Be Bold and Confident Today: Follow These Easy Steps

Confidence is the ability to act in a way that reflects your own beliefs and opinions, even in the face of opposition or doubt. Having confidence means being able to do what you want when you want, and not letting other people’s opinions get in the way.

Building your confidence can take a lot of work. It can involve learning new skills, practicing positive thinking, and building healthy relationships. But the good news is that you can build your confidence and become more optimistic about life!

Confidence is the main mantra for success, happiness, and peaceful life. Confidence is a cloth that covers your ignorance and inability to perform.

Here is a beautiful quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt on confidence.

Confidence... thrives on honesty, honor, the sacredness of obligations, faithful protection, and unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live. -Franklin D. Roosevelt

Before learning about how to boost your confidence let's learn about what are the reasons for low confidence. Having no confidence matters as like as having confidence in yourself. Our experiences, beliefs, environment, and lots of other things affect our confidence. so here are some of those factors that are the root causes of lack of confidence.

1. Rejection: one of the major reasons people feel low confidence is the fear of rejection, and rejection from friends, family, and colleagues. This feeling of rejection is the reason why people are not able to perform well.
2. Fear of judgment: this fear kills the genius inside people. We tend to judge others in everything, in clothing, shape, and in their performance. When a child or adult is judged based on their appearance or their performance their self-esteem becomes low and this has a compound effect for a long time. As a child becomes an adult he/she is completely changed because of fear of judgment from others.
3. Gender or race: our gender or state of origin also affects our ability to act in confidence. From race to race, people have different beliefs about life and their way of living. Our parenting and socialization belief between boys and girls also affect their confidence in themself.

So what are the effects of a lack of confidence? How this is affecting the personal lives of many people.

• Low performance at work
• Avoidance of challenges
• Negative belief in own abilities
• Avoidance of personal care

So how can you build confidence in yourself? Here I have listed some tricks to build up confidence. These tips helped me gain confidence and I believe they can also do the same to you.

Nourish your confidence by speaking up and voicing your thoughts each day

This skill involves being vulnerable and putting yourself out there by asking questions, opening your mind to new ideas, and speaking your mind. You’ll be surprised at how much more confident you feel when you’re a starter. Instead of passively accepting what other people say, take an active role in shaping your own thinking by asking questions and opening your mind to new ideas.

This will help you become a more confident person because you’ll be developing your own opinions and beliefs. You’ll also be learning how to incorporate new information into your existing beliefs, which will make you less likely to be influenced by other people’s opinions. Be the first starter when it comes to your own life and you’ll be amazed at how much more confident you feel!

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.-Zig Ziglar

Be first and ask questions. Don’t be afraid to challenge your own beliefs and ideas. Open your mind to new experiences and information. Speak your mind, even when it’s not easy.

Starting anything can be a difficult task to accomplish but it is not that difficult. There are tons of examples of people who started first and became successful. When you start anything ahead of others you get the opportunity to understand better by failing more. You learn the system, culture, and how it works.

When you start something ahead of others you have shown that you are confident in your thoughts and you are an action-oriented person, and people will believe in your ideas and thoughts. It will feel different but it will be worth it. There are so less people who start to work first on their ideas and you can see their confidence and status. Those who started first are leaders, business tycoons, and scientists, working for the greater good.

Build trust and project self-assurance with eye contact

Research shows that when you make eye contact with someone, you’re showing interest in that person, and you’re building a connection. People who make eye contact are seen as more confident and more attractive.

When we look into others' eyes it tells them that we are honest and aboveboard. Looking away from the person's eye shows our fear and insecurity. When you make eye contact, you’re showing interest in that person and you’re building a connection.

Look someone in the eye and you will be more confident. How you look to others can show a lot of things in communication, and personality. I mean it’s clearly visible to another person sitting next to you, whether you lack self-esteem or not. Eye contact is a tool to create trust between people.

It’s a spiritual bridge to connect two minds without any physical touch or contact. Eye contact is a lot more than what you think. So whenever you are talking with another person don't hesitate to look into others' eyes. They want you to look and make eye contact. It is a way to say your feelings without telling them verbally.

• Eye contact shows bonding
• It shows honesty
• Helps to build respect

I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, and signs.
Kanye West

Walk faster with purpose

When you walk faster, you increase your heart rate and your level of energy. This gives you a burst of energy that can give you the confidence you need to take action.

Walk at a pace that makes you feel comfortable, but try to increase the speed at which you’re moving. This will help you build your confidence because it will increase your self-esteem and self-confidence. The more confident you feel, the more likely you are to act in ways that reflect that confidence. Step into the shoes of a leader. Act as if you’re the one in control. Pretend you’re walking down the street, and that you’re the one in control. Act as if you’re the one in control.

Some people have a habit of looking down at the street, some stare at the billboard, some pretend to call someone on the phone while walking and some do other; these are a sign of nonconfident people.

Your energy introduces you before you even speak. -Mel Robbins

When you walk on the street keep your head straight, maintain your posture, and walk fast than normal. Walking faster radiates your energy levels of yours to other people. Practice walking faster when you’re meeting with friends and family. It would be a lot easier if you practiced walking faster than normal.

When a confident person walks we can see the radiant of their thought through their body language. Practice walking like a confident person and you will see amazing changes in your confidence level. Try to increase your walking speed at least by 10 percent until you become comfortable walking faster.

Speak up your mind

When you have something to say, say it! Don’t be afraid to be the first person to speak up in a meeting or at a social gathering. This will help you build your confidence because you will be practicing speaking your mind, even when it’s not easy.

When you’re nervous, your body language becomes subconsciously closed off. This makes it difficult for you to build your confidence. If you don’t feel comfortable speaking up in public, start practicing speaking up in private. Speak out when you have something to say, even if the answer isn’t immediately clear.

Practicing makes it easier for you to speak up when the time comes. You’ll become more comfortable speaking up in public, and your ability to speak up will be a source of confidence for you. Practice speaking up in front of a mirror.

Speaking up can't be harder at first but when you have good practice every day you can beat the process and radiate the energy and enthusiasm with your power of speech. If you can speak for yourself then you have a good future ahead. Speaking up shows your thoughts to others, it might make you feel uncomfortable at the beginning but it is worth it to practice.

You can practice speaking with your friends. Don't hesitate to make your point in front of friends they will help you to solve your mistake and a friend circle is a good university to learn soft skills for beginners.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.-Winston Churchill

When you’re practicing speaking up in front of a mirror, you can see your body language, and you can see how you sound. This will help you become more comfortable speaking up in front of others. Speak out when you have something to say.

Smile big and show the world

When you smile, you put yourself in a positive state of mind. This makes you feel more confident and increases your self-esteem. A smile will make people around you feel optimistic, which in turn will make you feel more confident. Make sure that your smile is genuine.

To be confident means to have the ability to act confidently, not to be confident in your own ability as a person. A smile makes people feel good.

When you’re feeling down, try smiling to increase your self-esteem. Make a conscious decision to smile more often. A genuine smile will make you feel better, and it will also increase your self-confidence and self-esteem.

Make a conscious decision to smile more often. If you want to project yourself as a confident person then try to smile at anyone you come across. Smile big to project your positiveness no matter what your conditions are.

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.-William Arthur Ward

Smile is like the connection quality of wifi, if it has a low connection signal then the data transfer gets slow similar goes with us. Simile shows our mood and people talk with us based on mood. So why not smile and set a positive mood so that connections get stronger and thoughts can be easily shared?

Ideas can be understood easily when you are in the right mood to show them to others. A smile is the only code that our mind or body understands to know people. Based on their facial expression we decide whether to make a connection or contact with that person. And that is a big decision we make every day. So why not incorporate a big smile into our everyday life and show our confidence?

Take care of your body

A healthy body projects healthy energy around them. With the rapid urbanization and lack of time, we like to prefer fast food over homegrown food, which is high in calories but lacks nutrients. Our main purpose is not to just live, it's about eating healthy and creating a healthy environment for others.

To build confidence inside your root level, you first accept the way you look, and then you should care about your health.

To care for your body take nutrient-rich food every day, exercise, get quality sleep, and socialize more often. If you don't like to meet people then at least talk with family members or close friends. Just talking with others can cure lots of disorders inside our bodies.

Doing exercise regularly keeps you in the shape you always wanted to be in. Whether you want to lose weight or gain weight regular exercise is the most. It takes time to build confidence and taking care of your body is a start you want to take.

You want to boost up your confidence in yourself the start taking care of yourself. Care your hair, and skin, and always wear ironed and clean clothes. It shows the standard and good principles. People treat others based on their appearance so at least try to look healthy and in a good mood.

A healthy body promotes healthy relationships and clear thought processes. You don't need an athletic body type but a well-shaped body with a healthy mind is a must for confidence and self-esteem. You should add exercise to your morning routine as exercise is the best mood booster. Exercise produces a hormone called endorphin which is responsible for happiness and mood.

Stop comparing yourself

People often like to show their status on social media and it is always hard to be on social media and not to compare with others. We often compare our material belongings with other people through social media.

It makes you feel vulnerable. It makes you not enough. These acts of comparing kill your positive thoughts and cause anxiety, depression, and lots of other mental health issues. You overspend your money just to keep up with others. Keep one thing in mind beauty is in difference not in the exact way of living.

It is our nature to be different and it is rooted inside our genes to be greedy for others. It only makes your confidence in yourself down. You lack the motivation to work. Comparing yourself to others snatch the opportunity to have your own goals. Somehow our goals and life are influenced by the so-called success or perfect human beings. Comparing with others kills the genius inside you.

Let's learn how you can avoid comparing yourself to other people. You can practice gratitude to have peace in your thought and thought process. Gratitude can do a lot more to your brain not only does it help you to love yourself you will get a better idea of the different nature of the human or animal system.

The second thing is to limit the usage of social media. The 21st century is highly influenced by social media. We often compare our outlook and material belongings to the people of the virtual world.

We don’t even know if that thing is real or not but it is our nature to compare with others and it matters a lot in the process of confidence-boosting process.

Eliminate fears

Here comes another enemy of confidence, fear. Fear destroys everything a human can become. Some of you want to be owners of a business, some want to be artists, and some want to travel across but fear of family, fear of society, and fear of failure kill the idea generated inside your beautiful mind.

But fear of people's critics destroys your essential essence as a human being.

You lose your confidence in yourself. You don't perform well and this affects the lives of others who depend on you. If you cannot perform well then you might affect other beings also. Some of us are afraid to pursue our dreams because we are afraid of judgment by people. Our physical fear doesn't hold us back it's all with mental fear. We are afraid all due to the fear encoded in our cells.

The key to eliminating fears is to face them quickly. The more we tend to avoid fear it becomes stronger. The key to building confidence is to face your fears quickly. Fears override our intelligence and hold back us. It is the most powerful emotions that lock our genius, and capacity to innovate. The major fear of success and developing confidence is fear of failure and fear of rejection.

To sum it up

• Building confidence can involve learning new skills, practicing positive thinking, and building healthy relationships.
• Speak Up & Share Your Voice Nourish your confidence by speaking up and voicing your thoughts each day. Share your ideas, even when it feels uncomfortable initially.
• Make Eye Contact Connect with others through confident eye contact. As you make eye contact, you build trust and project self-assurance.
• Walk With Purpose Start your day by walking at a brisk pace. Walking faster increases energy and allows your confident body language to radiate outwards.
• Fear destroys the potential in you so it is better to cure it first.