6 Ways To Have More Self-Confidence

It can be difficult to always be super confident in yourself. Life can throw you curveballs where people and circumstances in your experience test your self-confidence. It is up to you to not allow these circumstances to affect how you feel about yourself.  Self-confidence means being happy with yourself no matter what anyone else thinks of you.

6 Ways to Have More Self-Confidence:

1. Self-Confidence Tip – Own the Decisions in Your Life

Make a decision and stick with it; own that decision. Even if you second guess yourself after you make a decision, it is up to you to keep owning your choice.

I know I have made decisions from a place of complete confidence and then second-guessed myself. The little voice in my head told me I wasn’t good enough.

For example, I decided to share my website with my friends and family, and then when my self-confidence was a bit lower I had thoughts such as “is it good enough?” “Will people judge me?” and “will my friends think I’m weird?” Then I thought, “I made the decision to share this with others, I am confident in my writing skills and I am going to own it.

Take ownership of every decision you make; be confident and be your own best supporter in everything you do.

2. Self Confidence Tip – If Anyone Makes You Feel ‘Less Than’ it is NOT You, It Is Them

This is kind of like when two people break up and one person says “it’s not you, it’s me,” it is them! They are telling the truth.

If someone is making you feel bad it is because they aren’t connected to who they are as a human being. They might be jealous of you and what you have.

If they aren’t happy they will try to project that unhappiness onto you. Keep in mind that it is them, not you. A confident person doesn’t make others feel bad about themselves.

3. Self-Confidence Tip – Always Be the Person You Want to Be Even When No One Is Watching

By always being the best version of yourself even when no one is there to appreciate it, you will develop self-confidence and know your own worth.

For example, let say you shovel your neighbor’s driveway and they have no way of knowing it was you. You won’t get any sort of appreciation for it but you will know that you are a good person.  You are genuinely being a nice person without anyone knowing.

We so often do things to get appreciation from others but not getting it from anyone else except yourself will boost your self-confidence and you will appreciate yourself more.

4. Self-Confidence Tip – Help Others

Sometimes you can be hard on yourself if you are starting a new project and you aren’t very good at it. You might think that it isn’t for you so why did you even bother to try it?

Everyone has to start somewhere. So, what should you do? Go out and help someone else with something that you are good at. Why? By helping someone with something that is a strong skill of yours, it will increase your self-confidence.

By seeing someone else improve, it will remind you that you were also once in the same starting position and you will be able to see how far you’ve come.  It reminds you that with practice you too will get better at whatever it is you are doing.

5. Self-Confidence Tip – Work Out

I understand not everyone wants to work out. But I find it is definitely a factor in improving how you feel about yourself. I don’t know one person who hasn’t improved their self-confidence from working out.

Being able to do things you couldn’t once do is an amazing feeling. Feeling strong makes you feel powerful, which makes you value yourself much more.

Also, exercise releases endorphins that make you feel happy. I really enjoy doing CrossFit, but everyone is different and it is important to do what you enjoy.

6. Self-Confidence Tip – Do Something You Are Scared Of

By doing something you are scared of, you will have a sense of self-accomplishment which will make your self-confidence skyrocket.

There is no better feeling in the world than being scared shitless of something and still doing it! It doesn’t matter if you are good at it, just doing it is enough of an accomplishment.

For anything you do in your life, be sure to own your decisions and keep pushing forward no matter what the little voice in your head says.

We can often be our own worst critics and having self-confidence means owning your decisions. Always be true to you and do things because you know it is the right thing to do even if no one else sees what you are doing.

~Meghan