boosting self-confidence
- 3. What is Self-confidence? Is an attitude you hold about yourself that allows you to move forward and achieve your goals. It is a confidence in oneself and in one’s power and abilities.
- 5. HIGH LEVEL OF SELF- CONFIDENCE ARE IMPORTANT – WHY?
- 6. It determines how much you achieve in life and because it has a major impact on your happiness. Self-confidence can be defined as your assessment of your own self-worth. This is more or less the same as your self-esteem. And is closely related to the discrepancy between your self image (how you see yourself) and your ideal self (how you would ideally like to be).
- 7. THE BIGGER THE GAP, THE LESS CONFIDENT YOU ARE.
- 8. Every achievement that raises one’s self- esteem, diminishes other’s. Comparing in a wrong way may affect their self- esteem and self-confidence. Self-confidence enables a person to take risks, to challenge themselves and move on to new achievements. It provide the belief that if things go wrong, they can make it right, that they have enough resources to deal with an unexpected and unknown aspects of situation.
- 10. OVER-CONFIDENCE Can lead to failure, a person with over confidence may not prepare for an event and then perform badly or they over-estimate their skill or knowledge in a particular field and then fail to perform adequately.
- 12. Or being Under- confident, will prevent a person from taking risks, from accepting new challenges, from stretching themselves beyond their existing comfort zone.
- 13. Lack of confidence leads to a fear of failure, self-doubt and negative expectations. A person will be unwilling to take risk and often blame his/herself even if it is not his/her fault. One way of overcoming this problems is to use visualization techniques to reframe the way you see yourself and your abilities.
- 16. 1. Visualize yourself as you want to be. “What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.” -- Napoleon Hill Visualization is the technique of seeing an image of yourself that you are proud of, in your own mind. When we struggle with low self-confidence, we have a poor perception of ourselves that is often inaccurate. Practice visualizing a fantastic version of yourself, achieving your goals.
- 17. 2. Affirm yourself. "Affirmations are a powerful tool to deliberately install desired beliefs about yourself." -- Nikki Carnevale We tend to behave in accordance with our own self-image. The trick to making lasting change is to change how you view yourself. Affirmations are positive and uplifting statements that we say to ourselves. These are normally more effective if said out loud so that you can hear yourself say it. We tend to believe whatever we tell ourselves constantly. For example, if you hate your own physical appearance, practice saying something that you appreciate or like about yourself when you next look in the mirror.
- 18. 3. Do one thing that scares you every day. “If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.” -- T. Harv Eker The best way to overcome fear is to face it head-on. By doing something that scares you every day and gaining confidence from every experience, you will see your self-confidence soar. So, get out of your comfort zone and face your fears!
- 19. 4. Question your inner critic. “You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” -- Louise L. Hay Some of the harshest comments that we get come from ourselves, via the "voice of the inner critic." If you struggle with low self-confidence, there is a possibility that your inner critic has become overactive and inaccurate. Strategies like cognitive behavioral therapy help you to question your inner critic, and look for evidence to support or deny the things that your inner critic is saying to you. For example, if you think that you are a failure, ask yourself, “What evidence is there to support the thought that I am a failure?” and “What evidence is there that doesn’t support the thought that I am a failure?”
- 22. 7. Help someone else. Helping someone else often enables us to forget about ourselves and to feel grateful for what we have. It also feels good when you are able to make a difference for someone else. Instead of focusing on your own weaknesses, volunteer to mentor, practically assist or teach another, and you'll see your self-confidence grow automatically in the process.
- 24. 9. Create personal boundaries. “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.”-- Harvey Fierstein Learn to say no. Teach others to respect your personal boundaries. If necessary, take classes on how to be more assertive and learn to ask for what you want. The more control and say that you have over your own life, the greater will be your self-confidence.
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