Tips to Build Self-Confidence

Tips to Build Self-Confidence

You’ve most likely seen people where you work, at school or other areas of your life that always exude self-confidence. Everything always seems to be perfect in the lives of these people and they’re always calm, cool and collected. In addition, they succeed in all things they attempt. Does this mean they’re smarter than you are? Do they just have more money than you? Are they simply lucky and you’re not?

The answer to all of those questions is a resounding NO. People with self-confidence understand how effective it is to believe in themselves and depend on their talents and abilities. It’s this self-confidence that creates the opportunities in life to be successful. These work together because every time you experience another success, you’ve added another dimension to your self-confidence. Success reinforces the self-confidence you may already have with the attainment of each new goal.

People with self-confidence see themselves as being able to do and get things they want. It’s that perception that helps to create the reality of confidence in their lives. As long as you believe in yourself, you can climb mountains. Believe in yourself, act on this belief and you’ll feel confident before you know it.

If you’re just not sure how to start becoming more confident, try following these tips to see if they get you going:

·        List your strong points: These include all of the positive things, or things you like about yourself. Think back to compliments that you’ve received and things that you can do easily. Don’t analyze anything. If it’s a good point, then list it.

·        Next, select two of the good things that you want to make even better: Success is important and when you focus on the areas you already excel at, your chances become even better that you’ll become more confident. Keep in mind that success builds upon other successes.

·        Appear confident even if you’re not: Say encouraging things to yourself and don’t allow any negative thinking or people to be around you if you can help it. Instead, join groups of confident, successful and positive people. Once you start doing this, it will become a confidence building habit.

·        Start seeing yourself differently than you usual: This is a very effective confidence building exercise. When you can view yourself as a self-confident person, it’s easier to actually become that way. Remember that positive thinking can affect everything in your life in a positive way.

It may take a little while to let these new and positive habits take hold and start building your self-confidence up. So don’t be upset if you have a set back now and then. Think back to the times in recent history when you displayed this new self-confidence that you’re developing and you’ll know that you’re not a failure. It’s sort of just like getting back up on a horse or bicycle when you fall off. You just keep trying until it takes no effort at all to get confidence to the level it needs to be.