Do you struggle with being confident? Are you interested in feeling and projecting more confidence? Try these 5 tips.
1. Learn to say ‘no’ when you mean it.
If you feel like you’re asked to do a certain chore or task that feels like it’s too much for you, remember you can say ‘no’ when you mean it. Knowing your own limits does not make you less of a people-pleaser. It means you understand your capabilities and emotional threshold, so that you don’t ruin your mood and stay atop of the chores, errands and tasks that you can handle and do very well. Gently setting boundaries can show you are emotionally self-aware and uniquely confident. Also, if you accept too much, you can let others down by not being able to deliver what was asked for, either totally or partially.
2. Seize opportunities that will let you shine.
Wouldn’t the world be more beautiful if we each excelled at what we were each truly good at? A certain task may be easy for you, but for someone else it could be very difficult. For example, if you are a great makeup artist, try to put on the right ‘look’ for specific occasions to make you feel pretty. Using the best moisturizer may be your secret. Perhaps sparkling with lip gloss is your trademark touch. Whatever the case, you can project confidence when you seize an opportunity to show off your skill of applying makeup. Try figuring out 2 to 3 things you are particularly good at, and consistently apply your talents to allow you to look and feel confident.
3. Chart your own path to success.
Charting your own path to success means you are not deceitful, do not exploit others for personal gain, and are respectful of others. This requires hard work, and routine patience, but is ultimately more rewarding and actually more advantageous for the benefit of authentic self-confidence and even trusted character.
4. Try to be your own self when you face the world.
Yes, it shows grace and poise not to showcase every emotion to everyone we meet. However, being our own self in the right time and place can also be valuable to help us identify, validate and express emotions that represent who we are. Consider carrying a balance between reserving deeper emotions and revealing your unique personality to help exude self-confidence.
5. Love yourself for who you are while rationalizing shortcomings and difficult emotions.
Love your most positive traits, always. They are your gifts to the world. Rationalizing the parts you don’t love about yourself can also help you feel more confidence. For example, if you feel self-doubt, perhaps you can attribute it to difficulty in your life such as a testing relationship. Challenges will come and go, so rationalizing temporary sources of upset, fatigue, stress or less hope will keep you feeling positive. And positivity will feed into your growing self-confidence.
If you want to exude confidence, keep these tips in mind. They could be the beginning of your list, or added to other tips you might have. Circumstances in life can shake your self-confidence towards positivity or negativity, which is normal, but what’s important is to recognize these changes and to persevere, go forward and rebuild that confidence.
This article was originally published for The Huffington Post Contributor’s platform and edited and republished for Gratitude Circle.
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