2 Keys To Boosting Your Inner Confidence
Aisling Smith NeuroEmpowerment
?? Neurodiversity Trainer of the Year ???40U40 ?? Professional Speaker ?? Workplace NeuroInclusion and Employee NeuroEmpowerment Specialist ?? ?? AuDHD Mom - Author - Coach ?? Supporting Late Diagnosed Professionals
2 Keys To Boosting Your Inner Confidence
I've been coaching for a few years now, and the biggest thing I've learnt - both for my clients and for me - is that inner confidence is the key to it all.
There are all kinds of strategies, ways of thinking, patterns of behaviour and practical tips for improving your life and feeling better about yourself, but they're all redundant if the foundation isn't there. That foundation is the real you, the you that you know deep down you are. The trick is that it takes confidence to find that and to bring out who you are – here are the three keys to real inner confidence.
1. Get To Know Your Values
Personal values are a big passion of mine, and I often get carried away with myself when I talk about them. I make no apology for that, though – they’re one of the most important things you can know about yourself and are vital in getting genuine inner confidence. Your values are ten thousand feet down inside you, right at the very core of who you are, and they’re the building blocks, the foundations and cornerstones for you. A value is something in yourself, in others or in the world that’s most important to you, and could include things like beliefs, progress, family, fun, nature, achievement or freedom.
Why is it that some people and situations leave you feeling angry, frustrated, demotivated or deflated? It’s because one or more of your values is being denied, suppressed or repressed – and we experience that as a negative experience because it’s denying a fundamental piece of who you are.
Do you know those times when you’ve felt really alive, amazing or buzzing? Those are the times when one or more of your values are being honoured, and you can get more of that by living according to them.
Your values are all yours, and no matter what happens, no one can ever take them away. You can have absolute confidence in them because they’re there all the time, just waiting for you to notice and use them. When you get to know your values, you can start to make choices and align your life around them. It’s so simple, and it feels amazing because all that really means is that you’re allowing who you are to live in the real world.
领英推荐
2. Exercise the Muscle
Confidence is a muscle, and like any muscle, you need to exercise it so that it doesn’t shrink and waste away. The problem is that unlike your biceps or glutes, which tend to stay in the same place, your confidence muscle can be harder to find. How do you develop your biceps or firm up your glutes? By doing exercises that are designed to work that muscle over a period of time until you see the results, you were looking for.
It’s just the same with confidence. Let’s say that you’re the kind of person that doesn’t take many risks, the kind of person who goes through each day doing what needs to be done and doing it well but not really stretching yourself. You might talk yourself out of doing something because it’s too scary or because you think to yourself, ‘I’m not good enough,’ ‘that’s not who I am' or ‘I don’t really want it anyway.’ That kind of person lives within what they know and what keeps them safe and comfortable. The fewer risks they take, the less confident they need to be, and so the less confident they become.
To work your confidence muscle, you need to be prepared to take risks – big or small. You need to be willing to stretch yourself in an unfamiliar direction, to try something new or try something in a slightly different way. You need to open yourself up to the possibilities around you and push yourself to increase what you know, what you do and who you are. The more open you are to risk, opportunity and possibility, the more confident you need to be, and so the more confidence you’ll develop.
That’s your confidence muscle – the question is, what are you going to do to exercise it?"
Empowerment is the core of everything that I do, and I believe that its a skill that, once learned and embodied, is a game changer - I've created this free guide where you'll learn five habits of empowering leaders that you can learn from and implement in your life and business.
About the Author;
Aisling Smith Vance, also known as?'The Purpose Coach', is an Amazon Best Selling Author, Professional Speaker, Master Hypnotherapist, High-Performance Coach, and Corporate Trainer.
The Creator of EmpwrU, Executive Pathways to Enhanced Communication, a scientifically proven Communication Training Program for corporate executives Launching Jan 23 (- apply for more information here.)
Who focuses on helping Men and Women who are fed up and burnt out get to the next level in their careers and life. She does this through one-on-one coaching, online courses and group training, as well as executive training in businesses for companies who know the value of their employees and want to harness and maximise their potential.
Aisling is also one of the Founders of The Institute of Empowered Psychology, which provides online and in-person training in Hypnotherapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Life Coaching Certification. The IEP provides coaches, hypnotherapists and consultants with the coaching and blueprint for developing successful businesses.