Guidelines on Increasing One’s Self-Confidence

Guidelines on Increasing One’s Self-Confidence - Self-confidence or self-esteem is one of the most important things that we need to have in life in order to succeed and be happy. It is so powerful that it actually enables a person to put his/her talents into its maximum use; thus, allows for a satisfying and happy life. If you lack the confidence, here are some guidelines that will help you boost it.

Tips on Boosting Self-Confidence

Visualize yourself as being aggressive.
The first step to increasing self-confidence is to visualize yourself as being aggressive in an anxiety-provoking situation. In order to this, you need to use the power of your imagination. This will pre-condition a part of your brain that will recreate these feelings of aggressiveness in actual situations where you need it.

Visit memory lane and recreate traumatic events you’ve experience on your mind.
Recall events that damaged your self-confidence. Imagine yourself as a strong, capable, and confident person that can overcome any obstacle that comes your way. Visualize yourself as a victorious, restoring your self-esteem.

Relive the moments in your life that made you feel most confident about yourself.
Recall and concentrate on the moments and situations before that boosted your confidence, making you feel strong and positive in life. Relive those moments; the sights you saw, the scent smelled, the way you felt, and the sounds you heard during those times. Focus on these positive, confidence-boosting moments of your life and magnify them to make you feel more energized and positive. Do this more often when you feel your confidence is lowering.

Conquer your fears and anxiety.
One way to conquer fears and anxiety is to imagine a hammer that you can control through your mind and use it to destroy the negative, confidence-lowering feelings and thoughts that you have. With every smash of that hammer, you will realize how your self-confidence increases with every hit. You can also visualize a glass container filled with all your fears and anxieties and imagine smashing a hammer on to this box. With this visualization, your hammer is your self-confidence.

Look at yourself in the mirror.
Make it a habit that you stare at yourself in the mirror every morning for several minutes. Look deep into your eyes and tell yourself that you are the strongest, most capable, and very deserving person in the world. Think about positive thoughts while looking into your eyes; this will figuratively leave a mark into your brain. This will help boost your self-confidence on a daily basis.