Be Honest With Yourself

The first key to changing or improving any area of your life is to totally assess where you are now. There of areas that we all need to improve on. For some, it’s weight control. For others it’s needing to land a better job. Honesty where you are will allow you to create a plan of growth. If you are not honest about who you are and where you are, any type of striving for self improvement will not be long lasting.

Fulfill Your Heart’s Desire

How long it has been since you last did something that you really liked, something that you enjoyed doing as a child? How long has it been since you went out for ice cream with a friend? These simple things have the power to build your self-confidence and add fulfillment to your life. Life can be very quite simple. It is easy to get caught u in the rat race of today’s world, and lose yourself in the process. It is easy to forget your purpose, what you like and what you enjoy doing. It happens to people all of the time. It is your responsibility to yourself that you get back to those simple things in life.

Find a group of friends

You’ve heard the saying, “birds of a feather flock together”. It is important to find people with whom you enjoy spending time and doing things. You will find that life is a little bit easier when you are among the people who share your interests and your feelings. There is an understanding between you, as well as an open dialogue. Good conversation and friendship are healthy and important for our minds and souls.

Set goals and just do it!

Take one step at a time. Those single steps will develop into a giant gait over time. Do not overwhelm yourself, but simply do the task at hand. But set achievable goals and go for them! Don’t focus on the big picture, concentrate on the small steps. This is the only way to accomplish anything, and to avoid procrastination and depression. Even the smallest achievement will give you a sense of accomplishment that will boost your self-confidence.

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I’m not even going to ask you if you have a dream because the the people I attract are dreamers.  The people I attract are big thinkers who want more out of life.  So now I want you to answer a very serious question: Do you have faith in your dream?  Do you have the faith and confidence necessary to take the action needed to make your dream a reality?  I applaud you for having a dream, but a dream without faith is powerless.  I want you to put the power back into your dream.

I don’t know how big your dream is, but I do know that the size of the dream doesn’t matter.  All that matters is the size of your desire to achieve your dream.  How much time do you spend each day thinking about your dream?  How much time do you spend working on your dream?  These questions are very important because as you give thought to an idea, you will have additional ideas that will show up. 

Even if you have a BIG dream, do this simple exercise.  For the next thirty days, invest 10-20 minutes a day thinking about your dream and the possible ways you may be able to achieve it.  I want you to buy a notebook especially for this.  Name the notebook, “My Dream Book.”  Sit in a quiet place and write every idea you receive.  Don’t judge an idea; just write it down.  Now if you are faithful to do this exercise, at the end of thirty days, you should have an abundance of ideas to get you started. 

I applaud you for your dream.  Just keep in mind that many people who have dreams will never have the confidence to develop the idea into something real.  The world needs your ideas.  There are gifts and talents within you that the rest of us desperately need.  Please don’t deprive us of your special talent, gift or idea.  Complete the thirty day brainstorming exercise and you will be amazed at how many wonderful ideas you have to develop.

You can do it.  I’m counting on you.  The world is counting on you.

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I want to talk to you today about the most important aspect of your success. Yep, I’m talking about belief in yourself and your abilities to produce the results you greatly desire. So why is belief so important? Belief is essential because without it, you are paralyzed, not being able to move forward. Without belief, your goals and desires are forced to remain within you, never getting the opportunity to express themselves outwardly. I want to share some ideas I have that can help you increase your current level of belief in yourself.

Read, Listen or Watch Inspirational Messages

I love inspirational messages.  One reason why I am able to share these ideas with you is because I’ve done it myself.  It’s really easy to do.  If you are new to self improvement and personal development, visit your local library and check out the self improvement section.  You will find authors like Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup For The Soul), Les Brown and many others.  Skim over the pages of a certain book to see if what the author is saying resonates  with you.  If you like the author’s style, check out the book and also see if they have an audio version of the book.  You can’t read a book on the drive to work, but you sure can listen to a CD, can’t you?

Volunteer For A Local Charity

Volunteering is the greatest demonstration of love that you can express to others.  Sharing of your time, knowledge and experience with others gives you a humble pride that makes you feel incredibly good.  Also, as time goes on and you develop more of a proficiency in that area, the people around you will look up to you because of your expertise.

Reconsider Your Relationships

The people who we are around the most have the most influence in our lives.  Are the people around you helping you to achieve greatness or are they content to see you as you are?   Do they encourage you to do bigger and better things or do they discourage you from thinking big and breaking away from the pack?  If you made radical changes in your life and became super successful, how would those friends look at you?  Would they be happy you made progress in life or would they say that you sold out?

My best suggestion for increasing belief in yourself is for you to examine your desires and goals.  Why is it important to you that you achieve them?  Create a list of 50 benefits to be gained if you achieve your desired outcome.  What pain is associated with not following through?  How has your lack of belief benefited you?  Are you a better person now as a result?  If you don’t deal with that unbelief now, what will it cost you in the future.  I want to share a powerful quote with you.  It’s from Wade Cook.  Wade said:

“If the next five years are like the last five years, where will you be in five years?”

And this is a question we must ask and answer to ourselves.  If this lack of belief has taken so much from us, why do we continue to keep it around.  This lack of belief only takes from us, it never gives and enriches our lives.  Decide right here and now that you will confront the cause of fear and unbelief, and deal with it once and for all.

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In this tough economy it may be difficult to hope for a brighter future. With layoffs and employers closing up shop, it’s hard to believe in a brighter day. When things seem the bleakest, we must remain strong. We must believe that a brighter day is coming. We must believe that it’s possible to find the opportunity hidden in this epidemic. Learning how to gain more confidence so we can take advantage of opportunities is possible for us.

Confidence means that you believe that a certain thing is true. The great thing about confidence is that if you don’t have it, you can get it. And if you don’t have enough of it, more confidence is available to you as well.

Auto Suggestion is the most basic way to gain more self confidence. Auto Suggestion is a statement that you would like to believe as fact in your life. An example would be: 

• I am confident when interacting with new people
• I am confident when interacting with the opposite sex
• I am confident when standing up for what’s right
• I am confident speaking in front of others
• I have confidence that as I take action, I will get bigger and bigger rewards
• I am confident that I can overcome this addiction
• I believe that I can get that promotion at work
• I believe that I can easily love this weight
• I believe that I CAN get my marriage back together
• I believe I CAN get my book published
• I believe I can win

Saying powerful declarative statements like this isn’t hokey. Your words have transformational power to change situations and circumstances in your life. Take a few minutes right now to develop your list of declarative statements. Decide right now to read those statements every day.   Constantly remind yourself where you are going and what things you will no longer settle for. As you become serious about this exercise, you will begin to see the results you have been speaking.

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When you’re feeling down, what specific things do you do to get inspired to move forward with power? Is there a process you go through to gain your confidence? This article on confidence boosters will give you some simple exercises to use to increase your confidence quickly. Here are several that I use and teach daily.

Learning Something New

When you learn a new skill, develop a new hobby, or to anything to expand your mind with new knowledge, those activities produce confidence. A friend of mine used to work a sales job. To be honest, he was about the worst salesman in the company and was on my way to termination. He bought a couple of sales books and CD’s and devoured the information. His new found knowledge gave him the necessary skills and confidence to begin to make sales on his job.

Relive Your Past Success

Reminding yourself of your many accomplishments is just about the easiest way to boost your confidence. We have all done great things. The problem is that the bar that we set for our accomplishments are so high, it doesn’t seem like we’ve succeeded at anything. On you path to your goals, what action steps have you completed? Even the smallest action step is a victory. Am I right? Use any ammunition on yourself that you can. Whatever it takes to quickly boost your confidence, use it.

Focus On Your Hero’s

Look at the lives of the great men and women that you respect and admire. What qualities do you both share? While thinking of your hero, make a list of 100 top qualities you possess.

Offer To Help Others

I was on the phone with a friend yesterday. He works a job he hates and is neither fulfilled or making enough money. While we spoke, I took him around to several of the sites I use to generate income for myself. After twenty or thirty minutes on the phone, my friend Lionel was looking at me as if I were some great marketing God.  Sharing your knowledge to help others is a wonderful confidence booster.

For Additional Resources That Can Boost Your Confidence Please Consider The Following :

Brian Tracy shows you how to: control your confidence level by controlling your thoughts … stop self-defeating behaviors and begin self-confident ones … see yourself as others see you and easily change their perceptions.

In this mix of live and studio recordings, Jack Canfield will help you feel more love and contentment than you ever have before, just as he’s helped thousands of people create more positive relationships with themselves and others. Jack is an internationally known expert in the areas of self-esteem, peak performance and the psychology of achievement. He is the founder and co-creator of the amazing New York Times #1 Best-Selling Chicken Soup for the Soul® book series.

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Building self confidence is the basis of any kind of positive achievement.  I don’t know what your particular situation is, but I believe there is hope for you.  Building your self confidence is like building a house.  This article will walk you through the building process of self confidence. 

First you start with the plans 

It is important to know how you would like for your confidence house to look when complete.  Getting a clear picture of how you would like to look in the future is important.  Would you like to take more action?  Would you like to be more confident when meeting new people or interacting with the opposite sex?  Would you like to be more assertive at work?  Knowing where you are going is the first step to arriving there.  

Build A Solid Foundation 

OK, so now we are clear about how we want our confidence house to look when complete.  The next step is to pour the foundation.  The easiest way I know to increase your confidence is by what is called auto suggestion.  Auto suggestions are statements that represents the things you would like to have happen in your life.  For example:

• I am calm and confident when meeting new people
• I am confident and exceeding expectations at work
• I am interesting and confident around the opposite sex 

Saying statements like those will help to create a new reality in your mind.  Where shyness and timidity once existed, confidence and a positive self image is now present.  

Building Your Walls 

Building your walls are giving yourself permission and motivation to succeed.   While you are repeating your foundational confidence building statements, look for every opportunity to test it out in real life.  Allow each positive experience to build upon the next.  Having confidence means you have the confidence to do the things you were once afraid to do.

The Outside Protection 

Things are good.  You have proven to yourself that this confidence building process works.  Now, it’s time to fortify that belief by investing your time and money into more confidence building products. 

In order to build self confidence, there really is a process that makes it easy.  Identify the things you would like to have in your life.  Create positive statements that you read aloud daily and assume to be true.  Make a positive mental note every time you act in a way that is congruent to your new confidence.  And finally, taking this new way of life serious by making an investment in time and money into a confidence building program.

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Improving self confidence is crucial in these uncertain times. Everything on the news spells doom and gloom. Companies are closing their doors.  Friends and family are losing their homes. Is there anything that can help you make a permanent and lasting change in your life? Yes! You need to improve your self confidence. As your confidence improves, you will see opportunities that you hadn’t noticed before. Those opportunities will help you create a more stable future for yourself.

Here are some tips you can use immediately to improve your self confidence:

• Write a powerful declarative statement and speak it 100-200 times every day
• Write down every success you’ve ever done. I’m not just talking about the big stuff. I mean any and everything that you can think of that has helped you to get to this point.
• Read the list of achievements every day
• Go out of your way to do something that takes you outside of your comfort zone- every day
• Buy a book like “Unstoppable”, “The Power of Positive Thinking”, or The Magic of Thinking Big
• Buy a DVD like Les Brown’s “Step Into Your Greatness” or a CD like Brian Tracy’s “Change Your Thinking Change Your Life”
• Attend a seminar or tele seminar on success, motivation and confidence

Any one of the things I recommended here can help you in improving self confidence within yourself quickly. You must be willing to take a chance to do something rather unconventional in order to receive your desired goals. You can strive and thrive in this not so great economy. It will require you to do, and think a little different. I know you can do it. Go forth in power and create whatever future you desire.  The sky is the limit.

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