How to Build Rock Solid Self Confidence
You have probably noticed those people at work, school, and in
your daily life that always appear to be self confident and on
top of world.
Everything seems to go right for these people and they always
seem to present themselves as calm, collected and successful in
everything they do.
If you are paying attention you have probably noticed that these
self confident people usually are successful in every area of
their lives.
Is this because they are smarter? Or is it because they have
more money? Maybe they are just lucky?
The reality is that none of these things are necessarily true.
Self confident people understand the impact of believing in
themselves and relying on their abilities.
This confidence ultimately creates opportunities for success and
with each new success another self confidence building block is
put into place. Success builds upon success reinforcing self
confidence with each new achievement.
Self confident people perceive themselves as able to achieve
those things they set out to do and this perception creates
reality in their lives.
Yes, perception creates reality. You can become the person you
want to be. You have heard it said that if you can believe it
you can achieve it.
So start believing in yourself, acting on that belief and you
will start building self confidence in your life.
Here are some helpful tips to build self confidence one success
at a time.
1. Make a list of your strong points.
All the positive things about yourself and the things that you
are good at doing. Think of compliments you have received or
things that come easily to you. It doesn't matter what it is, if
it's good, write it down.
2. Choose two of those things that you want to work on to
improve even more.
It's important to succeed and by concentrating on the areas you
are already good at you will have a better chance of becoming
even more sure of yourself. Remember that success builds upon
success.
3. Exude confidence even if you don't feel like it.
Talk to yourself in an encouraging way and stay away from
negative thoughts and people as you can.
Instead surround yourself with positive, confident, and
successful people. This will become a habit and one that will
build confidence.
4. Look at yourself in a different way than you are used to
doing.
It can change your life and help your confidence level to rise.
See yourself as the self confident person you want to be and
before you know it you will become that person.
If you have a set-back do not let it get the best of you.
Remember the times when you exhibited self confidence and how
good it felt and then try again and each time will help you to
build confidence and confidence building will become a way of
life.