enough or that we aren’t good enough. When we are thrown all these elements, then it can threaten our self-confidence, and can mean that we need to take charge of building up how we feel ourselves. What other people do has an impact. But we do need to take charge and choose confidence. So with that in mind, here are some things that you can do to give your confidence a boost, to help to improve both your personal life and your work life.

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Visualize yourself as you want to be

There is a quote from Napoleon Hill that talks about what the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. So to sum up, if you can think it, then you can do it. So something like visualization is something that is really key to success and to boosting your self-confidence. If you want to see yourself as being confident, even if you just want to walk more confidently, then you need to imagine yourself being that way. See an image of yourself that you are happy and proud with, seen in your own mind. It can be a great way to start on your journey, if you know what it wants to look like at the end of it. This technique is handy and can work well for life and work situations.

Affirm yourself

We do tend to act according to our own self-image. If we feel low and not very confident, then we can act and show to others that we aren’t feeling very confident. One of the tricks to making these changes last and last, is to change how you see yourself. Affirmations, if you’ve not heard of them before, are things that are positive and uplifting, and what we say to ourselves. They work well when we say them to ourselves out loud, because we start to believe what people say or think about us, even if we are the one saying them. So as an example, if you’re not happy with how you look, then you could start off by saying some really positive things in the mirror, to tell yourself what you appreciate about yourself and focus on the things that you do like.  

To have your brain think about and accept the positive statements, rather than you just diminishing it, then you need to think about having the affirmations posed as questions and answers, ask yourself why you’re so good at something, rather than just stating ‘I am’ good at something. Because we can be wired to get a lot of answers to questions, rather than just accept statements, it can be a more subtle way of doing things and getting yourself on board, if that makes a lot of sense.

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Do one thing that scares you every day

If you are someone that is insecure, then take it as no surprise that you aren’t the only one that feels like this. So don’t overestimate the competition and then underestimate yourself. You are someone who is much better than that and better than you think. One of the best ways to overcome the fears that you have, and face them head-on, is by making sure that you push yourself out of your comfort zone a little each day. If you are doing something that scares you each day, then it can help you to get more confidence, because you are feeling uncomfortable with something, you have to make changes and do things to make sure you get the task, or whatever it is, done. This can be such a confidence booster as you’ll really have to push yourself out of your comfort zone to get things done. And if you get it done, then you’ve achieved something really great. So face your fears, get out of your comfort zone from time to time, and see your self-confidence really soar.

Set yourself up to win

If you want to really make sure that you establish your self-confidence, then you need to concentrate on your successes and start to forget about the things that haven’t gone as well or forget about the failures in our lives. There are so many people that are discouraged about what they are able to do and can find it hard to set small goals for yourself. If you set yourself some small goals that can help you to easily win, then it is can give you such a boost and help you get further and further with what you want to do and how you feel. 

Once you have achieved quite a few things and have built up a number of successes that can make you feel good about yourself, then you need to then move onto some harder things, as you’ve got the boost and confidence that you need to get them ticked off. It is such a good idea to keep a list of the achievements that you have, whether they are big or small, so that you can remind yourself of the times when things have gone well and when you’ve done well. So don’t just focus on your lists of things that need to be done. Of course, they have their place. But it is also a good idea to think about your list of things that you have already done, or a did-it list. Think about the milestones that you’ve passed, and the goals that you have ticked off. This can be a really great practice to boost your confidence.

Help someone else

When you look to help other people, it can be a great way to feel good, but also to boost your confidence. It can be out of your comfort zone in many ways, and if you go and do it, then it can be such a positive feeling. It feels good to help others and to make changes, and it can put into perspective what you have, and the negative thoughts in your mind. It simply feels good to help other people. It can also help you to feel good when you are able to make a big difference to others. So stop thinking about your weaknesses, and dive right into something like volunteering, assisting a friend, or helping a neighbor in need. You’ll be doing a good thing for someone else, as well as boosting your own confidence. 

Care for yourself

Self-care is a word that gets bandied about quite a lot these days. But it is something that is really important and can make such a difference to your life and how you feel about yourself. Don’t think that taking time for yourself is selfish, though. It is something that is not selfish at all. It is all about you, of course, but that doesn’t mean that you’re being selfish. If you are someone that has children, a partner, and a bust career, then time for yourself is important to make sure that you’re able to be the best that you can be. Self confidence is something that is made up of good health physically, but also good health mentally as well, which is all part of it. It can be hard to feel confident if you are feeling tired, dislike yourself or don’t have much energy.  

Self-care can look different people for different people, as we are all different. It could be taking a bath and having an early night for some. For others, it could be treating yourself to some new earrings or going out for a spa day. Other people might like to go for a run, and that is all about their self-care. It could be taking a nap or just taking time out to be alone or to cook or bake something healthy. So think about what works best for you, and make sure that you make some time for it. 

If you are someone what suffers with low self-confidence, then you can quite easily see other people as more deserving of things that you, or more lovable than you. But this is just going to lead to a downward spiral. Start seeing yourself as equal to others; there is no one that is better or more deserving than you. 

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