When you try to reach your goals, the most important element that determines whether you succeed, or fail is your self-confidence.

Every worthwhile goal comes with hurdles and challenges along the way. Self-confidence is the tool that keeps you going in the right direction when the challenges come. Self-assurance helps you climb the mountains and jump the hurdles that stand in the way of the success you deserve.

Use these 4 strategies to build the confidence to go after your dreams and encounter success:

1. Keep a record. Begin to keep a record of your successes, no matter how small. Write them in a notebook or journal. In the beginning, remember your successes of the past and write those down too. Whenever you begin to doubt yourself, look at your notebook and remind yourself of the times you’ve succeeded in the past.

• In another notebook or section, write down your strengths. If you can’t think of any, think about compliments you’ve received from others. As you go through each day, take note of your successes and strengths. Keep a record of your accomplishments that will fuel your success for the rest of your life.

2. Start with small goals. If you have trouble recalling your successes or noticing your strengths, set a few small goals that are fairly easy to attain. The point is to achieve success and to allow that success to fuel you for greater challenges and greater victories in your life.

• When you achieve the small goals you’ve set for yourself, write them down in your notebook. As your confidence grows, your heart will long to shoot for bigger goals and greater challenges. Your record of success will keep you pushing forward when doubts begin to creep in.

3. Act as if you’re successful. A funny thing happens when you pretend you feel a certain emotion… you began to feel that emotion!

• Try it right now. Slouch your shoulders, lean forward, and put a frown on as if you’re exhausted. How do you feel? A little tired?
• Now smile and begin to move your body like you do when you’re excited. Feel the difference? To a large extent, you can control how you feel by the way you move your body. Pretend you’re confident. Talk with confidence and move your body with confidence. The feelings will follow shortly.

4. Visualize your future. Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten years? What kind of job do you have? Do you own your own business? What is your ideal scenario regarding relationships? How much money do you make?

• Every day, close your eyes and take a few moments to run a mental movie about the future you’ve always dreamed about. Watch your success play out as if it’s happening in the present and allow yourself to experience all of the senses. What does the scene look like? Smell like? Taste like? Feel like? Sound like?
• Make your mental movie as vivid and detailed as possible for maximum effect. If you do this every day, your mind will begin to move you in the direction of your ideal future. You’ll begin to take actions that support your success and lead you down the path of your dreams.

Your confidence will grow naturally with each success you experience, whether the success is in the real world or in your mind. Instead of constantly reliving the mistakes you’ve made in the past, relive the glorious future you deserve time and time again to grow your confidence and coach yourself toward its attainment.

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Self-esteem can be fragile, and it’s possible to lose it. A traumatic event can also be a blow to your confidence. How can you deal with a sudden loss of confidence? Is it possible to recover and regain the confidence that is gone?

Your confidence levels can fluctuate, but there are ways to cope.

How Confidence Can Disappear

In many cases, trauma or a negative event is behind this issue.

Confidence can disappear after an embarrassing or difficult moment. For example, your self-esteem can diminish if a presentation at work is mocked and ridiculed by coworkers. Your confidence can be hurt by cruel words and laughter.

Another common cause of low confidence is arguments. Fights with your significant other or family members can make you feel unsure and unhappy about yourself. They can lead to doubts about your abilities and skills.

How the Loss is Manifested

 The loss of confidence can appear differently for each individual. You may react to it in several ways:

• Some people deal with a loss of confidence by freezing and not being able to make decisions. They’re scared of making another mistake, so they avoid all decisions.
• Others deal with a loss of confidence by becoming defensive and argumentative.
• Another ineffective coping mechanism is to pretend nothing is wrong.

If you feel like your confidence has been shattered, try these strategies to restore it:

 1.  Step back and evaluate. Experts recommend stepping back and evaluating the situation in a calm manner. It’s important to examine the situation without letting emotions take over.

• Why did the loss of confidence occur, and how can you prevent the same issue from repeating itself?
• You may benefit from talking to a therapist or good friend about the event and your loss of confidence. Get an unbiased opinion, so you can start to see the patterns.
• Often, childhood issues are behind confidence losses. There may be deep rooted issues that need to be resolved.

2. Finish something else. Finishing a task that has been left undone for a long time can boost confidence.

• Experts share that finishing a chore or work assignment can give an instant self-esteem boost. This is caused by the brain realizing that you can still accomplish great things.
• Find something on your to-do list that is easy to complete.

3. Get help. Sometimes it’s necessary to get outside help to deal with low self-esteem. Be honest about your situation and sudden loss of confidence. You can’t receive help unless you’re open to it.

• Look for local therapy groups that deal with confidence issues.
• Consider going to a therapist and setting up weekly or monthly appointments.
• Find a close friend or family member who can serve as a confidante.
• Keep in mind that some people may need more help than others to regain their confidence. Don’t be discouraged if your confidence doesn’t return right away.

4. Review past accomplishments. After a traumatic experience or embarrassing moment, it’s easy to think that you’re a failure. However, Remembering past accomplishments can serve as a reminder that you’ve done many things.” display_tweet=”remembering past accomplishments can serve as a reminder that you’ve done many things.

• Go back and look at old rewards from school or college.
• Talk to your parents or siblings and ask them to share something positive about your childhood.
• Go through your old photo albums or journals to remember happy moments. Dig through your attic archives to unearth treasures from the past.
• Try to remember that you have made a positive impact on the world.

It’s normal for your confidence levels to vary over time. Avoid letting a temporary situation turn into a permanent loss of confidence! Actively pursue strategies that can bring back the self-confidence you’ve been missing.

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Chances are you believe in others more than you believe in yourself. You’re probably the first to encourage a friend to keep going because they have what it takes. But when it comes to encouraging yourself, it’s easy to shy away due to self-doubt.

It’s not fair to cheat yourself out of opportunities. Having low self-confidence can cause you to lose out on awesome experiences. And you certainly don’t want that, do you?

Now is a great time to start focusing on yourself and work on boosting your confidence. And it’s surprisingly easy to do.

Follow these steps to boost your confidence and start believing in yourself:

1. Avoid hesitation.

Self-doubt is often developed out of hesitation. Do you take a long time to act on an impulse? If you see an opportunity, does it take you a while to go after it? The longer you take to pursue something, the more reasons you’ll find for justifying your unsuitability for the opportunity.

• Women often pass up opportunities because they let perfectionism get in the way. Recently an opportunity showed up for me to participate in a business expo. I grabbed it with no idea what I was going to do. Ended up creating a table for my book, The Journey to ME. Everything I needed, ideas, materials all manifested with ease. The expo opened more future opportunities.

2. Challenge negative thinking.

It’s easy to diminish self-confidence by harboring negative thoughts. But before you accept negative thoughts about yourself as a reality, challenge the thinking.

• Don’t accept the thoughts you’re not good enough, take a moment to think about the facts. Embrace your true self and claim your worthiness just because you exist. Remind yourself of your many positive traits and experiences as well.
• Beware of thought patterns that can eat away at your self-esteem. Avoid looking at life as “black or white” and live in the grey area sometimes. You may not have one trait or another, but you could have the perfect combination of what you need for your life!
• Always be sure to differentiate between feelings and facts. Just because something makes you feel a particular way doesn’t mean there’s any fact in it.

3. Be kind to yourself.

As someone who rarely displays self-confidence, you probably give yourself a hard time and consider yourself inadequate or ill-equipped. But when was the last time you were actually kind to yourself?

• Spend some time each day highlighting your positive traits. Remind yourself what makes you beautiful inside and out.
• Celebrate the small successes to help remind yourself that you’re actually more amazing than you give yourself credit for.
• Spend some time with positive people. Their energy rubs off quite easily! The Unstoppable Success Group is the perfect place to start.

4. Learn to listen to and accept compliments.

Most of the time when people say nice things about you, they mean it! Take the time to really hear what positive things are being said about you. Absorb the thought and believe them!

• If someone says you’re beautiful, believe them!
• Spend some time listening to the kind things said by others. And remember to say thanks each time. It helps to cement the positive thoughts in your mind.

Consider each of these tips on a daily basis. Gradually, as with anything else, practicing self-confidence becomes second nature.

In no time, you’ll see the world is in the palm of your hand. And you’ll hear every opportunity calling your name. Aren’t you excited for that time? Start building your confidence now and soon it will be yours forever! Everything becomes easier when you’re brimming with self-confidence. If you’re feeling stuck, a little more self-confidence might be the cure. Get Your FREE Cheat Sheet “8 Ways to Immediately Renew Your Self-Confidence” by Clicking Here 

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Many might find it shocking that meditation can be used to boost confidence. The truth is that meditation can be used to strengthen any emotion or skill.

When you meditate, you bring a great amount of awareness into your mind. In the moment of meditation you hold the power to decide exactly what your life is all about. The past and the future melt away, and all that’s left is you. So when you actively decide to boost confidence, you will!

Meditation – Bringing Past Feelings Into The Present

The first thing you should do is familiarize yourself with the feelings associated with confidence. Take a moment to recall different times in your life that you felt especially confident. How exactly did you feel?

For example, maybe you remember a time when you entered a sports competition. You trained hard and you believed in yourself. How did you feel right before you started?

Let’s say that you now have to lead a group of people at work. You’re feeling a little scared about it because all of the details are not falling into place as you’d like. Meditate on the feelings of confidence. Bring the positive emotions from past successes into your present and approach your problem with those positive feelings instead.

Meditation – Picturing The Future

In order to strengthen your meditation skills to encourage greater confidence, it may help to picture future circumstances turning out in your favor. When you sit down to meditate, be very detailed in your visions. Use the confident feelings you know you have and place them into the situations you’re envisioning.

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This activity is a good idea to try if you feel that negative emotions are overtaking you. However, for the most part you should be concentrating on the present moment and taking life one breath at a time.

Staying In The Now

Sometimes you’ll feel negative emotions, the opposite of confidence, when you’re overwhelmed with problems. This is when it’s especially important to stay in the now.

When you meditate on each breath and focus on the present moment, you’ll realize how very simple life is among the complexity. You’ll be able to calm down. With a calm head you can then reach for the confidence you seek.

Remember these tips as you meditate:

• Find a place where you can be alone with your thoughts.
• Sit in an upright position with good posture.
• Fight the urge to take a nap or go to bed.
• Take deep inhales and long exhales.
• Pause in between breaths.
• Repeat a mantra or affirmation to yourself as you breathe in and out.

Meditating Often

Meditation is an art that takes practice. Just like anything else, when you practice often you’ll get better at it. You shouldn’t just use the art of meditation when you feel that you need it. Strive to make meditation a part of your every day routine!

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Soon you’ll find that you won’t have to try as hard to reach your meditative state. Understanding and confidence will become part of your life and you’ll feel a greater power within.

It’s easy to talk and read about meditation, but it’s quite another experience to do it.

In theory it sounds like such an easy and delightful practice. The truth is that you’re likely to get bored at first and you’ll probably make excuses about whether or not you really have the time for it. Strive to remain disciplined and keep up with your practice. When you do, you’ll experience a true inner peace and confidence like never before.

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Are you suffering from low self-esteem? Do you feel powerless to change yourself into the confident person you deserve to be?

If you answered "yes" to these questions, the good news is that strengthening your self-confidence is a task you really can accomplish with a little know-how and some easy strategies to show you the way. As you’ll soon find out, some of these strategies are even fun!

Although your metamorphosis may not happen overnight, if you apply these strategies consistently, you’ll be able to build up your self confidence a little more each day. Make it a point to implement at least one confidence-boosting technique every day.

Soon, these techniques will become habits, and your spirits will soar as your self confidence rises to new heights.

Use these effective strategies to give your self confidence a boost

1. Have realistic expectations. Even though it’s important to aim high in life, if your expectations are totally unrealistic, you’ll never know what it feels like to reach your goals. However, when you routinely succeed with realistic goals, it brings you great confidence.

• Tweak your expectations until you find a sweet spot where you’re still pushing yourself, but you’re also able to achieve. Once you know what it feels like to accomplish your goals, you’ll feel more confident that you can achieve whatever you set out to do.

2. Surround yourself with positive people. They have a contagious, positive energy that lifts you up and encourages you, while negative people tend to bring you down and destroy your confidence. Build up your confidence by hanging around with positive people who make you feel good!
3. Develop your skills and talents. Perhaps your self confidence suffers because you feel unsure about your abilities. Everyone, including you, has certain skills and talents that showcase the things they do well. Keep developing these talents and you’ll find that your self confidence will grow as you excel in these areas.
4. Stick up for yourself. When others speak out against you, remember that those words are simply their opinion. Your opinion is just as important. When you do what you know is right for you, feel confident that you’ve made the right decision, regardless of how others may feel.
5. Exercise or engage in physical games. Physical activities and exercise can calm you down and provide many benefits to your mind and body. When you engage in regular exercise, you feel more upbeat, which in turn makes you feel better about yourself as well.
6. Reward yourself when you achieve. When you’ve accomplished something in your life, whether big or small, it’s important to pause and reward yourself. If you go out of your way to make yourself happy, you’ll feed your drive to persevere and succeed.

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7. Use positive affirmations. Positive affirmations are a great way to boost self confidence. They allow you to communicate with your subconscious mind, strengthening your confidence one thought at a time. Check out your local bookstore or online for some effective confidence building affirmations.
8. Avoid dwelling on the past. If you keep your past self confidence issues in mind, it will be more difficult for you to get over them. Your past certainly doesn’t have to be your future. Focus on the present moment, with pleasant thoughts about your future. Picture everything going well.

You’ll soon find that there are endless ways to boost your self confidence. And remember: If there’s something you want to pursue in life, go after it with all your heart and feel confident that success will be yours!

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Psychologists say there is tremendous power in Self-Confidence. Which is why you’ll find very successful people abundant with self-confidence. High self-confidence will allow you to live a successful life on your terms.

This is one of the most important skills you can develop if you really want to achieve everything you set out to do. Do you consider yourself to be a confident person?

What is Self Confidence?

Simply put… It’s the belief and trust you have in your abilities, qualities, and judgment.

Self-confidence positively recharges your mind. It’s contagious, it’s impelling, it’s persuasive and it attracts others.

Your self-confidence level comes from a reflection of your self-esteem. They both work together. You’ll experience more fulfilling success, feel happier in general, and happier with yourself if you can cultivate both qualities.

Og Mandino says:

“A high self-esteem is a universal common denominator of excellence. It’s a releasing mechanism that allows your potential to flow easily and freely.”

Your level of self-esteem reflects the perception of your belief about your own value and worth as a person. Unless you perceive your own true worth as a person, you cannot come close to achieving total self-confidence.

Your belief about your value, talent, and skills began to develop in the early years of your life. Your present level of self-esteem equals the cumulative result of the positive and negative messages, your thoughts and feelings deposited in your mind since you were born. You’ve been conditioned since childhood by false concepts, values and beliefs that prevent you from realizing how truly capable and unique you truly are.

You come into this world with a high sense of worth, value and unlimited potential Today you may find it hard to believe this about yourself. A great place to see self-worth in action is to watch the actions and reactions of most children before they become programmed with fear, phobia and limited beliefs. They are fearless.

It is vitally important for every person to literally claim their self-confidence in every area of life where it is required. This means that if you have a big goal you are shooting for, realize that your main path to achieving that goal lies directly in the amount of confidence you have in yourself to actually attain it.

Boost Your Self-Confidence by Reprogramming Your Subconscious

One of my favorite quotes comes from the eminent philosopher and psychologist William James: “The greatest discovery of our age has been that we by changing the inner aspects of our thinking can change the outer aspects of our lives”

WOW! that is powerful. All you need to do is change your thoughts.

One method to reprogram your subconscious to increase your self-confidence comes from using effective affirmations.

While recovering from the memories of childhood abuse, one of the tools my therapist gave to me to rebuild my confidence came from writing positive affirmations.

Using positive affirmations can be an effective way to transform any negative beliefs and self-talk into positive beliefs. You’ll discover they can be one of your strongest confidence builders.

Your confidence will develop and strengthen over time through your actions. Often fear, doubt, and negative self-talk will stop you from using your talents and gifts. Positive affirmations give you the ability to overcome the fears and doubts needed to take action to create the life you desire.

Check out this article, Build Confidence With Daily Affirmations for suggestions on using and creating affirmations

By simply setting the intention to develop your own self-confidence and then working daily on strengthening it, you can move towards any goal that you want to achieve in your life.

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Stay Unstoppable,