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Hello again, welcome & well done to you! I’m curious to know how it’s all going and how you’re managing the challenges!
In this module we’re going to look at how to build your confidence with 10 ideas to get you started.
You may admire some people and wonder how they got to be so confident. They’re able to speak in public, make decisions, give directives, and readily take on challenges. Like many, you may feel confident in some areas of life but not in others. If you had more confidence, what would you do? How different would your life look? This is an idea to get excited about because contrary to mainstream thinking, we’re not born confidence, rather it’s a skill we learn and you can too!
Confidence starts with the willingness to try, it’s about taking action and learning as you go. So, if you want to become more confident at making decisions then you need to start making decisions. The more you try, the more you learn and the more competent you become. And the more competent you become, the more confident you become! This is what’s known as the Confident – Competence Loop, the one leads to the other.
Here’re 10 Ideas to Get You Started:
- Imagine your future self and act like the person you want to become.
- Be clear on your motivation- why is this important? How will having more confidence make a difference to you?
- Identify a person who you admire for their confidence and envisage how they would go about achieving the task, then follow their lead.
- Practice, practice, practice. The more you do something the better you get at doing it, and the more encouraged you’ll feel to try again.
- Set achievable goals and work towards them.
- Step out of your comfort zone and try new things.
- Compare your progress to your past self and not to others.
- Focus on positive self- talk.
- Surround yourself with people that support and encourage you.
- Ask for feedback and use this learning to guide you.
Building confidence is an ongoing process that requires patience and determination.
JOURNAL your thoughts and inspirations!
Have fun with these exercises. It’s interesting to learn what’s on your mind…
1. REFLECTION
Jot down the answers as they come to you- don’t think too hard about it. You can always come back to them later.
1.1 Describe an experience when you felt really confident. What were you doing, who were you with, name some of the feelings you experienced.
1.2 How does the lack of confidence in any area of your life hold you back?
1.3 Who do you admire for their confidence and how does it show up for them?
2. EXERCISE
2.1 Read the article: The secret to Achieving Your Goals
http://eepurl.com/iv8H0U
2.2 Who do you want to become? Write down as much about your desired, future self.
3. CHALLENGE for the week
3.1 Choose one idea on how to get started on building your confidence and take the first step, today! What is it?
Remember, small steps have a way of stacking up!
4. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
For interest and further reference:
http://eepurl.com/iv8H0U
Newsletter – The Secret to Achieving Your Goals,
https://executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NanoTool-2022-12.pdf
Article- A key to Better Leadership, Confident Humility, 2022-12
Ted Talk, Six Behaviours to increase you confidence, Emily Jaenson