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How To Build The Self-Confidence You Need To Win At Life - Darius Foroux
Lack Of Self-Confidence
... is associated with:
- Depression
- loneliness and feeling left out
- Lower academic achievement
- Lower life satisfaction
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Lack Of Self-Confidence
... is associated with:
- Depression
- loneliness and feeling left out
- Lower academic achievement
- Lower life satisfaction
Building Your Self-Confidence
You become more self-confident if you become better at what you do.
The process goes like this:
- Improve your competencies
- Put them into practice
- See results
- Grow more confident
- Repeat
Skills everyone can benefit from
- Emotional intelligence: Understanding other people’s emotions and how to respond to them.
- Self-awareness: Try to understand why you do what you do, what you can do better, and what you’re doing well. Know yourself.
- Problem-solving: Identifying issues, find and evaluate different solutions and choose the most appropriate option.
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Trick your brain into calm
- Become aware of your safety and breathing. Your fight or flight response may be in overdrive.
- Take note of five things you can see, four things you can hear, three ...
Using affirmations
Remind yourself how awesome you are with affirmations. Write down affirmations that remind you of your capabilities and strengths and keep them somewhere you can find them if nerves strike.
Another suggestion is to keep a file of praise, awards, and other evidence of how good you are at your job an read them when you are struggling with a confidence crisis.
Get clear about your feelings
Take a moment to really analyze what you’re feeling and strategize for that.
Can you reframe negative feelings, like fear, into something more positive, like anticipation? If not, remind yourself that it’s perfectly normal to be nervous before a high-stakes situation.
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Bad behaviors cascade
That reticence to ever ask someone out on a date probably plays out in your failure to move to a new city, to take that new job or the timidity around your co-workers.
Standing out of the crowd
People don’t like it when someone changes or does something that makes them feel awkward or insecure. They will think he’s crazy, selfish, arrogant. If you want to do something incredible, you have to become comfortable with being different from the rest.
Nothing worth having comes easy
As cliche as that sounds. Most of us give up on something we’re passionate about too soon. But anyone who’s been successful has a tale of struggle and perseverance to share.
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Defining excuses
Excuses are rationalizations we make to ourselves about people, events, and circumstances.
They are invented reasons we create to defend our behavior, to postpone taking action or simpl...
The Fear Trap
We make excuses for the following key reasons:
- Fear of Failure
- Fear of Embarrassment
- Fear of Success
- Fear of Change
- Fear of Uncertainty
- Fear of Responsibility
- Fear of Making Mistakes
- Perceived lack of confidence or resources
'There’s just not enough time'
It suggests the wrong priorities or time management problems. It could also indicate laziness or procrastination.
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