Would you like to have more confidence?

Confidence is one of the most popular requests I receive and is a great trait to have.

In order to gain confidence, it is important to identify how much you currently have. Out of 10 (with 10 being the max), how would you rate your confidence?

If you had to walk into a room full of people you don't know, could you make conversation with confidence or would you feel shy and intimidated?

If you had to give a talk at a wedding or a function, could you do it with confidence or would you suffer from nerves and anxiety?

If you were demonstrating how a product works to a group of people and something went wrong, would you feel confident or would you feel embarrassed and a failure?

If you are single, could you approach someone and ask them out on a date or would fear prevail?

Notice I wrote "single" as most people in a relationship looking to "wander" have little trouble approaching a prospective date. ☺

To sum the above examples up, most people feel insecure when they have to perform a specific task or when things go wrong. Their confidence drops.

If you feel this way, let's fix it ...

What Is Confidence?

Confidence is to "Know", "to be certain".

You feel confident reciting the 5 times table as you know it. You feel confident doing your work, as you know how to do it (or you should!). You feel confident driving a car - although this could wane if you have just been involved in an accident.

You will not feel confident doing a task if you have no idea on how to do it. Think of operating a new computer program or a new piece of electrical equipment - like a TV or digital recorder.

There are Two Types of Confidence

I divide confidence into two parts:

1. The Confidence to "DO"

This is the confidence to perform a task - like to do your work, drive a car, speak at a function or ask someone out on a date.

Most people have this type of confidence because they know what they are doing and they stick to what is comfortable for them. To a professional public speaker, speaking at a function is easy as they know they can do it. To a novice, it may not be so easy.

2. The Confidence to "BE"

This is the most important form of confidence as it relates to you, the person. This form also determines how confident you feel to perform a task.

The confidence to BE means to know yourself - intimately and specifically.

So, what are your good points? What are the traits that make you a good person?

Having trouble?

I've made a short list to help you out.

You can download the pdf from here. Go through the list and tick the traits you have and work on the traits you would love to have.

I'm willing to bet you will have ticked a lot of traits.

This shows you are a "great" person who has much to offer.

Through having so many great traits, you are now equal to others.

What do you have to prove to others?

Nothing - provided you are true to yourself.

Through knowing you are a great person:

• You can walk into a room full of people and converse with anyone.
  

• You can ask that special person out on a date because you know you have lots to offer them.
  

• You speak at a function because you know you have a lot to offer with your wisdom.
  

• You can make a mistake demonstrating a product and laugh because you know the mistake does not detract from whom you really are.

You are able to separate who you really are from the results you achieve.

This is important.

The results you achieve bear no relationship to you the person. For example, if you come last in a race, you are still the same person. You still have the same great traits.

Once you know this, it no longer matters what others say about you as you know the truth. You know who you really are.

In the words of Anthony Robbins:

"The identity we hold for ourselves controls our successes and failures, and impacts every area of our lives."

Create your own identity and become the best person you can possibly be.

Good luck.