Saima Ikram
The confidence of the doctor is something that forces us to rely on the given advice, the confidence of a speaker inspires us to think in a similar way, and there are certain qualities that confident people possess that force us to admire them. Self-confidence is extremely important in our daily lives but still, there are so many people who struggle to find it. The lack of self-confidence can turn into a vicious circle where success becomes impossible.
The good news is that self-confidence can be learned and built on. All the efforts on your part for achieving self-confidence will be helpful in achieving your goals. Following are the ways that can help you build upon self-confidence:
Set goals in steps:
When you set bigger goals, you have to break them up into smaller goals. The completion of each small goal will give you the motivation of doing more and will also give you the satisfaction on what you have accomplished. Be aware that bigger goals cannot be attained overnight. Setting smaller will help you come closer towards achieving the bigger goals.
Don’t be afraid of failures:
For building confidence, you will have to become fearless. You have to remove the fears that are linked to your failing and cripple you down when you are set to do something. Think about what that goal means to you and gather up all the courage to need to keep you going. Even if you fail once, you will learn not to make the same mistakes next time. These lessons will be learned for the rest of your life.
Believe in your goals:
When your project is in its initial stages, many people may criticize it. This criticism may make you lose hope and motivation that you actually need to progress. It is the time when you need to believe in yourself, believe in the goals you have set, and tell yourself that you can achieve it no matter what people say. Don’t allow anyone to bring damage to your ambitions and goals.
Pursue things that make you happy:
It is very important to stay happy when you want to build confidence. Your confidence gets shattered when you are depressed. It makes you lose belief in yourself. Therefore, try to keep yourself happy by doing things that give you happiness. Whatever brings peace to your mind and soul, make it part of your life and stay happy.
Think about your goals in the long-run:
When you set bigger goals, they require you to make sacrifices to achieve them. But you may have to discipline yourself before even starting to make efforts for such goals. For example, for losing weight, you will have to control with the temptation of eating fried food, for studying GMAT, you may not be able to attend every party that your friends go to etc. But these are the sacrifices that give you the bigger happiness and provide you long-term comfort.
Do not get affected by other people:
During your journey towards achieving your goals, many people will discourage you by telling that you cannot accomplish. It can come in the form of rejection from employees, negative feedback from family and friends etc. But all you need to do is not to pay attention to their thinking. You must tell yourself that people are mostly wrong about others. If you know you have the ability to do, go on and don’t listen to anyone.
Via: Forbes
