7 Powerful Ways To Re-energize Your Self-Confidence
1. Believe In Yourself
Everything that happens to you is a reflection of what
you believe about yourself. We cannot outperform our level of
self-esteem. We cannot draw to ourselves more than we think we are worth
― Iyanla Vanzant
You can’t become more than what you think are. Why do you think it is
that the majority of people who are born in poverty stay in poverty
their entire lives? It’s not that they are inadequate or physically
lacking, it’s their thinking that is limited. They don’t believe or in
some cases know what they are capable of and this
invisible cap limits them in everything they do.
So what you need to take from this is to understand that everybody has
this invisible cap looming over his or her head. You can either choose
to play it safe and stay contained inside of it or you can break free
and
live to your potential. Whatever you choose just always remember that if you put your mind to it, ANYTHING is possible.
2. Live To Your Potential
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. ― Marilyn Monroe
In this whole world you are the best at being you and doing anything
else is a sheer waste of your talent and potential. Imagine a
lion that started pretending to be sheep
just to fit in; it’d be a pretty crazy sight wouldn’t it? But it
happens every single day. People who have so much to positively offer
the world don’t, just because they are afraid of what the people around
them might think. So don’t be afraid to be yourself and be the lion that
you know you are.
3. Be Genuine
That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be
what he really is. Most people love you for who you pretend to be. To
keep their love, you keep pretending - performing. You get to love your
pretense. It's true, we're locked in an image, an act - and the sad
thing is, people get so used to their image, they grow attached to their
masks. They love their chains. They forget all about who they really
are. And if you try to remind them, they hate you for it, they feel like
you're trying to steal their most precious possession. ― Jim Morrison
Self-confidence is about
being authentic and
it’s not possible to project confidence if you are not genuine in what
you do. If you don't believe me try pretending to be somebody who you
aren’t in public and watch the results. I guarantee you won’t feel so
good about yourself and you won’t have that poise and assurance you
would have otherwise. So the take home from this is that you should try
to
become as honest as you can in everything you do.
Try to talk; dress and act as you would with family in public and I
promise you your confidence in yourself will improve.
4. Accept Who You Are
To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give
yourself heaven. Don't wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If
you love, you live now. - Alan Cohen
To find peace you first must find self-acceptance. Nobody was born
perfect and the faster you realize this, the faster you will be able to
find happiness and become more self-confident. Stop trying to turn an
apple into an orange and be happy with who you are.
Be grateful for what you have and use the opportunities you have been given to give opportunity to others.
5. Don't Fail Yourself
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated
in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have
started. - Marcus Garvey
Self-confidence is half the race on it’s own. If you don’t think
you’ll win from the get-go there’s very little chance that you’ll win
later on. So don’t fail yourself without even giving it a shot. Be
confident in what you can do and don’t let anybody else tell you
otherwise.
6. Think Bigger
What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate. - Henry David Thoreau
Your destiny lives and dies by how confident you are and you will only go as far as your confidence takes you. So
aim for the moon, so that even if you miss you land among the stars.
