Ten Tips to Increase Your Self-Confidence
Self-confidence is
an important key to success in any walk of life. People with
self-confidence are noticed more. They achieve their goals relatively
easily. In contrast, people who lack self-confidence often end up being
losers. You too need to build your self-confidence if you want to do
well in life. Here are ten tips that can help you build that elusive
self-confidence:
1. Self-confidence
is found in people who have a healthy self-esteem. They know their
personal worth, and act accordingly. A good way to improve your
personal worth is to make a list of your accomplishments every day. You
will be surprised to know how many positive acts you perform every day
in life, but which you don't notice. Once you start looking at this
list, your self-confidence will boom.
2. Be clear about
your goals. If need be, break your goals into smaller, more manageable
tasks. Pat yourself every time you achieve a minor goal. It will boost
you're a self-confidence, and help you achieve bigger goals.
3. Find a mentor who
can help you reach your goal. Most people, who have done well in life,
have a mentor who has traveled the same road on which they are
traveling today. Meet your mentor regularly, and seek his advice and
support as a routine. You will find that you are learning something
valuable every day.
4. Socialize with
people who are positive and supportive, who like and respect you. Give
them the same support and respect that they give you. Avoid people who
are negative and critical of you. Such people erode your
self-confidence. They make you look at your negative self, and not your
positive self. After some time, you get enveloped in their cynical and
negative world-view. Nothing can be more damaging than that. Dump such
friends as soon as you can.
5. Pay attention to
how you look. Take pleasure in wearing good clothes and being well
groomed. It makes you feel good. People too look at you differently.
Remember that every human being wants to be found in the company of
smart, intelligent, successful people. You can soon be a centre of
attraction if you radiate a positive, smart look. It can very easily
make the difference between success and failure.
6. Don't be afraid
of failures. Take them in your stride and move on. Say to yourself that
you will succeed the next time. Never make the mistake of allowing your
failures to overwhelm you. They will force you into a shell, and
destroy your self-confidence. A better way is to shrug your failures as
something inconsequential, and take on a new challenge. Of course, you
must learn from your mistakes, and be realistic about your abilities.
People who try to over-reach often fall down. You should not allow that
to happen in the name of self-confidence.
7. Keep yourself fit
by exercising regularly and controlling your diet. A fit and healthy
person is much more active and achieves more in his career. Physical
fitness, like self-confidence, glows on your face.
8. Have a wide range
of interests, and take an active interest in what's going on in the
world. Meet and talk to a lot of people. Don't focus all your attention
only on your work and on your problems. Divert your attention to new
interests, and new tasks. This will keep your mind happily occupied,
and boost your self-confidence.
9. Take part in
activities that you are good at. You may have excelled at things in the
past and then given them up due to lack of time. Return to those
activities again and see your self-confidence grow.
10. Pick up a new
hobby or craft that interests you. It will keep you occupied. It will
also increase your self-confidence as you become more skilled in it.
Try to practice these tips as faithfully as you can, and see the difference in your life.
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