Hack Your Self Confidence, (Steemit Original)

Most people live behind a veil that restricts their true potential. They never live up to their true potential because they have a false belief that they cannot achieve greatness. In fact, the greatest and most enduring reasons why many people live normal lives is because they believe they are not meant for extraordinary lives.

The Science Behind Self-Confidence

It is not the lack of intelligence, opportunities, or resources that make people live mediocre lives. Rather, it is the lack of belief in themselves. To put it in another way, people have very little confidence in themselves. Just think about it. Bill Gates rose to be a prominent force in today’s computing world not because he came from a wealthy family, or he had a unique opportunity not open to other people. Rather, he had a belief that he could achieve whatever he set out to do.
The belief in one’s abilities is what separates the great from the not so great.

What Is Self-Confidence Anyway?

Luckily self-confidence is a skill, not a talent you have to be born with. It is something you can learn, and with practice, you will have the all the self-confidence you need to take on the world and be all that you can.
Like any other skill, self-confidence needs a lot of practice. The more you practice it, the better you get at it. For instance, if you want to get better at speaking in front of large crowds, you need to adopt a belief that you can make a speech in front of hundreds or thousands of people.
You need to start believing in your ability to speak in public. When you start believing in yourself, something happens in your brain. Your mind starts pulling all the resources you need to master public speaking.
It’s that easy. What you convince your conscious and subconscious you can do, the two will draw in all the resources you will ever need to achieve your goal. So if you want to develop a deeper and stronger self-confidence, you have to adopt an attitude of a confident person.
Seek out the behaviors of individuals with self-confidence. In fact, find a mentor and try to emulate them. Copy them correctly, and you will find your self-esteem growing day by day. You don’t need to do anything else, just adopt the habits of confident people, and you will become confident.
The brain learns by emulating. It takes a set of facts and applies it to a situation. If you give your brain a set of points that you are confident, the brain will try and make that a reality. That’s the science of self-confidence. The more you practice, the better you get at it. It’s like riding a bike, practice long enough, and you’ll never forget how to ride a bike your entire life.

Quick tips to boost your self confidence

1. Take care of your personal hygiene.
   This will make people want to be around you, Also it will make you feel better about yourself.

2. Focus on your “self talk”
   We all have a little voice in our heads that talk to us throughout the day, Focus on what it is saying! Is it very negative? Try to think more positive about things.

3. Know what you stand for in life, and Live it.
   Don’t let people tell you how to live, Or what to get out of life, It’s yours. Learn about yourself and know what you want, So you can follow your own values.

4. Improve posture.
   Bad posture isn’t only bad for your back, but It can cause problems later, Stand tall. And look at the things around you, you won’t feel very good about yourself if you just stare at the ground all the time.

5. Set small goals and achieve them,
   This will make you feel better about yourself overall and it will hopefully motivate you to work towards your larger goals in life.

6. Focus on solutions, not problems.
   Focusing on the problems in your life, Will cause more stress and make you miserable, Focus on the solutions to your problems and ways you can fix issues in your life. This will enable you to get what you want easier and boost your overall confidence.

7. Exercise
   Not only will breaking a sweat make you feel good because of the endorphins in your brain! But seeing your body change and feel better will boost your confidence.

Confidence is power! If you want to be able to get everything out of life, It’s important to be concerned on what your confidence level is at.

On a scale from 1 to 10, Where are you at?