Knowing how to be more confident and combat low self-esteem is one of the most critical skills we need to achieve things in business and life.
But despite what some claim, learning how to be more confident isn’t easy.
But it is very achievable.
So, in this article, I will share some practical advice on how to be more confident and combat low self-esteem today.
The Foundation of How to Be More Confident
We become self-confident when we become good at something.
Let me say that again, so you can write it down and remember it because it’s important.
We become self-confident when we become good at something.
That is when confidence comes naturally.
But, in order to get good at something, you have to do it over and over and over.
Repetition equals mastery.
Whether you’re making cold calls, pitching investors or trying to beat your kids at Fortnite, you must put in the practice.
And doing things once or twice won’t help.
You must practice, drill and rehearse multiple times until what you are doing starts to feel natural and automatic.
This is when you will start to develop real self-confidence.
It is called reaching an unconscious level of competency.
Self-Confidence Hack
Some people recommend using the ‘Fake it until you make it’ strategy for how to be more confident, but for this to work, you’ll need a little help.
Let’s say you are going to an important interview for a management role or meeting with a huge client.
Even if you are an experienced master of your trade, self-doubt can appear out of nowhere and take bites out of your confidence.
To avoid this, before you set off or enter that meeting or event, take a quiet moment for yourself and close your eyes.
You then need to think back to a time in the past when you were at the peak of your confidence.
A time when you did or achieved something amazing.
Maybe it was winning a sports event as a child, getting your first job, last promotion or something else.
When you have isolated that moment in your head, take yourself back in time to that specific moment and recall the five senses you felt.
When was it? Where was it?
Remember the smell in the air and the taste of the confidence you felt.
What could you hear?
How did you look?
How did you physically feel?
Once you have yourself isolated in that moment of ultimate confidence, stay there and re-live it for a minute or two.
Notice how re-living the moment fills you with the same feeling of confidence right now.
And then open your eyes, take a deep breath and remind yourself you are good enough and can do anything you put your mind to.
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