{"id":1925,"date":"2021-08-13T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T09:30:21","slug":"thought-for-the-week-how-to-boost-your-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/2021\/08\/13\/thought-for-the-week-how-to-boost-your-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought for the Week \u2013 How to Boost Your Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yes, while I have completed the A to Z of Successful Business Owners and Leaders, you can still refer back to all of these here in my blog.<\/p>\n

Once we reach our Zenith, what is the Secret to Staying Positive and Boosting Confidence?<\/p>\n

You have your life goal(s) – do you think about \/ look at this every day? I have a picture of my goal over my desk so I see it several times a day, even sub-consciously.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t have a goal, then decide where you want to go and look at it every day and the things in your life that don\u2019t drive you towards those, simply have to go!<\/p>\n

If this is about people in your life, I am coming to that.<\/p>\n

How to Boost Confidence?<\/p>\n

We get confidence by actually working on things that move the needle in our life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And we gain confidence by actually doing it!<\/em><\/p>\n

So, confidence isn\u2019t like this magical thing \u2013 nobody is born with confidence \u2013 that is a myth.<\/p>\n

I was quite a shy kid. Confidence is something I created. Later in life, I had a business coach and then everything changed for the better.<\/p>\n

We either create confidence or we create insecurity and either way we get to build that.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, here are a couple of tips to build confidence \u2026<\/p>\n

1.Eliminate<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are things in your life that take away your confidence \u2013 can you agree with that?<\/p>\n

The magical answer? I know you already know this – don\u2019t do those!<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you have friends in your life who tell you that you are crazy for wanting certain things and you should just be happy with your life as it is?<\/p>\n

After talking to them you either decide you\u2019re going to go for it \u2013 or you go away and start doubting yourself?<\/p>\n

You get a bit of news or an idea, this person tells you it\u2019s crazy and then you get a little insecure about it? That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s cumulative and just enough for you to retract and \u2018play small\u2019 and that\u2019s never going to work for you.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, if there\u2019s something that pulls your confidence down, even a little bit, don\u2019t do it!<\/p>\n

Say no. Choose to be around people who believe in you, not those who doubt you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What about the people you love, want in your life or have to tolerate?<\/p>\n

If people are negative, that\u2019s just the way they are. You may be able to influence them in a positive way to a degree, but you aren\u2019t going to cut them out of your life.<\/p>\n

So, we have to find a way sometimes to put barriers up with the people we love and want in our life.<\/p>\n

When they start questioning what you\u2019re doing in your life, ask them a question about them.<\/p>\n

Do you find that most of the time when people are negative about the future, they are positive about the past? \u201cBack in the good old days \u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Ask them about something in the past, or something about them and then leave when you can.<\/p>\n

So, eliminate the things that bring down your confidence, even a little bit.<\/p>\n

2.Commit!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take action \u2013 you raise your confidence just by doing<\/u><\/em> things.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s is being courageous and enables you to gain confidence<\/em><\/p>\n

Choose to be around people who have the skills you aspire to and you will gain capabilities too.<\/p>\n