7 Things You Can Do to Increase Your Self-Confidence

Do you ever have days when you are confident and feel as if you can conquer the world and whatever life throws at you? 

Are there other days or times you’re like, good grief, I don’t know if I can do this or not, and you feel defeated before you even get started and feel your confidence is on the endangered-species list? 

I know exactly how you feel. 

Confidence can be tricky to find and understand. Sometimes you feel confident that you know what you’re doing and have what you need to accomplish your goal. You feel good about yourself. It doesn’t mean you know it all. Because let’s face it. Nobody knows everything about anything. However, it’s about knowing that with the right resources, knowledge, skills, and peers/team members, you can accomplish the goals you set out to achieve.

How does your confidence make it onto the endangered species list? 

Your confidence can waver during moments when you aren’t sure you have the knowledge or skills needed for the job or whatever it is you’re doing. Other times it’s because someone has said something to or about you, which causes you to doubt yourself. 

What can you do to develop more self-confidence? 

1. Keep up the positive self-talk. Tell yourself what you do well.

2. Reach out and ask (email or in-person) three to five trusted peers/friends if they will share five positive qualities/characteristics they see in you. Keep those in a place where you can see them or access them daily, especially when your confidence is wavering.

3. Surround yourself with positive people. 

4. Think about a couple of people who you believe have self-confidence. How do they act? What words do they use? What tone of voice do they use? 

5. Update your resume: It will help you see just  how much you have already accomplished and what you have to offer the world.

6. Write about a time you felt confident about something. Include how you felt and why you felt confident. Look at it from time to time, especially in the tough times.

7. Work with a coach.

Remember when you think about confidence think about this:

• Continue seeking out

• Opportunities you believe are  

• Necessary to find the 

• Feelings which 

• Inspire the 

• Determination to Dream about the 

• Experiences you want and will have that are 

• Necessary to 

• Complete the goals you’ve set to achieve, have the confidence to pursue them and then remember to  

• Evaluate the actions which got you there and enjoy the journey because life is a journey not a destination.  

This will support you in finding and keeping your self-confidence. You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great 

When your confidence is strong and you feel good about yourself, it is so much easier to tackle the obstacles life puts in front of you, finish projects needing your attention, and work hard to accomplish your goals.

When things are tough and your confidence wavers, it takes effort. Sometimes a little. Sometimes a lot. However, it’s usually during the most challenging of times that you learn the most and realize you do have what it takes to survive, thrive and have what it takes to succeed.

Celebrate each action that gets you to your destination and your confidence will begin to grow. 

I  have your back. And – You got this.

Ann