Boost Your Self-Confidence

It’s important to boost your self-confidence! Are you struggling with your confidence? You’re not alone. Many of us strive to have more self-confidence. The truth is it can be difficult to come by at times. You often hold yourself to unreasonably high standards, and this can have a negative impact on your self-esteem.

If you can learn how to leverage and strengthen your self-confidence, it’s possible you can generate some excellent outcomes.

For instance, self-confidence leads to:

• Healthier relationships. Confidence doesn’t just influence how you feel about yourself, but it also helps you to understand and appreciate others better too.
• Better performance. Rather than constantly worrying you’re not good enough, you can devote your energy to reaching your goals.
• When you’re confident, you’re more likely to open yourself up to new opportunities. At the same time, you’re also less likely to take a massive hit personally if something doesn’t go according to plan.

Here are some quick ways to improve your self-confidence.

Avoid Comparing Yourself to Others

The most important thing you can do to strengthen your self-confidence is to avoid comparing yourself to other people. When you’re constantly comparing how you look, your job, your home, your income and other aspects of your life to what other people have, it’s much harder to be confident in yourself.

The reality is envy does have a direct impact on how you feel about yourself.

Researchers have discovered people who compare themselves to others are more likely to feel envy, and envy impacts you feel about yourself. If you’re feeling envious of someone else’s life, remember the image you see of that person might not be as real as it seems.

Look After Your Physical Health

It’s difficult to feel good about yourself when you don’t feel well. Practicing good self-care and looking after your body means you’ll be in a better position to look after yourself – mind, body, and spirit!

Begin by looking at your current self-care routine. Where does it most need improvement?

For instance, if you’re currently eating a lot of fast food to deal with long hours at work and no time to make healthy meals, now might be the time to start thinking about how you can add more fruits and vegetables into your routine.

If you spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer at work, then you’ll be best served to start getting some exercise into your routine so you can feel your best.

It’s not just diet and exercise that makes a difference either. Think about how well you sleep. If you’re not getting the right amount of good quality sleep, you’ll be more likely to struggle to feel strong enough to handle the everyday challenges you have to face.

Be Kinder to Yourself

We could all do with a little more self-compassion these days.

It’s easy to be kind to others when you see someone struggling, but if you’re not being kind to yourself, your confidence will suffer.

Ultimately, no matter how much of a perfectionist you consider yourself to be, it’s never a good idea to beat yourself up when you don’t achieve the goals you aimed for or when you feel as though you’ve failed at something or even failed at most everything.

The reality is that we all make mistakes. Being kinder to yourself when you do make a mistake will make you feel a lot better than beating yourself up and feeling even worse as a result.

Look at mistakes as an opportunity to learn and grow, and be sure to forgive yourself for not always getting things right the first time around. Trust in yourself that you will do better the next time you try to accomplish a goal.

If you’re having a hard time with self-compassion, imagine how you would talk to someone else who had experienced the same problem as you are now. How harsh would you be? Then try talking to yourself with the same kindness you would show to someone else. Too often we would treat others with more kindness than we show ourselves. Just be aware the next time how you’re talking to yourself.

Take Advantage of Positive Self-Talk

Talking to yourself positively is a good thing. Using optimistic self-talk can help you overcome self-doubt, practice compassion, and even improve your self-esteem on a massive scale.

Too many people get into the habit of frequently telling themselves they can’t do something, and they begin to be convinced they can’t. It’s important to take steps to boost your self-confidence.

With that in mind, maybe it’s time to start thinking about how you can protect and nurture yourself with more positive self-talk. It all starts with challenging those common negative phrases. Instead of telling yourself you can’t do something, try telling yourself you know can do it.

Even if you don’t truly believe it, just say the positive words to yourself. Instead of saying you can’t do anything right, tell yourself you’re going to find a way to perform better the next time you tackle a similar challenge.

Creating self-confidence isn’t always easy, but the more time you devote to practicing these skills, the more you’ll find your self-esteem begin to increase. The more that happens, the more you will boost your self-confidence. It’s work to change behaviors; the good news is the effort to move in a positive direction is so worth it!

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Cheryl

Cheryl A Major, CNWC

I’m author, health coach, and entrepreneur Cheryl A Major, and I would love to connect with you. If you’re new to the world of creating a better mindset for yourself, please check out my training on how to do just that at Embrace Optimism. Learn how to improve your mindset and create a happier and more positive life for yourself and those around you.

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