TAKE A RISK

Take a risk
To build confidence you will occasionally have to push yourself to do things you don’t feel like
doing and put yourself on the line. Welcome every opportunity. Avoiding fresh challenges,
difficult people and awkward situations is never gratifying in the long-term and just keeps you
stuck as you are now.
Of course taking risks invites failure, but that’s OK. You can’t expect to sail through life without
coming a cropper sometimes, it’s a natural part of human experience. Babies learning to walk
topple over many times. As adults we too will fall, recover our balance and get back on our feet
again. Nobody gets everything right all the time.
Go on – take a risk (you know you want to)! If it feels uncomfortable it’s only because you’re
not used to it. Change always feels uncomfortable at first, because your past conditioning tries
to hold on to your old ways. Confident people don’t always succeed, but they do always enjoy
trying and they don’t feel any less a person if they fail.
Be willing to confront your fears. Feel the fear, but don’t be affected by it. You don’t have to do
everything perfectly. Just being yourself and having a go is enough.