BUILD YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE

Self-confidence is very important if we must live a successful and happy life. It is that ingredient that gives you a spark to keep doing what you are doing even when no one else believes in it. Today, we will take a brief study on what it means and how it can help us live a better life.

What is self-confidence?

Self-confidence is the virtue that makes you trust in your powers, abilities, and qualities. Etc. Self-confidence is the quality that makes you never to accept failure or give up on achieving your goals and aspirations. Since self-confidence is this much important, we have to evaluate ourselves to know if we are self-confident, or we are just assuming that we are.

How do I know if I’m self-confident?

You can use the tips below to access if you have the qualities of a self-confident person. You know that you are self-confident if:

• You don’t compare yourself with others.
  
• You are not afraid of criticisms.
  
• You are not afraid of failure.
  
• You do not put other people down to feel better.
  
• You feel that you are important regardless of your social or financial status.
  
• You are not caught in the web of jealousy.
  
• You celebrate other people’s success.
  
• You do not live an isolated life.
  
• You don’t avoid change and difficult challenges.
  
• You always expect positive results from what you do.
  
• You feel positive and energised about life.
  
• When you face challenges, you do not feel hopeless and negative.
  
• You do not regularly seek other people’s acceptance of your dreams and personality.
  
• You do not try to change your personality to fit into what other people expect from you.
  
• You value your judgment and personal intuition
  
• You confidently ask for help when you need it. You don’t feel that it makes you less human than others.
  
• You possess good body language.
  
• You do not blame others for your problems. Rather you take responsibilities for your life’s affairs.
  
• You are not indecisive.
  
• You do not habitually shy away from social gatherings.
  
• You accept compliment and credits for your achievements. Etc.
  

Why self-confidence is important

Self-confidence is very important in our pursuit of life because life is generally a survival of the fittest. So when you show signs of lack of self-confidence, you get easily knocked out of the way. Below are some of the advantages of this important quality.

Benefits of self-confidence

Self-confidence helps you take risk easily. Thereby allowing you encounter more opportunities for success and a happy life.

Self-confidence is an attractive quality that makes other people love you.

It gives you an inner motivation that helps you start new things, and go through difficult moments without falling into depression.

It helps reduces anxiety because you worry less about failure and criticism from other people.

It ultimately leads to success. Since a self-confident person easily explores new things with enthusiasm and positivity, the outcome is always successful.

It helps you to be cheerful and happy more often. This is true because criticisms don't bother you. Even when you fail, you feel it is okay to fail sometimes.

It generally helps you feel good about yourself.

How to build your self-confidence.

Self-confidence declined in the lives of some individuals because of how they were raised and some prevailing circumstances around them. For people in this category, I'm glad to let you know that self-confidence can be built. Take the following steps and it can help rebuild your self-confidence.

Engage the power of positive thinking

Cut off everyone that regularly talks down on your personality, dreams and aspirations

Find out who you are. Self-knowledge is very important to help you build your self-confidence. Identify your gifts, personal abilities, create a goal and pursue it with all diligence. It will help boost your confidence as you’ll naturally do well in things related to your talents.

Accept compliments. Don't always think you are not qualified to receive them.

Always do things that you are afraid of. It would surprise us to know that most of the things we fear are not as dreadful or difficult as we thought. Confront your fears and overcome them.

Don’t compare yourself with others. Everyone is running on his own track.

Appreciate yourself for your talents and things you’ve achieved. Congratulate and reward yourself for those things you succeeded at.

Don’t feel that you are above mistake. No human is exempted from making mistakes. Accept your mistakes, learn from them and move on.

Use affirmations. Constantly tell yourself positive and uplifting statements.

 “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Take care of yourself.

“Self-care is never a selfish act -- it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.” -- Parker Palmer

Be proud of who you are. Don’t try to be someone else.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” -- Maril“yn Monroe

Adopt the good body language.

Dress good. Etc.

 Conclusion 

We all experience low self-confidence in one scenario or the other. It only becomes a problem when it is conversant with everything we do. Low self-confidence will prevent you from taking necessary actions to improve your life. We must seek out ways to improve our self-confidence if we want to live a happy and successful life.

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