Hello, today we are going to talk about Self-Confidence and how to develop it. Many people make the mistake of thinking that they have no confidence about themselves. This is not true! Everyone has confidence in something and in most cases a lot of things. However, when we lack confidence in something we internalize it as if we lack confidence in all things. A good Personal Development Course or Instructor will teach you to identify what you lack confidence in and will help you build from there.

Personal Development Instructors should listen to your concerns and direct you to discovering where you are having your problems in life because of low confidence and provide you with the tools to create a master plan which you can effectively engage. Yes…I said engage. Confidence comes from being prepared and doing what you lack confidence in. Whatever you lack confidence in doing,  make it a habit until it becomes a habit that you are very good at up to the point of becoming a natural response. Practice regardless of whether you feel good or not so good. The more you practice something correctly the better you become at it. You have the power to literally make it second nature to yourself. You will find that a good personal development course will highlight this type of training for you.  Alternatively, you may need a more personal touch and find you prefer to deal directly with a Personal Development Instructor.

Another personal development technique that can be applied when needed and also practiced regularly is to think of someone with great self confidence and when you are faced with adversity, think of this person and ask yourself, “What would they do?” Then think of yourself as them and what they would do, and you can even imagine that you are them. This powerful technique is called modeling and is very potent. Another personal development technique to implement is when confidence is needed, stand or sit with your back straight and imagine in your mind that you are expanding and becoming larger than the person or situation that you have to tackle. This too is a powerful technique.

Do not become too rigid in your steps to gain confidence and how it has to be for you. A well laid out plan is great and you should have one in place to provide you an outlined structure to follow, but be flexible and ready to adapt as well. Being too rigid may make you clam up and not feel like being at your best because you feel to confined. Personal Development teaches you to make a plan and study what you need to know and then do it. Doing what you told yourself you would do instills confidence in you and makes you trust yourself. Start small and work your way up to larger things. You can instill confidence in others by giving them things to do and tell them that they are the perfect person for this assignment and then don’t follow up with them trust in them that they did it. Then find a smooth and non-aggressive way to follow up with them… no one else.  You could say, “Bob, I know you took care of that assignment I gave you. Did you find it simple or challenging?”

Think of mistakes you make as learning lessons. Forget the notion you will do it right the first time. This sets you up for failure thinking. Remember, mistakes are part of the process in becoming more confident. Accept the mistake as a learning curve and move on. Do not give them another thought except for what you have to learn from it. Mistakes are great teachers nothing more. Personal Development and self-confidence go hand-in-hand together. Don’t allow yourself to ruin your confidence by not forgiving yourself for mistakes. Be kind to yourself and watch yourself grow with great confidence.

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