One of the things that hold us back from pursuing our dreams is fear of failure, and the lack of self-confidence that we need to overcome that fear. You can become someone worthy of respect, and someone who can pursue what they want if you believe in yourself. Look at the 10 ways below that can make you feel great about yourself.
1. Groom Yourself.
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. Going to the salon can do wonders to how we feel about ourselves.
2. Dress Nicely.
If you dress nicely, you’ll feel good about yourself. You’ll feel successful and presentable and ready to tackle the world. Now, dressing nicely means something different for everyone, it doesn’t necessarily mean wearing a P5000 outfit, but could mean casual clothes that are nice looking and presentable.
3. 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.
4. Think positive.
Learn how to replace negative thoughts with positive ones. Stop complaining and always thinking of the worst. Avoid being paranoid about things that are not even there. Hav a positive outlook on life.
5. Kill Negative Thoughts.
You have to learn to be aware of your self-talk, the thoughts you have about yourself and what you’re doing. Learn to recognize negative self-talk, and it will change everything in your life.
6. Get To Know 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.
7. 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.
8. 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. You act in accordance with the Golden Rule, and you start to feel good about yourself, and to think that you are a good person. It does wonders for your self-confidence, believe me.
9. 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.
10. Know Your Principles.
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. Think about your principles you might have them but perhaps you haven’t given them much thought. Now think about whether you actually live these principles, or if you just believe in them but don’t act on them.
