The Power of Self Confidence

The Power of Self Confidence

When you take on a challenge or a task, you are either capable of doing it or you are not. Your ability to perform is governed by your physical, mental and emotional ability to cope, but when you simply do not have it in you, you have to turn to something else. Self-confidence is the invisible drive that allows a person to break through the barriers. When everyone else is telling you that you cannot, it is the confidence that you have on yourself that will make a difference.

The Importance of Confidence

You may think that confidence is nothing more than a ticket for a ride, but it is going to be important for you to work on your self confidence because:

·        It will help you deal with criticism: Criticism can be quite damaging. If you get a lot of criticism, it will be powerful enough to derail you and break your spirit or whatever is left of it. If you have confidence you will have the power to use criticism in a way that builds you, instead of break you.

·        It will help you shut out negative energy: Negative energy comes in all forms and you should be able to shrug them out or at least turn them into something productive.

·        It will help you get rid of the negative image that you have of yourself: It is normal for people to be critical of themselves. They hate how they look; they hate their jobs; they hate their house; they hate their lives. It is normal for people to find things to pick on, but if you are confident enough, all these incapacities should and will not matter.

·        It will help you stand up for yourself: Self-confidence will help you stand up, even when you are weary. It will help you move forward, even if the journey is tough. It is enough to keep you from quitting and it is enough for you to make a difference in your life.

How to Build Your Confidence

Do you want to be confident enough to live your life the way you want? Are you tired of just taking what is being handed to you, and would you like to make a difference? If you want to build your confidence, here is a process that you can follow:

·        Find a model. Pick a person, living or dead, from whom you can draw inspiration from. Your model should be someone whose life has made an impression on you. Use his or her experiences to guide you to make the best decisions in life. If he can, so can you, so just keep on moving until you get there.

·        Learn to act. The first step is usually the hardest to take. It is not easy to break your normal stance but you have to start somewhere and usually you do it all by pretending. You have to act as if you are confident, and soon enough you will convince yourself for it to be real. 

·        Learn to love yourself. You might have a lot of issues about yourself but you do not have to focus on those things. Instead, you can choose to learn to love yourself for what you are and what you are not. Count the things you are good at and keep on reminding yourself about this.