What Is Self Confidence? An Introduction

Self-confidence is an attitude that
allows individuals to have positive, realistic views of themselves and situations
that affect them.  People who are
self-confident show that they have control over their lives and their
abilities, no matter what happens. They believe that they will be able to do
what they set their mind to with a positive outcome.  Self-confident people don’t always expect to
be able to do everything by themselves; however, they have a healthy and practical
approach to everything that comes their way. 

 Self-confidence doesn’t necessarily
enter into every facet of a person’s life. 
For example, someone may demonstrate self-confidence at home but not at
work, or during certain situations and not others. Everyone has some areas of
their life that they feel more confident about than others.  Areas that people are specially trained in or
have learned about are areas that they will generally have the most confidence
about.  For instance, someone who went to
college and graduated with a degree in mathematics will feel most confident
when discussing or using mathematics. 

 It’s only instinctive to feel uneasy
about situations that you don’t have total control of or don’t know much about.
However, when you have a lack of self-confidence, you rarely feel in control of
situations and often don’t trust your own feelings or knowledge.

Everyone feels uncertain or a lack of
confidence from time to time.  However,
if you have low self-confidence most of the time you can take action to change
it.  There are strategies to help you
overcome your lack of self-confidence. 
In this blog, I will give you tips and tricks and also good steps that  will show you ways to help you become a more confident
person. 

Building self-confidence is a
process that takes effort and commitment.  Discovering about what causes a lack of self-confidence helps in taking
action to boost it. 

Exercise – Determine Your Strengths
& Weaknesses

This exercise will help you
determine your strengths and weaknesses, and will help you learn more about
yourself. 

List your Weaknesses - Write down what you consider to be your
weaknesses or faults. Use positive words instead of negative ones.  Try not to exaggerate.  Use descriptive language.  Be as specific as possible.  

List
your Strengths – Make a list of all your strengths.  Try to list as many as possible.  If you have trouble coming up with strengths,
ask someone who knows you well to assist you. 
Avoid backhanded compliments.