Feeling insecure lately? That you don’t have what it takes to do the job? Something didn’t work out the way it should have and now, are you stuck with the feeling of being a disappointment? Well know you are not. Read on to know the confidence hacks that will have you up on your feet up again to take on life with whatever it throws at you.
Be ready to make mistakes. Be ready to fail. Your confidence takes a hit when you start giving too much importance to what people will say if you fail. Will they mock you? Talk behind your back about your fiascos? And before you know it you are abandoning the project at hand or not going ahead with your idea because now you are too afraid to fail. People who have their names written in the hall of fame reached there because they were confident enough to execute their ideas. They didn’t stop due to the fear of embarrassment. People will talk irrespective of what you do. That’s their job. What’s your? If things go wrong as they surely will it doesn’t mean you are incapable. Don’t let one failure crawl under your skin. Don’t take life too seriously. Learn to laugh at yourself. Be yourself.
Confidence can be internal and external. External confidence comes from worldly possessions. If you have that luxury car, the big bungalow and social recognition you can be pretty confident about yourself. Nevertheless if the car, bungalow and money goes you may feel worthless and apprehensive if your confidence was because of the material possessions. But if you are confident from your core, you take defeat and setbacks in your stride and never doubt yourself for the losses or failure in your life. You’ll never lose your grip. No matter what always have a strong believe system and positive attitude to give wings to your confidence. Stop judging yourself and feeling insecure. Great personalities are great because of their rock solid belief system. So Believe.
Before their performance theatre artist’s do what they call the gorilla’s walk. It’s quite a hack to get all your lost confidence back. Think yourself to be a big Gorilla. Now when you are walking take up more space and let others know that you are there. Show it in your body language. You can always see a person’s confidence in their body language and posture. Feel important. Believe you were born for great things too no matter what.
Confidence and competence goes together. You’ll find yourself filled with confidence if you have done your homework properly on the particular task. If it’s a presentation, get to know everything there is about the topic. If you need to give a public address do your research beforehand. Work hard. If you know the thing well enough you’ll be confident enough.
This hack will have you filled with confidence in no amount of time. Whatever be your state of mind and your level of insecurity about your abilities- leave everything and just stand up. Now, do your favorite superstar posture. Get into the epic posture that Usian Bolt gets into every time he wins the race. You may want to slip into the role of James Bond or Sherlock Holmes or repeat any of your favorite hero’s dialogue. If not this fold your fingers to form fist and then raise both your hands and pull them downwards strongly chanting phrases like ‘Yes. I can do it.’ ‘I must do it.’ ‘I’m a masterpiece created by God. Of course I’m great!’ Don’t just read, Do it. Now.
This trick always works. Pretend that you have achieved success in being who you always wanted to be. Then do things in the way your ideal successful self would do. Walk confidently, talk confidently. Your body posture should be the one radiating positive energy. Imbibe the fake routine till it becomes a part of you.
It’s scientifically proven smiling keeps all kinds of negativity at bay. Smile more often. Believe. And before you know it you’ll be cool, calm and confident.
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