Confidence And The 4 C's

Welcome – confidence is something that most of us feel we need a little more of - every now and again.

I thought I would share the four steps that I've heard Dan Sullivan from Strategic Coach talk about that he has observed helps to create breakthrough results to develop your confidence. Dan refers to it as The 4 C's Formula.

Commitment – Firstly, you have to take a leap of faith and really commit to what you want to achieve – commit before you have every “t” crossed and every “i” dotted. There's absolutely no doubt that it's scary!

Courage - Most people admire courage in others but don't like the experience themselves. In fact, this crucial step feels awful! You've committed yourself without having any proof that what you're going after - is going to pay off.

Capability - Think back to one of your confidence breakthroughs. Wasn't it the combination of making a commitment and going through a period requiring a lot of courage that created both the new capability and the new confidence?

Confidence - The new level of confidence you experience after a breakthrough is what gives you the ability to commit to an even bigger breakthrough and an even greater sense of confidence. And the process repeats itself...

No courage, no breakthroughs, diminished confidence.

Every successful professional – that is, someone who continually works on their growth – has mastered the four-step process of commitment, courage, capability, and confidence. Yet, in every case, when they make a new commitment, they still have to go through that dreaded period of courage.

It's interesting that with very successful professionals, even when they look back and agree that every breakthrough followed the 4 C's process, they'll still try to design a future filled with breakthroughs where courage is not going to be part of the equation.

And that's just not going to happen! It doesn't matter how organised you are, how experienced you are or how successful you are. Only the courage to commit to new ideas and goals that carry no promise of success will result in new capabilities and new breakthroughs.

Any professional committed to growth, which requires breakthrough after breakthrough, has to have that willingness to go through periods of courage again and again. That acceptance is what makes the difference.

Getting Ready, To Get Ready, To Get Ready!

Often, professionals get stuck in the getting ready process. They lay it all out, they plan, they change the plan, they change the plan again, and they try to figure out every angle before they take that leap of faith. It's like being up on the high diving board at a swimming pool and walking back and forth and back and forth, but never actually jumping off.

Committing to making the dive – the moment of getting unstuck and started – requires courage, but courage is the key to always increasing your confidence!

Would be interested to hear your thoughts?

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Take good care of your workself.....

Cheryl