Breathe Unshakable Confidence From Within - 7 Easy Steps ?
Gurleen Kaur
I help professionals re-align their communication skills to succeed professionally??#CommunicationIntelligence?? | Mentor to 20K+ Professionals | Founder - ZSL |Author '5 Inner Intelligence Framework' Curriculum
Ever missed a crucial moment to share because you felt the urge to take a pause, even when you knew your content was the best??
Well, here’s the thing - confidence isn't a buzzword for a select few; it's a skill anyone can hone. It starts with believing in yourself, trusting your strengths, and acknowledging areas for growth.?
Today, let’s talk about how you can discover and build your confidence in 7 simple steps, while empowering yourself to succeed.?
Before you begin - if you intend to make the most of this quick read - be sure to sit with a pen and paper and evaluate yourself on each of these 7 steps:?
Embrace Your Strengths :
Take a moment to ponder: What are your strengths, what makes you unique in your personal and professional life? Confidence comes from recognizing and celebrating these strengths. This week take the? time to reflect - what you excel at ? Focus on identifying your hidden talents that you’ve ignored or? you never even knew you had. What’s your untapped superpower?
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone:
Sounds cliché, but your comfort zone might be limiting your potential. What have you been "avoiding" or "procrastinating"? List those areas, pick one, and start small. Study the Law of Marginal Adjustments (link in caption). Make it a habit to take tiny steps daily towards your set goals and embrace discomfort. Growth and confidence are all about gradual progress, not drastic changes. Can you recall a time when stepping out of your comfort zone led to growth and accomplishment?
Surround Yourself with Growth-Minded Individuals :
You are the sum total of the people you surround yourself with. Reflect on your network. Do they encourage your growth, or do they focus on bragging or complaining? Seek those who learn from you, grow with you, and believe in continuous improvement. Choose people who inspire your growth journey and help you instill that confidence from within.
Embrace Your Authentic Self :
What makes you honestly “you”? Embrace your uniqueness and be true to yourself. Respect differences and cherish relationships built on diverse yet shared values. Reflect on a time you felt truly authentic—how did it impact your confidence? The more authentic you are, the more real you feel, with confidence growing as a natural byproduct.?
Set Milestones for Yourself :
Goals are important, but people often lose sight of them mid-journey due to a lack of realistic short-term milestones. Celebrating each step forward helps track progress and boosts confidence. How do you reward yourself for these milestones? When you accomplish milestones on the daily, you breathe life into your being by allowing yourself to recognize your true potential. This is where confidence begins and grows into something much more.
Walk the Winner’s Talk:
Have you ever stood in front of the mirror dressed your very best, on the most ordinary of days, yet you end up feeling your most fantastic self? Train yourself to dress for success. When you look your very best, you give yourself the opportunity to look into the mirror and say “I like who I see!” Now, what greater source of confidence there is than that?
The confidence that you keep with yourself is possibly one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself, more so because it never comes from outside - you are the most powerful source of it.?
What do you like to do to feel your most confident self? Share with us in the comments below!?
Student at Prin.N.G.Naralkar Institute Of Career Development and Research
3 个月Incredible insights on cultivating inner confidence! These steps are so actionable thank you ma'am for sharing this with us ??