I delivered a seminar yesterday to a wonderful group of women on the topic of Building Confidence. Here are some questions I asked the group – and their responses….
Where does confidence come from?
Faith, experience, values, beliefs, morals and your support system
What does confidence look, sound and feel like?
A presence, a strong open posture, an energetic enthusiastic tone of voice, positive words, relaxed, calm
We also talked about several ways to build confidence, these included:
- Stretching out of your comfort zone often – in small steps
- Trusting yourself to make choices and decisions, then accepting them
- Celebrating your achievements, recognize what you have done (not just what’s left to do)
- Act “as if” you already are confident – “wear” the confidence you have in some situations to the situations you need greater confidence.
- Shift your language (and thoughts) from “I can’t” to “I CAN”!
How do you build your own confidence?
Building Confidence