Ep #33: How To Build Your Confidence

Confidence is an absolutely essential ingredient for success in every field and empowers us to take risks, embrace challenges, and pursue our passions without fear of failure. In the workplace, it’s especially important because it can directly impact career progression, job satisfaction, and even financial stability.

Everything begins with self-confidence but what do you do when you don’t feel you have any?

Let’s first take a quick look at the difference between self-confidence and confidence.

Confidence is the general belief or trust in your abilities and is based on your past experiences, skills, knowledge, and feedback from others. For example, you may have confidence in your ability to give a presentation because you have successfully done so in the past or have received positive feedback from your peers.

Whereas, self-confidence refers specifically to a belief in yourself. It’s the belief that you have the ability to succeed in a given situation or task, regardless of external factors or feedback from others.

In today’s episode I’m going to share five steps to build your confidence, the common pitfalls I see people make when trying to build confidence, and I’ll finish up by giving you tips to really help you supercharge your own self-belief, self-confidence and create the amazing results you’re working so hard to achieve.

I know that building confidence is not easy, but it’s a skill that can be learned and consistently improved. One way we’ll look at to start building confidence is by setting achievable goals for yourself and celebrating your successes along the way. This can help you recognize your strengths and build a positive mindset.

It's also essential to remember that failure is a natural part of the learning process. Instead of letting setbacks discourage you, use them as opportunities to learn, grow and develop resilience and adaptability, which will help your career absolutely thrive.