From the course: Unlocking Your Potential
Are you ready to get unstuck?
- Confidence is key to success. The fact is the more confident you feel, the more success you'll end up having in every part of your life. One of the first things you need to do to shift your mindset is to build your confidence. So here's what I want you to do. Close your eyes and think about a past experience where you had a big win. Maybe you really nailed that presentation at the office, or you closed a big deal, or you got recognized for a great accomplishment at work, or maybe you asked someone not on a date and they said yes, and it was a fantastic night. How did you feel when you had that big win? Did you tell everyone you knew? I bet you had a huge smile on your face and you held your head up high and you probably felt great about your entire life. Think of the specifics. Remember those feelings. Our brains can be so focused on the mistakes and missteps and also get caught up in day-to-day tasks that we forget to celebrate the wins. The reason I want you to recall these moments is that there is great power in recognizing your accomplishments and this activity is just one small thing you can do to increase your confidence. The next step is that you need to honor the fact that this work is going to be a challenge. Change is hard. Humans innately want to maintain the status quo. It doesn't happen overnight and you can't compare yourself to anyone else. This journey is all yours. The point here is that you need to do this work every day and make it a habit. In fact, by concentrating on your prior wins and improving your confidence, it will help you along your way, especially when you hit those rough patches. So remember, we're at the beginning of this journey, but this is time well invested in yourself. And when you invest in yourself, you always win.
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