Live a Life filled with Confidence
But sometimes it isn't that easy.
Have you ever tried to look ahead but only felt fear, defeat and a lack of confidence and motivation? Check out the list of 30 confidence building tips that work!
Looking For a Change?
"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now." ~Napoleon Hill
But sometimes we feel stuck in
the "getting ready" step...
It is Time to Concentrate, Set Goals and Make Plans
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." ~ Michael Jordan
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." ~Dale Carnegie
How to Be More Confident: 30 Tips That Work
Visualize yourself being confident, brave and attractive.
Do something challenging every week.
Stop your inner critic and celebrate your growth.
Improve your appearance and remember to control the inner critic.
Exercise because physical exercise boosts self-confidence and science proves this to be true.
6. Get the proper amount of sleep.
7. Eat a healthy balanced diet to
boost energy levels.
8. Memorize and repeat self-assuring affirmations in your head.
9. Accentuate your strengths and accept imperfections-everyone has them.
10. Face your fears head on and with courage.
11. stop being a people pleaser and put your wellbeing first.
12. Break free of the limiting beliefs society puts on you and find yourself.
13. Create changes in your limiting beliefs and find your way to self-validation, self-love.
Live your authentic life.
Embrace Gratitude and Radiate Self-Confidence
14. Gain clarity about who you are, your values, and what gives you purpose, happiness, and joy.
15. Practice gratitude by making a daily or weekly list of things you are grateful for. Gratitude is a powerful emotion. It has a profound impact on our well-being, and builds confidence, enhances emotional resilience and build our inner strength to combat stress.
16. Do not give up on yourself- instead promise yourself that you will keep on building your self-confidence and your other goals until you succeed.
17. Quickly pick yourself up after a failure and look at it as a step in the learning process.
18. Forgive people who are bringing you and your confidence down and perhaps
even minimize contact with them.
19. Be prepared for low confidence moments and use strategies to help quickly rebuild your confidence. For instance, think of past successes, stop the worrying about something that you have no control over, believe in you, have a burning desire to reach your confidence goals be proud of yourself (you are not being boastful), and celebrate your strength.
19. "Just because you failed at something, you are not a failure. It's important to give yourself loving compassion. Never give up"! ~F.C. Ohlin
20. When failure is getting you down, remember that there is always a solution.
21. Quit beating yourself up because being loving, kind and encouraging to yourself will build up your confidence instead of tearing it down.
22. Self-confidence is created in your mindset and in your beliefs about yourself, so you can help strengthen your confidence and your confident mindset by learning more about the subject to make you feel more confident.
23. Focus on how you are confident and how you can feel confident despite your failure and develop greater self-awareness - notice evidence in your transformation that proves your self-confidence is
definitely growing.
24. Develop that positive self-image and stop comparing yourself to others. We often compare our worst to their best and that's not an accurate comparison anyway.
25. Write down small to-do lists each day and fill your confidence rise as you cross them off. the more productive you are, the more confident you'll feel.
26. Seek constructive criticism that can help you grow and improve.
27. Practice visualizing success by imagining yourself succeeding in your endeavors. Visualization can create positive mindset and increase your belief in yourself and your capabilities.
28. Spend time with positive people.
29. Identify your negative thoughts. If saying things like, "Oh no, I failed again," or "It's too hard," has become a habit, work to change these negative phrases with something positive.
30. Smile as much as you can. When you feel unhappy about something make a plan to change it and be sure to have at least one positive activity every day.
Confident people find satisfaction in other people's success and celebrate their success.
They are often open-minded, optimistic and willing to take risks and even laugh at themselves. Those who radiate confidence are decisive and admit their mistakes, continue learning and growing and accept responsibility.
Insecure people are afraid of change and are indecisive, but they act like they know-it-all. Often, they are close-minded, pessimistic and make excuses blaming others to hide flaws.
Face Your Fears and Believe in Yourself
We all struggle with confidence issues at one time or another however learning how to act confident can actually help you feel confident.
Transformation Through a Life Coach
"Low self-confidence isn't a life sentence. Self-confidence can be learned, practiced and mastered-just like any other skill. Once you master it, everything in your life will change for the better." ~ Barrie Davenport
John Fussell, the Managing Director of Harley-Davidson Europe Ltd. talked about his experiences with life-coaching benefits when he said, "I never cease to be amazed at the power of the coaching process to draw out the skills or talent that was previously hidden within an individual, and which invariably finds a way to solve a problem previously thought unsolvable.
Remember, confidence is not about never failing but about trusting that you have the ability to recover and learn from any situation. It's an ongoing process, and every step you take towards believing in yourself counts. The following quote applies to each one of us in our ever-changing world and how we can conquer our "life-journey".
Once you see the results from increased will power, positive actions, and the right mindset, your confidence will be unstoppable!
Thanks for reading,
Frank Ohlin
Life coach
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