Self-confidence is the belief in oneself-in one's own intelligence, strength and abilities. Nothing is impossible for those who have received grace. Nevertheless, one must understand here clearly that receiving grace is not from any external source, or some other power. One has to harness his or her own internal reservoir of self-confidence.
Eleanor Roosevelt puts it straight, " Nobody can make you feel
inferior without your consent". Yes,the real source of power is within.
Who else understands this better than SIR Edmund Hillary who says,"It is
not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." Self confidence is most
basic quality one must possess in this journey called life.
Here,I have some suggestions which helps you to raise self confidence.
1) Know yourself:
Identifying
one's purpose,aims, strengths and weakness is the first step to
realizing self-confidence. Once you know who you are, what your visions,
aims and priorities are, unprecedented clarity and confidence emanate
from within.
2) Understand the work and your role:
This is answering the five W/H's of the job: what, why,when,where and how, and what I need to do to get the job done.
3) Meet commitments:
We program our sub-conscious through our own thoughts, feelings and
deeds. By failing to keep small day-today promises, you are simply
saying to yourself, " I am not someone who can keep promises". This
attitude uproots self-confidence completely. It is in your favour not to
promise anything that you cannot fulfill while harnessing alal your
energies to achieve what you have promised.
4) Act confidently:
I become what I act out. The human mind accepts as fact all external
behaviour, gestures and speech we display to ourselves and to others. If
I can act confident on the outside even when I am shaking from inside,
it slowly becomes a habit and my life changes permanently.
5) Watch your breath:
As your breath is, so your life will be. Shallow and fast breathing
leads in internal turmoil, confused mind and overpowering stress
resulting in lack of confidence and ability to do anything. Breathing
reduces stress and Physical ailments. It also activates our centre of
confidence and balances oxygen and carbon dioxide blood levels,
normalizes heart rate, massages the internal organs, and elicits the
relaxation response.
Self-confidence has to arise from within and it becomes permanent. "
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you,"
asserts an African proverb.
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