Increasing your confidence is a sure way to get more out of life. Confident people get what they want because they see their value, they understand what they bring to the table and are not afraid to be told no.
When you’re confident you know that you’re important and your ideas matter, you carry yourself with an aura that others notice. People have more trust in those who are confident, because they assume you know something they don’t know.
Building your confidence is important, it can be the gateway to getting everything you want.
Here are the best ways to increase your confidence.
How To Be More Confident In Yourself
1. Learn about yourself:
Getting to know yourself as an individual is crucial to gaining self confidence. Knowing yourself goes beyond your taste in food or music. Is also about knowing how you feel in specific situations, how you react to things, what makes you uncomfortable and what are your boundaries when it comes to the treatment of yourself by others. Getting to know yourself makes it easier to put yourself in more pleasant situations, whether is knowing what type of people you want to be around or recognizing things you don’t like. Getting to know yourself requires listening to your intuition and trusting your gut, it is difficult, it requires you to love yourself enough to walk away from anything you don’t like.
2. Look your best daily:
This is really important for gaining confidence because taking care of our personal appearance will have a better result in your everyday life. It will put you in a better mood, make you feel secure about yourselves and make others treat you with more respect. Grooming daily will make you feel more in control of yourself and of your life. It can start slow, whether is grooming your hair everyday, wearing a clean outfit or applying makeup. The end result is a more put together individual and taking care of your appearance shows you care about yourself and things will start to shift around you.
3. Workout often:
Working out is beneficial to many aspects of our lives. From our weight, mental clearness and mood changes. Working out has many benefits. When you workout you feel better about yourself, you have more energy to indulge in other parts of life. Working out releases endorphins which make you happy. Happiness is a start to feeling confident. You also feel in control of your surroundings because you are pushing yourself to do something that is good for you.
4. Be selective of your surroundings and people:
Energy is easily transferable. Whether is positive or negative this energy can easily influence us if we allow it. Surrounding yourself with negative people long enough will have you thinking negatively. Our thoughts can become reality and when we are negative and always look at the bad side of everything we reflect that into our real life. Surround yourself with positive, uplifting people that want and create the best out of life.
5. Learn new skills, always improve:
Learning a new skill, whether is a language or a sport can really change your mood and make you feel important. Self improvement is valuable to your overall development, and it shouldn’t stop once you graduate collage. Teach yourself to cook, try a new class, these skills build confidence and can translate into other parts of your life. Life is about growing and evolving so don’t be afraid to level up.
6. Be kind to yourself:
How you speak to yourself can really change how you view yourself. We are our worst and biggest critics and we hardly give ourselves credit for our achievements. Tell yourself positive affirmations and be proud of the work you’ve put in, yes you may have a long way to go, but be proud of the accomplishments that got you here. You wouldn’t speak to a friend in a demeaning voice so why do it to yourself.
7. Forgive your mistakes:
We all make mistakes but sometimes those mistakes can overwhelm our thoughts and make us feel inferior. Forgiving yourself, taking a moment to acknowledge the mistake and finding a way to make peace with it and move on is a way to build a backbone for yourself. No one is perfect so find the lesson in that mistake.
8. Play up your strengths:
Play up your strengths and what you are good at. We all have talents and we should use those as much as possible. Whatever you’re good at do it often and do it well, It will make you feel good. Playing upon those strengths is a great way to acknowledge we can’t be good at everything but we can actually focus on what we are good at.
9. Always carry yourself with respect, others will mirror how you treat yourself:
The way you you carry yourself let’s others know what you think about yourself. Always hold your head up high and maintain poise even if you’re in a room where you’re not feeling too confident, pretend you do and your mind will follow. Others will treat you how you allow to be treated, demand respect and showcase your respect for yourself, no one will question your own confidence.
10. Empower yourself with knowledge:
Knowledge is power, the more aware you are of current events, history or any specific subject can really make you feel great about yourself. Pick a subject you’re interested in, immerse yourself in a new book, learn about the world, read articles, blogs. The more you open yourself up to new things the more confident you will feel about yourself. Your vocabulary will expand, you’ll become more interesting and you’ll be more confident in your ability to retain knowledge.
11. Set small goals and achieve them:
Achieving small goals can boost your self confidence in a major way. When we get something we want or achieve a goal, our brain releases dopamine, which is a ‘feel good’ feeling. Set small goals like making it to the gym 3x a week, a savings goal, a small marathon. No matter how small they are these goals will make you feel good when completed, resulting in a boost in confidence. These goals will keep you challenged and having something to look forward to. They will give you a purpose and make you feel proud of yourself for staying on track and breaking out of your comfort zone. These small things add up and boost your overall self-worth (feeling) so when you’re feeling down you can bring yourself back up by seeing how far you’ve gotten and how well you can crush almost anything.
Take control of your life and understand you can change the path you’re in. Everything in life is temporary and there’s comfort in that. We have to build ourselves up and take care of our personal bubble, the world is already tough and is ready to break you down if you don’t protect your aura. If you don’t build yourself up and level up then who will? That is too big of a power to give to anyone else.
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