Category: Confidence Toolbag
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“Setback” does not mean “sit down”.
It’s all too easy to fall into traps of dwindling self-confidence. Often we find ourselves at a crossroads, real or imagined, and do not know where to go or how to get to where we wish to be. This can leave us feeling worthless, something is impossible, or we lack the skills or capability to…
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Have faith and hope.
Belief in oneself is fostered over time. Many of us have heard the phrase “Fake it until you make it”— confidence often works in similarity to this concept. When you are feeling small, your strengths “insignificant”, you can trick your mind into growing more confident by convincing yourself you truly ARE confident! Whether we will…
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Celebrate!
If we spend all our time focusing on the mistakes we’ve made it can be all too easy to slip into a negative feedback loop which can reduce our confidence over time. Have you ever become so engrossed when watching a show or movie, attached to some character’s exploits, you find yourself cheering them on?…
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Network
Most everyone has all heard at some point something to the effect of “No human is an island”. But what happens when we open ourselves up to external assistance? When you feel your courage or confidence within yourself is waning, try reaching out to those whose opinions you trust. Our friends, family, superiors, mentors, and…
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Express gratitude.
When we reframe what we’re saying we create room for appreciation of others— and ourselves. The last time you showed up late to a meeting, picking up your kids, or maybe a night out with someone, what did you say? Was it “I’m sorry”? Did you perhaps cite issues of traffic, another meeting running over…
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Rejuvenate.
Take time out to reinvigorate your mind, body, emotions, and spirit regularly. When our confidence runs low we often can feel tired, angry, trapped, overwhelmed, and the emotional toll of low confidence can leave us with physical manifestations of the self-consciousness we’re trying to overcome. Take time for yourself, with activities which bring you the…
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Wrap yourself in confidence like a second skin.
If you feel your confidence ebbing in a situation or in your mind, think of a person or character you know, have read about, or seen whose confidence you admire, perhaps wish to emulate, and “slip into” their personna. Do you admire how Taraji P. Henson portrayed Katherine Johnson standing up to Kevin Costner’s AL…
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