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Wed 10 Ramadan 1445AH 20-3-2024AD at 10:45 am #91257
Actions to Boost Your Self-Confidence
1. Groom yourself & dress nicely.
This seems like such an obvious one, but it’s amazing how much of a difference a shower and a shave can make in your feelings of self-confidence and for your self-image. You’ll feel successful and presentable and ready to tackle the world.
2. Photoshop your self-image.
Our self-image means so much to us, more than we often realize. We have a mental picture of ourselves, and it determines how confident we are in ourselves. But this picture isn’t fixed and immutable. You can change it. Use your mental Photoshopping skills, and work on your self-image. If it’s not a very good one, change it. Figure out why you see yourself that way, and find a way to fix it.
3. Think positive & kill negative thoughts.
You can actually change your thoughts, and by doing so make great things happened. You have to learn to be aware of your self-talk, the thoughts you have about yourself and what you’re doing.
4. Get to know yourself.
When going into battle, the wisest general learns to know his enemy very, very well. You can’t defeat the enemy without knowing him. And when you’re trying to overcome a negative self-image and replace it with self-confidence, your enemy is yourself. Get to know yourself well. Start listening to your thoughts. Start writing a journal about yourself, and about the thoughts you have about yourself, and analyzing why you have such negative thoughts. And then think about the good things about yourself, the things you can do well, the things you like. Start thinking about your limitations, and whether they’re real limitations or just ones you’ve allowed to be placed there, artificially. Dig deep within yourself, and you’ll come out (eventually) with even greater self-confidence.
5. Act positive.
More than just thinking positive, you have to put it into action. Action, actually, is the key to developing self-confidence. It’s one thing to learn to think positive, but when you start acting on it, you change yourself, one action at a time. You are what you do, and so if you change what you do, you change what you are. Act in a positive way, take action instead of telling yourself you can’t, be positive. Talk to people in a positive way, put energy into your actions. You’ll soon start to notice a difference.
6. Be kind and generous.
Being kind to others, and generous with yourself and your time and what you have, is a tremendous way to improve your self-image. Be blessed to be a blessing.
7. Get prepared.
It’s hard to be confident in yourself if you don’t think you’ll do well at something. Beat that feeling by preparing yourself as much as possible. Think about taking an exam: if you haven’t studied, you won’t have much confidence in your abilities to do well on the exam. But if you studied your butt off, you’re prepared, and you’ll be much more confident. Now think of life as your exam, and prepare yourself.
8. Know your principles and live them.
What are the principles upon which your life is built? If you don’t know, you will have trouble, because your life will feel directionless. Now think about whether you actually live these principles, or if you just believe in them but don’t act on them.
9. Speak slowly & stand tall
Such a simple thing, but it can have a big difference in how others perceive you. A person in authority, with authority, speaks slowly. It shows confidence. A person who feels that he isn’t worth listening to will speak quickly, because he doesn’t want to keep others waiting on something not worthy of listening to. Even if you don’t feel the confidence of someone who speaks slowly, try doing it a few times. It will make you feel more confident. Of course, don’t take it to an extreme, but just don’t sound rushed either. Remind yourself to stand tall and straight.
10. Increase competence.
How do you feel more competent? By becoming more competent. And how do you do that? By studying and practicing. Just do small bits at a time.
11. Focus on solutions.
If you are a complainer, or focus on problems, change your focus now. Focusing on solutions instead of problems is one of the best things you can do for your confidence.
12. Smile.
It works. You will feel better instantly when you smile, and little tiny thing that can have a chain reaction. Not a bad investment of your time and energy.
13. Be grateful.
While being grateful for what you have in life, for what others have given you, is a very humbling activity … it can also be a very positive and rewarding activity that will improve your self-image.
14. Exercise.
Exercise is one of the most empowering activities. All you have to do is take a walk a few times a week, and you’ll see benefits. Start the habit.
15. Get active.
Doing something is almost always better than not doing anything. Of course, doing something could lead to mistakes … but mistakes are a part of life. It’s how we learn. Without mistakes, we’d never get better. So don’t worry about those. Just do something. Get off your butt and get active — physically, or active by taking steps to accomplish something.
16. Work on small things.
Trying to take on a huge project or task can be overwhelming and daunting and intimidating for anyone, even the best of us. Instead, learn to break off small chunks and work in bursts. Small little achievements make you feel good, and they add up to big achievements. Learn to work like this all the time, and soon you’ll be a self-confident maniac.
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