Self Esteem

Many people believe that self confidence is something you either have or don't. This is a self limiting belief and like most self limiting beliefs it simply isn't true. Possessing assured self confidence is a skill that can be developed by anyone and once you do acquire it, you will feel much calmer, less stressed and the quality of your life will significantly improve.

So, if you want to become a person who oozes confidence, then the following 3 ways to build self confidence will help you achieve it.

1. Respect Yourself - The cornerstone of self-confidence is self respect. Many people who lack self confidence are terribly hard on themselves. They put themselves down at every opportunity and beat themselves up over and over again with all of the mistakes they have made. Additionally, they will criticize the way they look, their personalities and negatively brood over difficult times from the past that have been and gone.

It is difficult to be self confident when you disrespect yourself like this. And how on earth can you expect others to respect you if you don't respect yourself?

It is vitally important that you talk to yourself in a positive manner. Be kind to yourself, treat yourself with the same respect you show to others. What you focus on is what you become so focus on the positive. If you make a mistake - and you will, we all do - then learn from it, find the positive and move on.

You'll never rise up if you continually pull yourself down.

2. Look Good, Feel Good - Look after your appearance. When you know you look good, you feel more confident. Wear styles and colors that suit you. You can get help with this from image consultants or use the Internet to find tips and ideas.

Two easy ways to look good: Improve your posture, walk tall with shoulders back. There's plenty of videos on You Tube showing you how to do this. Not only does this communicate confidence to others, it makes you feel more confident too. Combine this with exercising for thirty minutes three times a week and you will easily boost your confidence levels and improve your health at the same time.

One more simple little action to take to help you feel good and build confidence. Cut down on the amount of junk foods and processed foods. As well as being nutritionally poor, they can leave you feeling sluggish and tired. Eat the best fresh food you can, it's another way of respecting yourself and remember: Garbage in, garbage out.

You deserve to eat much better than garbage.

3. Unleash Your Power - You have the power of choice and the quality of your life will be determined by the choices you make. So unleash your power and choose to be self confident. Create a positive environment around yourself by reading positive affirmations on waking. Watch motivating videos on You Tube and search for positive blogs and websites to gain even more inspiration.

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4. Good Company - ... associate with positive, like-minded people as often as you can. Negative people will drain you of energy, fill you with limiting beliefs and lower your confidence levels.

Conversely, positive people will inspire you, energize you and their assured self confidence will raise your confidence levels. They are a pleasure to be around too.

5. Be Decisive - Take a decision then resolve to follow through with it. Don't look for the approval or permission of others. Make the decision to do something that you want to do and then take action to get it done. Being decisive is part of being a confident, assured person who knows what they want to do and takes action to get it.

Start small at first, for example, set a goal to exercise three times a week, changing to a healthier diet or starting the day in a positive manner and then move to bigger goals as your confidence to make decisions and follow through with them improves.

You now know how to develop self confidence quickly by applying these five easy ways. Put each one into action and you will soon notice the results!

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