<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Confidence doesn't come from Reacting fast but from Responding slowly.</li><li class="ql-align-justify"> Sometimes the person who speaks the least, their opinion matters the most. Because they are not saying a lot but they are listening, processing, and then responding.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">And that's why when they speak, people listen.</li></ul>

#5. Calm Responses

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A lot of time we don't feel confident because we are constantly seeking Validation from others.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We always ask ourselves, what will people say, how will they react, and what will they think about what I feel. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">And the challenge is that we've been trained to ask everyone about everything. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">It's important to know ourselves and ask ourselves what would I like to do.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Certainty + Awareness around our likes and dislikes, what we feel works for us, and what doesn't. That builds a sense of confidence.</li></ul>

#6. Certainity

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Often our insecurities and anxiety come from not where we are now but what we've been through before.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We think what we went through is something we deserve or it defines us what we are today.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Confident people don't let their past live there as it is. They try to make sense of it and choose their learnings.</li></ul>

#1. Conquer Your Past

You can write about these things that you've gained from your parents and their Parenting:<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Gifts from your parents</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Skills</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Qualities</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Abilities</li></ol>Confidence = Qualities + Abilities + Awareness about them

Activity To Do

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Constant learning can give you a sense of achievement, a sense of momentum, a sense of drive, and a feeling that you are moving forward and toward something.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You'll have something to share in every conversation.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Confidence comes from the ability to engage in a conversation and the feeling that you are moving forward.</li></ul>

#3. Constantly Learn

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">When you are compassionate towards yourself, you are giving yourself a break for not knowing everything or getting right all the time.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It's not about being perfect, Confidence shows that you are okay with being wrong, okay with not knowing, and okay with desiring to learn and research so you can expand your skills.</li></ul>Hard work - Love = Hard HeartedHard work + Love = Soft Hearted

#4. Compassion

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Confident people are confident because they are competently prepared.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">If you are confident it's not just your sense of self-belief, it's not just because you act it. It's because you've Practiced + Prepared + Worked.</li></ul>

#7. Competent Preparations

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">When we have a high-value skill, we learn to value ourselves and we don't let other people dictate our value.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A lot of time we don't feel confident because we feel we don't have something to offer.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Each and everyone has a genius and potential but we have to turn that potential into expertise by practice.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Focus on Learning and mastery</li></ul>

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