Confidence
HOW TO GAIN CONFIDENCE INSTANTLY AND UNLEASH YOUR INNER WINNER
Have you ever admired those people who seem to “have it all”? The ones you see conversing confidently at business meetings or powerfully at social gatherings.
How about the ones with the best jobs, the perfect spouses, the top-notch friends, the biggest bank accounts, or living in the hippest neighborhoods?
You know in your gut, they are not smarter than you. They are definitely not more educated than you. And better looking? Ha! No way, not even close!
So what is it?
What is it, that these “lucky” few seem to possess, that the rest of the worlds doesn’t?
The answer may come as a surprise, but it is nothing more then their ability to manufacture instant confidence.
Yes, confidence!
Confidence is a magical thing that can do much for you, if you learn how to unleash it at will.
How to Gain Confidence
You see, many people never realize that being over-looked for that promotion was their own fault. They never realize, that those deep-cutting rejections they keep experiencing, is their fault as well.
They ignore the facts. And the facts are, that the people who seem to get the deals they want, the promotions they want, and even the spouse they want, all stem from how confident they were when it came time win it.
When it came time to execute, the people who have the most confidence in their ability to get what they want, end up getting it.
It’s as if their confidence were a type of a magic spell. A spell that allows them to magically turn everything they do into a success.
The great news is, anyone can harness this magical quality. Anyone can master their ability to make bosses want to hire and promote them, and their ability to keep clients and customers addicted to their offerings. Anyone can master self-confidence.
If you want to, you can start winning more in life. You too can have your own form of the Midas touch. But, you need to be willing to practice and apply what I am about to teach you.
If you’re looking to gain an advantage over those select few who seems to be naturally kicking-ass and taking names, then you need to employ these strategies. By doing so, you will gain the confidence that will put you leagues above the competition.
Study and practice these tips on how to gain confidence and you’ll soon become “that person” who’s gets whatever they want in life.
7 WAYS TO GAIN SOCIAL CONFIDENCE INSTANTLY
1. Be More Prepared
First things first. If you want to exude the type of confidence that comes off as natural, and packs the most punch, it is this, be sure you are prepared.
To get ahead of the competition in anything, you need to be more prepared than them. But to really showcase the confidence that you are a winner, a closer, or the best person for the job, is to be over prepared.
In everything you do, especially where a prize is to be won (and let’s be honest, there is always a prize to be won), you must know you know your stuff. Knowing your stuff is the first step to supercharged levels of self-confidence.
Know It!
The prize almost always goes to the person who is more prepared, unless of course, the competition demonstrates subtle signs of heightened confidence. Subtle signs of higher levels of self-confidence that can only come if they’ve made it a point to ensure the following: a strong belief in themselves.
2. Manufacture Self-Belief
Confidence, at its core, is having a deep and certain belief in yourself. It is easy to sense who believes in themselves, and who doesn’t. And most people, don’t believe in themselves. Most people aren’t convinced they are capable of doing anything they set their minds to.
But, there are a few who are convinced. And many of the few who are convinced, have become so, by choice. They were not born with a strong sense of self-belief, but, they learned that they can manufacture it at will. They learned how to force themselves to believe in numero uno, themselves.
How did they do it? Easy.
They used affirmations. Affirmations are one of the most powerful ways that any person can start cranking up their self-belief today. All you got to do, is utter a few words.
You can’t half-ass it though. You must repeat your self-designed affirmations that best fortify your mind against any of your perceived weaknesses. And it must be done with conviction.
If you practice affirmations with consistency, and the conviction that it will work, you’ll be surprised by the boost in your self-belief. And a boost in self-belief leads to the type of confidence that seems to naturally flow from every word and action of the “successful”.
Affirmations are powerful, so use them. But know, that winners always find other ways to one up the competition. Winners are always looking for new techniques and strategies that can give them the edge.
If you want to win the game, you will need to ensure you are injecting your confidence with other solid confidence building strategies. Strategies and techniques that will ensure you have the confidence to dominate.
Keep on reading for more of these strategies.
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3. Project Confidence
Look, sometimes, you won’t feel as confident as you’d like to. You may be the most prepared, you may even have rock-solid self-belief after doing affirmations, but there will be times when you still feel a bit off. If this is the case, fear not. You can still ensure you are seen as the most confident, if when you don’t feel like it, by tapping your inner peacock.
What do I mean, by tapping your inner peacock! I mean you should project your confidence, like a peacock.
Peacocks strut their stuff. They make sure they are noticed. They don’t hide their tail, and neither should you.
It may sound crazy, but it works. Here are few things you can do project your confidence, and start being noticed as the uber-confident Rockstar we both know you can be.
Start Speaking Up
In all occasions, you need to start speaking up. Force yourself to participate and engage in conversations. Confident people mix an mingle. Confident people aren’t afraid of mixing it up with people, both in work settings and social settings. So force yourself to engage with others. By doing so, you’ll come across as a confident person who is surer of himself. Do it enough, and eventually you will become that person.
Force Eye Contact
When you start speaking up, people will begin to engage with you. And when they do, you need to make sure you are making strong eye contact with them. If you find yourself looking away when people speak to you, they will sense you lack confidence. When you look away, people smell blood, weakness. So don’t look away.
Force yourself to gaze at their eyes. Make them be the first to break eye-contact. When you do so, you establish your dominance, and people will feel your confidence.
Walk With Purpose
Start paying attention to how you walk. And when you do walk, start walking like a champ. Don’t drag your feet, don’t walk slow, don’t slouch.
Instead, walk with purpose. Confident people walk like they are on a mission. Usually, it is because they are on a mission. If you want to be seen as a confident person, as a person who is on a mission, pick up the pace. Consider walking at least 25% faster.
But I don’t have a mission?
Now you do. Your new mission is to showcase your confidence, and walk with purpose.
Smile Bigger
Smiling says to the world that everything is going well for me. Smiling conveys happiness, ease, and confidence. Unhappy people don’t laugh or smile much. Which showcases to the world that they somehow somewhere are not in control of their lives.
So, if you want to be seen as a confident person who has their stuff together, smile bigger. You may have to fake it at first, but like they say, fake it till you make it.
Act Like a Winner
Lastly, act like a winner. One of the best tips on how to gain confidence is to act like you already have it. That’s right, act like the winner that you want to be. Stand up straight, put your chin out, and act like a person with pride. Act like a person who makes a million bucks, act like a person who always gets the girl (or guy). Act like a winner, a champion, a giant.
Why? Because people respond positively to people with presence. And when people positively respond to you powerful presence, your confidence will start to grow.
4. Get Into Shape
Look good, feel good, play good. When you get into shape, meaning, you sculpt your body into a shape that you feel good about, you will convey those good feelings out to the world.
When you look in the mirror and like what you see, you instantly improve your social confidence.
There are also scientific reasons for why exercising will make you feel better. Not only will it help you get a better grip on your weight, it will help you reduce anxiety and feelings of depression. But most importantly, it will give you energy.
And if there is anything a confident person has, it is energy. So if you want improve your confidence, get into shape.
5. Know Where You are Going
Confident people know where they are going in life. They live with purpose. They pursue goals, and they work hard to achieve them.
Typically, it is the people who don’t have any goals and are meandering through life aimlessly that seem to have zero confidence.
They don’t have confidence because they don’t need it. They’re not going anywhere or doing anything with their lives that would demand it.
But goals, especially BIG ones, will demand your confidence.
So, if you want to inject instant confidence into your life, create a solid plan for achieving some audacious goals. And then get started on chasing those goals.
Because it is the chase that will tell your subconscious mind, “Okay, I am going somewhere, I can do this, I am going to be someone.”
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6. Exert Extra Effort
Having an extra-mile mindset is the name of the game. People who live the extra-mile mindset know it is like a cheat code for unleashing their inner winner.
Champions become champions by going the extra-mile. They win because of their willingness to give everything they do, a little extra effort.
They know the difference between try and triumph is a little “umph”.
When you approach every area in your life with the extra-mile mindset, which is the mindset that you will do whatever it takes to win, to improve, to get better, to succeed, you communicate to yourself and to the world, that you and champions are cut from the same cloth.
When you live this approach, and do everything in this mode, something magical happens. You start to win more. You will begin to win in all that you do, and this winning will lead to more and more confidence for you.
So start pushing your limits, start going the extra-mile in every area of your life. When you do so you set the stage for the avalanche of confidence that is bound to come your way.
7. Go Fearless
Imagine if there was a magic pill you could take that would almost instantly turn you into a uber-confident action hero. After taking this pill, you’d be filled with courage and feel invincible, like you could take on the world. Well, there is no such pill, but there is a next best thing, its called ‘Go Fearless’.
Go Fearless has over 57 little confidence hacks that will help you gain Big success in many aspects of your life: including how to overcome the fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of success, and the general lack action that stems from too little confidence in yourself.
If you seriously want to know how to gain confidence in all areas of your life, then read, study, and practice everything within this powerful little resource.
Conclusion
We all have an inner winner within us. But, that beast needs to be unleashed. If you want to start racking up some wins, you will need to let it out into the world.
When you learn how to turn your confidence on at will, amazing things will begin to happen for you.
Remember, you don’t have to be born confident, good-looking, or rich to start succeeding. Just follow the steps outlined on how to gain confidence, and you will catapult yourself onto a whole new level of success.
Now go put these strategies into practice and unleash your inner winner.
Till next time,
STRIVE
PS – If you enjoyed this post on how to gain confidence, then you’ll really appreciate this comprehensive guide on how to slowly build confidence in yourself.
Confidence
100 INSPIRING COURAGE QUOTES TO HELP YOU FEEL COURAGEOUS
If you’re searching for some inspiring courage quotes then you’ll love this page. Before we dive into them however, know this…
We all need to look within and dig deep now and again, to remember that we have what it takes to live the life of our dreams. If that’s you, looking for that little nudge of encouragement, or help remembering that you can rise to the occasion, then you’ve come to the right place.
If you’re searching for quotes about courage, we’ve got them here. We’ve curated some of the most encouraging words on the importance of being brave, courageous, and fearless from some of the world’s greatest minds. Our hope is that they’ll give you the courage to unleash that inner bravery that will help you live your best life. So, without further ado, if you’re ready to dive into some of the most powerful courage quotes of all-time then let’s dive in:
100 Courage Quotes to Help You Unleash Your Inner Lion
1. “Fortune favors the bold.” – Virgil
2. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
3. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
4. “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” – George A. Sheehan”
5. “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.” – Soren Kierkegaard
6. “Courage is being scared to death…and saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne
7. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
8. “He who is brave is free.” – Seneca
9. “Messenger boy: The Thessalonian you’re fighting, he’s the biggest man I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t want to fight him. Achilles: That is why no one will remember your name.” – Troy
10. “Courage is fear holding on a minute longer” – George S. Patton
11. “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” – Marcus Garvey
12. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” – Babe Ruth
13. “There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” – Buddha
14. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali
15. “In any given moment, we have two options: To step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow
16. “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings
17. “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” – C.S. Lewis
18. “Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – Plato
19. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
20. “The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” – Tacitus
21. “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” – J.K. Rowling
22. “Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” – Amelia Earhart
23. “Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.” – Leonardo Da Vinci
24. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel
25. “Courage is a love affair with the unknown.” – Osho
26. “From caring comes courage.” – Lao Tzu
27. “He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.” – Socrates
28. “Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.” – Dale Carnegie
29. “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” – Aristotle
30. “The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.” – Thucydides
31. “Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
32. “Freedom is a system based on courage.” – Charles Peguy
33. “Courage is action, not talk.” – Jeff Rich
34. “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction.” – Albert Einstein
35. “Valor grows by daring; fear by holding back.” – Publilius Syrus
36. “If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.” – David Viscott
37. “I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.” – Oprah Winfrey
38. “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” – Seneca
39. “Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.” – Ovid
40. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela
41. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie
42. “Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.” – Zig Ziglar
43. “You can’t test courage cautiously.” – Annie Dillard
44. “Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.” – Eddie Rickenbacker
45. “What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
46. “People don’t follow titles, they follow courage.” – William Wells Brown
47. “Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.” – Baltasar Gracian
48. “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.” – Bertrand Russell
49. “Trust the still, small voice that says, “ this might work and I’ll try it.” – Diane Mariechild
50. “The brave may not live forever, but the cautious don’t live at all.” – Ashley L
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51. “The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” – R.G. Ingersoll
52. “Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse
53. “Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” – Winston S. Churchill
54. “Do not be afraid I am with you.” – Isaiah 43:5
55. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
56. “Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.” – Amy Poehler
57. “Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of courage and I promise you something great will come of it.” – We Bought A Zoo
58. “Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
59. “Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.” – Ruth Gordo
60. “One man with courage is a majority.” – Thomas Jefferson
61. “Life is too short to not be fearless for what you want.” – Nate Lee Morales
62. You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both.” – Brene Brown
63. “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quite voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.”
64. “Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” – J.K. Rowling
65. “Courage is resistance to fear, master of fear, not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
66. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost
67. “I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflections.” – Thomas Paine
68. “Fight hard when you are down; die hard—determine at least to do—and you won’t die at all.” – James H. West
69. “Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.” – Karl Von Clausewitz
70. “The devil whispers, “You can’t withstand the storm.” The Warrior replied, “I am the storm.” – Unknown
71. “To uncover your true potential, you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” – Picabo Street
72. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
73. “Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” – Maggie Kuhn
74. “We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
75. “Live Dangerously and you live right.” – Goethe
76. “Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting.” – Karl Wallenda
77. “Courage is Grace Under Pressure” – Ernest Hemingway
78. “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” – T. Scott Mcleod
79. “Glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.” – Charles de Gaul
80. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Goethe
81. “Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” – Raymond Lindquist
82. “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” – Susan Gale
83. “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt
84. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
85. “Be Fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – Courage Quote
86. “Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan
87. “Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying, “Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.” – Unknown
88. “Sometimes the biggest act of courage is a small one.” – Lauren Raffo
89. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill
90. “Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
91. “One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this.” – Don Quixote
92. “Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” – Dorothy Thompson
93. “Have the courage to act instead of react.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
94. “He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!” – Anne Frank
95. “The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.” – Dennis Waitely
96. “Cowards die many deaths before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once.” – William Shakespeare
97. “Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” – Billy Graham
98. “Courage is the standing army of the soul, which keeps it from conquest, pillage, and slavery.” – Henry Van Dyke
99. “To be successful we must do things that unsuccessful people do not want to do. Those things require levels of courage.” – R. Harpe
100. “Courage is the ladder on which all other virtues mount.” – Clare Booth Luce
Bonus Quote on Courage
We have one last addition to these courage quotes that we’d like to add. It is a courage quote that every student of success must never forget. Here it is, straight from the mouth of the ‘Dean of Personal Development’…
Final Words On Courage
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Confidence
25 AFFIRMATIONS FOR CONFIDENCE THAT ACTUALLY WORK
Confidence, at its root, is simply possessing a deep and convincing belief in yourself. It is knowing that whatever you do, and whatever happens in your life, in the end, you are going to be all right. So, if you’re in search of discovering or creating such self-assuredness, these affirmations for confidence may be exactly what you need.
For whatever reason, many people don’t believe in themselves. In fact, most people doubt themselves, and have a deep mistrust of what they are capable of. It’s unfortunate too, because this lack of confidence can impact the quality our lives in very real and tangible ways. The lack of confidence leads to less action, less action leads to less opportunities seized, and less opportunities seized leads to well, a life that is less than amazing.
Fortunately though, confidence is only a state of mind. And, much like a muscle, confidence can be strengthened, sculpted, and transformed, much like our physical bodies. And all it really requires is the determination to make it so. Without a doubt, improved confidence is a matter of choice. Your choice. You can, if you decide to, manufacture at will, your own higher levels of self-confidence. How? Simply put, through confidence affirmations.
Affirmations are one of the most effective ways that you can immediately begin dialing up your self-belief. And as a result, your confidence. All it takes is you speaking a few encouraging words to yourself daily.
By simply repeating a handful of confidence affirmations daily, you can fortify your mind against that small inner voice that has been telling you you’re not good enough lately. And if you practice this positive self-talk daily with conviction and consistency you’ll be well on your way to becoming a new and more confident person in no-time at all.
So, to get you started on the right track of becoming a better and more confident you, we’re publishing only the best affirmations for confidence. The affirmations that actually work for boosting self-esteem, self-belief, and of course confidence. So, give them a shot. You have nothing to lose, and heaps of confidence to gain. You ready? Let’s go!!
25 BEST AFFIRMATIONS FOR CONFIDENCE
Affirmation 1: I Exude Confidence.
The first confidence affirmation is short, but powerful. Use it often while envisioning yourself overflowing with confidence. And before you know it, you will be.
Affirmation 2: Whatever Happens To Me, I Can Handle It.
You are more powerful and capable then you can imagine. And sometimes, just knowing that everything is going to be all right can give you that subtle edge of assuredness that others will see as glowing confidence.
Affirmation 3: I am Worthy of All The Good Things That Happen In My Life.
You are worthy, and when you’ve convinced yourself of this fact, the world will believe it too. So, use this affirmation often, and then carefully observe how everybody around you starts to treat you like the King/Queen that you are.
Affirmation 4: I Deserve The Highest and Best In Life.
You deserve what you believe you deserve. And if you can make that little voice in your head believe you deserve the highest and best, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with how things start turning out for you.
You’ll begin making new friends, you’ll be treating a little better then others, but more importantly, you’ll start feeling great about yourself.
Affirmation 5: I Don’t Need Validation From Others.
By repeating this affirmation you’ll silence that doubting voice that all of us have heard which whispers, “But what will they think?”, “What if they laugh?”, “What will they say.”
This affirmation can and will make you a lion amongst men and women.
Affirmation 6: I am a Lion, Not a Sheep.
Speaking of lions, this affirmation will give you the mental edge to not care about the opinions of others. Especially if those opinions are coming from people who don’t matter to you. So, embrace this affirmation to tap into your inner lion while silence your inner lamb.
Affirmation 7: I am Fearless.
There is magic in this affirmation. It works surprisingly fast, and it curbs self-doubt and fear in a matter of minutes. This affirmation is perfect to recite when your nerves are getting the best of you, like right before you give a public speech or call that special someone on the phone.
Affirmation 8: I Let Go of Negative feelings About Myself, and Accept Only The Good.
Much of our confidence, or lack there of, stems from our thoughts. Typically, the more negative our thinking is, the less confident we are. However, when our thoughts and feelings are filled with positive thoughts about the world and our life, we’ll naturally feel better about ourselves.
Affirmation 9: I Believe In Myself.
When a person believes in themselves, others can sense it. The resolute and deep belief in our own abilities, worthiness, and value is the equivalent of confidence. As such, finding a way to believe in yourself will do wonders for your confidence.
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So, force yourself to believe in yourself by using this simple affirmation often, and your confidence will soar as a result.
Affirmation 10: I Love Myself, As Well As Others.
Having positive and loving relationships with others as well as with ourselves is a powerful combination for increasing our self-confidence. And when you recite this affirmation, it helps facilitate the creation of more positive relationships in our lives.
Affirmation 11: I Release Anything That Doesn’t Serve Me.
All to often we hold on to negative judgement of others, or the negative feelings we experience when we’ve failed in the past. But, those feelings don’t serve you. In fact, they harm you and your confidence.
So, use this affirmation to let go of all those thoughts and feelings that don’t make you feel better about yourself.
Affirmation 12: I am Powerful, Positive, and Energetic.
This is one of our favorite affirmations for confidence because it helps create a positive vision of what confidence typically looks like to others. And, when we begin to feel more powerful, positive, and energetic, and we begin acting out such feelings, the world will struggle to see you as anything nothing less than the epitome of confidence.
Affirmation 13: I am Worthy of All That I Want.
One of the biggest impediments to confidence is the lack of self-worth. Affirmations alone won’t completely fix how much we value ourselves, but, taking positive steps to find daily victories in our everyday lives along with consistently reminding ourselves that we are indeed deserving of the things we want, can help usher us to a new and improved level of confidence.
Affirmation 14: I Trust Myself.
Self-trust is the essence of heroism. As such, use this affirmation to build your confidence muscles and draw out your inner hero.
Affirmation 15: I Have Faith In Myself.
Affirmation 16: I Enjoy Meeting People and Making New Friends.
This affirmation is particularly helpful for introverts. Considering most introverts prefer to keep to themselves, they do. However, confidence is built when one is out in the world facing their fears with others.
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So, use this affirmation to get you of your comfort zone and into dynamic social situations that will force you to grow. The result, if you do it enough, will be more confidence.
Affirmation 17: I am Confident and Strong.
Confident people are associated with strength, and strong people are typically associated with confidence. So, convince your mind that you are both with this confidence affirmation and the day will come when it will be 100% true.
Affirmation 18: If God is For Me, Who Can Be Against Me.
There is just something comforting about this affirmation. It has the power to instantaneously fill one up with a level of assuredness that would be hard to find in the person who doesn’t believe it.
Affirmation 19: I am Becoming More Confident Each Day.
You can become more confident with each day that passes, so long as that is your intention. So, use this affirmation for confidence till you intentions lines up with reality.
Affirmation 20: I am Unique and Wonderful In All Ways.
You are unique, and there are many great things about you. As such, try to see those positives when you utter this affirmation, and you’ll see your confidence improve at a faster rate.
Affirmation 21: God Is With Me; Is Helping Me; And Is Guiding Me.
Not everyone will be comfortable evoking the help of the divine. Some might even be too prideful, or doubtful of the merits of doing so.
However, regardless of whatever it is you believe in, or don’t believe in, if you’ll recite this affirmation with faith, you’ll be pleasantly surprised with the results. But, don’t just take our word for it, give it a try yourself. Trust; but verify.
Affirmation 22: I am The Master of My Emotions.
People’s who cannot control their emotions rarely come across as the calm and level-headed person others see as confident. However, when you set it as a goal to become the master of how you think and feel about what happens to you, you’ll become that confident person everyone wishes they could be.
Affirmation 23: I am a Miracle.
This confidence affirmation is powerful. By repeating it, it will help you believe in your uniqueness, and in the fact that you are special.
That said, we believe you are a miracle, and when you start to believe it too, miracles will start to happen for you.
Affirmation 24: I am The Most Confident Person I Know.
The affirmation won’t be true at first, but with frequent use, you’ll be creating the ideal and uber-confident version of yourself in your mind often. As such, you’ll move yourself in the direction, over time, of becoming more confident then you ever thought you could be, and eventually, if you truly wish it to be, the most confident person you know.
Affirmation 25: I am Bold and Determined to Become My Best Self.
You have take some major steps to becoming a better and more confident version of yourself. And this affirmation does a great job setting the stage for what must be done to become the confident version of you that you aspire to.
Final Thoughts on Confidence
Alright, you made it through our affirmations for confidence. Big kudos to you. Now, the real challenge is using these affirmations consistently. So, bookmark this page, and come back often.
Choose the affirmations that most resonate with you. And simply repeat them to yourself silently or out loud until your mind is filled with thoughts of faith, confidence, and a strong belief in yourself.
With that being said, go forth and believe in yourself. And trust that with a humble and reasonable confidence in your own powers you can and will be successful and happy.
Till next,
STRIVE
PS – If you enjoyed these affirmations for confidence, then you’ll definitely find value in these additional resources for building up your confidence:
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10 STRATEGIES ON HOW TO BECOME FEARLESS AND CONFIDENT
If you’re searching for effective strategies on how to become fearless and confident in yourself then this article is for you. However, before we provide those strategies, it’s important to know that we all have choices to make in this life, and some of those choices are constant. We all must choose on a daily basis, between shirking opportunities for growth and expansion, or leaning in to face our challenges fearlessly with full acceptance of the outcome.
Choosing the former leads to stagnation, less freedom, less happiness and ultimately unfulfilled potential. While on the other hand, the latter leads to more joy, freedom, abundance, and potential fulfilled.
Without a doubt, there are fears and doubts that keep the majority of people living out their lives in quiet desperation, only to go to their graves with their gifts, dreams, talents, and aspirations still left inside of them. In fact, the late Wayne Dyer once stated, “The number one regret of the dying is ‘I wish I had the courage to live the life I wanted rather than doing what others wanted of me.’”
Thus, it is for this line of reasoning that we decided to publish this resource, to provide you with actionable strategies that you can use to build confidence in yourself. The type of confidence that would allow for you to to live life fearlessly starting today.
With that being said, after researching numerous books, and experimenting with a variety of different tools, (meditation, affirmations, guided visualizations, hypnosis etc…) we discovered a handful of best-practices that you can immediately employ to start building confidence in yourself quickly.
We’re confident, that if you attempt to conquer your fears using the insights provided on this page with complete commitment, you will begin to experience noticeable progress in your self-belief, confidence, and your ability take more action.
In other words, you will become more confident, fearless, and thus more inclined to transform yourself into the type of action-taker your dreams require you to be.
So, if you’re ready to learn about the 10 best strategies for becoming fearless and confident in yourself starting today, let’s dive right in:
HOW TO BE FEARLESS AND CONFIDENT IN YOURSELF
1. BELIEVE (HAVE FAITH) IN YOURSELF
This first confidence-building strategy simply consists of having faith in yourself. We understand that this may seem difficult to do. But once we show you the why behind how this works, you may just become inclined to make your leap of faith.
This “why” that we’re referring to consists of a simple process. It’s only one process, but we aim to illustrate it in two different ways. Thus, the two diagrams below are meant to inform you, as well as act as an incentive to encourage you to continue using the other strategies we will be providing to you.
With that said, both of these diagrams are important to comprehend, but the diagram that is best to keep in mind as you utilize the other strategies we’ll be recommending, is this first one, Diagram 1.
We suggest that it is kept at the forefront of your mind, and used as a foundation as you strengthen your confidence muscles. We recommend this because of the substantial life enhancing effects that can result from you believing that you can become not just uber-confident, but fearless.
So, without further ado, here is the first diagram, your foundation, and your strong reason as to why you should become fearless.
DIAGRAM 1:
This diagram (see on next page) is a model for life enhancement. When we comprehend how this model impacts our life, we can equip ourselves with the conviction that is needed to jumpstart our intentions for facing our fears.
The model demonstrates how you can actually decide to crush your fears, and take steps to continually suppress those fears, while at the same time setting yourself up for future success.
When you observe the model on the next page you will notice that it is cyclical. You should also take note, that the model spirals in a direction that is toward a stronger, increasingly improved you, which naturally translates into a brighter future for you.
You’ll notice when looking at this model (especially in comparison to the second diagram provided just after this one) the word ‘Increased’.
This entire model is impacted by the decision to increase our belief that we can become fearless, and an increase in our belief of ourselves. As a result, a bigger brighter, more fulfilled future can ensue.
The premise of the model is this: If you force yourself to have certainty about your abilities, an absolute belief that you can handle whatever it is you are undertaking, you will place in motion a positive life enhancing process.
When you decide to increase your belief that you can do something, you will influence your potential for actually being able to do that thing well.
Having the sense that you have increased potential to accomplish something, you will in effect be more likely to take (increased) action to fulfill that potential. As you begin taking more action, and doing so with full faith in your potential and ability to execute flawlessly, you will begin to get better results.
Having these improved results will reinforce your belief in yourself, and in your abilities. In turn, the whole process will restart anew, and every recurring time, it will be from an even stronger, more confident position.
In summary: with a decision to believe in one’s self, one’s potential to execute will increase. Consequently, one will be inclined to take even more action, whereby, one will inevitably see more improved results. As time goes on, this process will compound all results. Therefore, it is vital to begin from a position of belief, to get onto the path towards living fearlessly.
DIAGRAM 2:
Diagram 2 is very similar to Diagram 1, just illustrated above. This diagram was included primarily to provide additional context in relation to the power of belief. Its purpose is to demonstrate what the opposite effects are, if we get started on the wrong foot.
This diagram, unlike Diagram 1, is on a negative spiraling path towards a diminishing life. It is different in that it consists of a cycle of decrease. In essence, when we allow for things, people, or our own negative opinion of ourselves to negatively impact our belief in ourselves and our abilities, we will inevitably experience a level of diminishment in our potential.
Through this feeling of diminished capabilities, we will in effect act less on the fulfillment of our goals. Like most people, when something seems futile, we are less inclined to persevere. As a perfect example of cause and effect, our lack of action (or our half-hearted action) leads to substandard results.
And the cycle goes on. Those less than stellar results reinforce our lack of belief in ourselves (again), which as a result decreases our outlook on our potential even more so. In turn, this ultimately reduces even further, our desire to act, yet again bringing even worse results, etc.
This phase can go on indefinitely to eventual physical, spiritual, and professional defeat. Something we do not want for you, or anyone.
The most critical aspect to take away from this strategy to build confidence in yourself (considering both diagrams), is that it is critical that we start all of our undertakings from a place of belief.
If you begin having any doubts as you implement any of our other strategies, or begin to feel your inner cynic start to come out, just come back to this first strategy and simply reacquaint yourself until you are ready to move forward with faith.
It is vitally important that you believe you can actually learn how to become more confident. It is important to believe that you can do amazing things, because without belief, you can not, nor ever will, become a fearless version of your former self.
So, first things first, have faith in yourself!
2. INTERNALIZE THESE 6 TRUTHS
This next confidence boosting strategy consists of six very important truths that when deeply understood, can assist you in the easing of your apprehensions. [1]
We suggest you attempt to internalize these truths. By doing so, you will be conditioning your mind to release the stress that you may have built up around your fears and apprehensions in the past. Here they are:
- Fear and angst never goes away fully, not as long as we are growing, stretching, and striving for more. Fear, angst, and uneasiness then, is but a natural consequence of striving.
- To start feeling confident and good about ourselves, we have to take some type of definitive steps/actions to improve the situation or ourselves.
- The only way to get rid of the fear or angst of doing something is to go out and do that thing which which is causing us unease.
- Fear and doubt art things that is experienced by everyone. To be human, is to fearful and doubtful. Fear and doubt are natural byproducts of growth; it’s a byproduct of placing ourselves in unfamiliar territory, outside of our comfort zones. We are all human, and thus we all experience fear and doubt.
- Living with the regret and the feeling of helplessness the stems from not tackling your fears or seeking to suppress your doubts, is more frightening than having decided to face your fears head on.
- The more attention we give to our fears without doing something to combat them, the stronger they will grow, and the more paralyzed you’ll feel when you decide to conquer them.
Speaking these six truths out loud whenever fear begins to creep up in our mind, can do wonders for quelling any anxiousness we may be feeling.
It’s like preparing for a big game or battle against a worthy opponent. The more you know about your opponent, the less frightening it is. The less frightening the opponent appears, the more willing we are to face it.
3. PRACTICE THESE SIX ACTIONS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF
There are six practical actions will be helpful for you to keep in your ‘back pocket’ so-to-speak, so they can be easily accessed when the time comes for proactively building confidence in yourself.
This step, also includes a diagram that conveys how taking action works toward curing our fears.
Action 1:
It is critical to know, that action builds confidence and cures fear. As such, find a way to isolate your fears. Once you do this, you can then begin to take constructive action to face those fears. Taking action on the thing you fear most is highly effective. If you don’t take action, your fears will grow.
Action 2:
Project (or force) your confidence. Here are some ways to do this:
a. Force yourself to sit in the front row of your training classes, sit nearest the boss in meetings, put yourself out there, etc.
b. Speak up. Participate. Engage.
c. Make sure you make and keep eye contact with everyone with whom you speak. Force yourself to not instantly look away. Establish your presence.
d. When you walk, walk with purpose. Consider walking 25% faster. [2]
e. Smile big and act as if you were confident. Fake it till you make it.
f. Stand tall, and act like a person with pride. People respond more positively to such a presence, which will up your confidence.
Action 3:
Take time to actively envision yourself successfully executing that thing which you fear. Many times, our fears are tied up in our perception that we can’t or won’t be able to do something well. A simple action that we can take to calm our nerves about a fear of our inability to do something is to imagine, over and over again, our doing that thing well, or perfectly. Doing so will not only ensure you do that thing better, but you will have less angst leading up to the doing of that thing.
Action 4:
Take massive action to only allow positive thoughts in your mind. Watching or reading the news, allowing ourselves to think negatively, being around gossipers, or participating in gossiping, will detract from your confidence, and thus incubate your fears.
Action 5:
Practice following what your conscience tells you is right. In other words, listen to your gut. By doing so, you will prevent a toxic guilt complex. Trust your gut. If something feels wrong, it probably is, so don’t do it.
Action 6:
Release your fear of other people, and of their judgements. Remember that other people are just as human as you. Also keep in mind, that people more often than not, really mean well. And deep down inside, they are actually nice, and don’t have the negative judgements of us that we typically conjure up in our minds.
Be sure to review the ‘Take Action Diagram’ on the following pages, as it will help illuminate why taking action on your fears is helpful.
Once you have reviewed the diagram, consider coming back to the actions mentioned earlier, and pick any item, and decide to take action on it today.
TAKE ACTION DIAGRAM
We are fearful of those things that are outside our comfort zone. The unknown has always brought discomfort to even the greatest of us. This model objectively demonstrates how when we take actions/risks towards facing our fears, we eventually make progress towards overcoming those fears. [3]
Imagine yourself standing within the center of the model, which is your existing comfort zone. As you take incremental risks, you move outward on this model, to higher level risks, acquiring new levels of confidence in the process. This level of confidence then allows for you to keep moving (outward) towards that main fear, until you’ve faced it. At this point, the discomfort of doing that fearful event again should be much less severe, as you have graduated into your newly attained comfort zone.
This model also demonstrates why even after we’ve accomplished a fear inducing goal, why we may continue to still have fears. It’s important to note, that in most cases, the fear we are experiencing won’t be the same fear as before. As we choose to stretch ourselves to accomplish bigger or more challenging goals, new fears will arise due to the uncertainty of accomplishing those goals.
4. LEVERAGE THIS SELF-CONFIDENCE FORMULA
The following Self-Confidence Formula was derived from Napoleon Hill’s classic book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’. [4]
We have found that it has the most optimal effect when it is read consistently, in its entirety, and aloud with deliberate energy every morning just after waking up.
By reading this mantra daily as a ritual, noticeable changes to your confidence levels may be experienced. As such, you will be positioning yourself to approach your fears with the heightened courage needed to conquer them. Here it is:
1. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life. Therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action towards its attainment, and I here and now promise to take such action.
2. I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality. Therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 minutes daily upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.
3. I know through the principle of autosuggestion that any desire I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object. Therefore, I will devote 10 minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self-confidence.
4. I have clearly written down a description of my Definite Chief Aim in life. I will never stop trying until I have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.
5. I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure unless built upon truth and justice. Therefore, I will engage in no transaction that does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people.
I will induce others to serve me because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness and cynicism by developing love for all humanity because I know that a negative attitude towards others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself. I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory and repeat it aloud once a day, with full faith that it will gradually influence my thoughts and actions so that I will become a self-reliant and successful person.
COMPANION RESOURCE:
As part of this strategy, we’ve also included the following mantra, which was written by Walter D. Wintle.[5]
This mantra is a great reminder of the power that thought has on our life outcomes. We’ve included it because it is such a helpful reminder on the power belief and mindset can have on how we show up in life.
With constant review, it can strengthen your belief in your ability to will change, and to use your mind to defeat the challenges that lay before you.
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Related: Mantras For Success
5. BUILD CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF WITH AFFIRMATIONS
If you are not familiar with affirmations, they are essentially statements said to oneself, with conviction about a perceived truth. They are a way of programming one’s mind into believing what you are telling it.
Affirmations can be useful for strengthening our minds against a number of self-limiting beliefs. They are especially affective for helping people manage a lack of confidence. And they are great to use if you have a strong sense of fear towards doing something.
If you want to learn more about what affirmations are, and how to make them work for you, we highly recommend you read the Psychology Today article, by Ronald Alexander Ph.D. titled: ‘5 Steps to Make Affirmations Work for You’.
The following phrases are some of the most powerful Fear Conquering affirmations you can use. They are most impactful when read daily, out loud to yourself. It is especially effective if you look into a mirror, directly into your eyes, when reciting these affirmations. This is known as the mirror technique, of course it’s not 100% necessary, especially if you are driving, etc.
For the sixth one, just fill in the blank with whichever issue you are having doubts about. Or fill it in with any issue that fills you with anxiety due to self-perceived feelings of inadequacies.
For example; if you have doubts about your strength as a leader, recite the following: “I am a strong leader.”
Similarly, if you fear you are not good public speaker, you can recite the following: “I am a great public speaker.”
And, if you fear you are not a good conversationalist, recite the following: “I am a great conversationalist”. And so on and so forth.
You can also easily interchange the adjective of Great on this sixth affirmation with whichever you wish to be more of. For example, you can use good, powerful, successful, calm, peaceful, happy, etc. instead of Great.
- I AM FEARLESS.
- WHATEVER HAPPENS TO ME, I CAN HANDLE IT.
- I EXUDE CONFIDENCE.
- I AM POWERFUL, POSITIVE, AND ENERGETIC.
- I LOVE MYSELF, AS WELL AS OTHERS.
- I AM A GREAT__________________.
If you’re looking for a really thorough list of affirmations to build confidence in yourself, and more about affirmations in general, use these resources:
With that said, this next section includes a helpful diagram that can help you track how affirmations are impacting your feelings of empowerment over time. The exercise is optional, but it can help you observe and track progress.
PAIN TO EMPOWERMENT CONTINUUM DIAGRAM:
This is a powerful diagram that the late Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. inspired via her book, ‘Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway’.[6] It has served as a very useful way to track my progress on my feelings of confidence.
With the knowledge that you can track how you feel about yourself, and how you perceive yourself in terms of handling your fears, you can gradually improve your situation. That which gets measured, can improve.
As such, this diagram is an excellent way to track your progress towards becoming more empowered via the affirmations you used, (or can be used to track your feelings of progress for the implementation of all mentioned strategies), towards building your confidence. How you measure yourself is purely subjective and relative to your situation, but then again, so is fear.
An important thing to keep in mind, is that the secret to handling our lack of confidence, is our ability to move ourselves from a place of pain (see left side of diagram), to a place of feeling empowered (see right side of diagram). When we are in a place of pain, we feel helpless, we feel depressed, have a feeling of paralysis (Can’t, Won’t, or Don’t want to do Anything), and are generally apathetic.
However, when we are empowered, we feel we are capable of making decisions. We have more energy, we take more action, and we conduct ourselves from a place of passion. Observe the diagram below.
When you’re feeling empowered, you’ll make better choices and have more energy. You’ll also take more action, and feel a stronger sense of passion and well being in your life.
PAIN TO EMPOWERMENT TRACKING
Consider tracking the impact the affirmations are having on you at the end of each week. Practice your affirmations diligently, and then measure how you feel in each area to if they are working.
Take inventory of your progress towards becoming a bit more confident and a lot more fearless for the next 66 days, using the ‘pain to empower’ diagram. Simply add a check mark along the spectrum, pinpointing how you feel your empowerment levels rank on a scale from 1 – 8 at the end of every week (1 being the worst, and nearest to pain, and 8 being the best and nearest to feelings of empowerment).
Tracking like this can help to provide a sense of accomplishment. And that sense of accomplishment can help you push through the entire duration of the process.
Here is what that measurement and tracking process could look like:
Quantify Results to Make Measurable Progress: Wherever you place your check mark on each of the four spectrums, you can use the location (1 -8) of that check mark as the number to enter in the boxes below. By doing this, you put a number to your progress.
In fact, at the end of each week, you can tally up your score for each spectrum (divide it by 4) and then enter it into the TOTAL SCORE box at the bottom. By quantifying your improvement, you can make measurable progress over time. For instance, the hypothetical total score on the next page is the total of each spectrum score, divided by 4. i.e. 7+4+6+8 = 25 so then 25 ÷ 4 equals 6.25
If you’re total score grows throughout the following weeks, keep doing what you’ve been doing, as a growing score signifies that you’re moving in the right direction.
Related: Affirmations For Success
6. INCREASE YOUR CONFIDENCE WITH VISUALIZATION
Cheryl Lossie, Ph.D., is a former lecturer of public speaking for Clemson University, and retired public-speaking lecturer who specialized in teaching some of the most fearless people on the planet, the U.S Special Forces, how to overcome their hesitancy of speaking in front of people, and how to do it well.
When we interviewed Dr. Lossie about what she recommended to her students (the fearless Special Ops folks) for overcoming their fears of public speaking, she informed us that it was to simply practice visualization.
Her recommendation coincided well with much of our research and experiences for overcoming fears. In fact, it also aligned with some of Tony Robbins’ research on how to overcome fear as well. As such, a great mental exercise to help you build confidence in yourself, is to simply practice visualization.
As a best practice to visualize effectively, it is recommended, that you sit in a quiet place, with no distractions. You’ll want to close your eyes, and then take 2 to 5 minutes to imagine yourself executing flawlessly (in addition rebounding flawlessly, if things do go as planned) that thing which you are so afraid of doing.
For example:
- If afraid of public speaking, see yourself giving a flawless presentation. Also, see yourself getting that standing ovation or that positive response you are seeking from your audience once you’ve finished wowing them.
- If it’s conducting an important staff-meeting, see yourself taking charge and crushing that meeting. Imagine in detail exactly what you plan on saying, how you will say it, and think what you will say in response to other attendees at the meeting.
- If it’s presenting a sales presentation to a client, see yourself giving a perfect sales presentation. Imagine also, every objection that might come your way, and see yourself handling those objections with grace and confidence.
- If it’s approaching that beautiful girl at the coffee shop, imagine yourself striking up a conversation confidently, and holding a great engaging conversation with the person. Imagine everything that could go right.
You may be asking yourself, ‘Is building confidence really this easy?’ And the answer to that question is yes, it is that easy, so long as you put in the time to visualize your ideal outcomes.
With that said, let’s move on to our next confidence building strategy.
7. BUILD CONFIDENCE WITH ENCOURAGING QUOTES
Below you will find 20 power quotes that you can reference at your leisure. Once you have read all of them, consider coming back to the ones that really speak to you.
The quote that moves you the most is the quote that will be most helpful to read when you need to take action on anything that you are resistant to do.
1. “Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.” – Napoleon Hill
2. “Fearlessness isn’t a divine gift. Fearlessness is a daily practice.” – Robin Sharma
3. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
4. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
5. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle
6. “A human becomes fearless by accepting his/her fears. It is not a question of bravery. It is simply seeing into the facts of life and realizing that these fears are natural.” – Osho
7. “He who is not every day conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “Safe is Risky” – Seth Godin
9. “Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting” – Karl Wallenda
10. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly ” – Robert F. Kennedy
11. “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” – T.S. Eliot
12. “Greatness lives on the edge of destruction” – Will Smith
13. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage” – Anais Nin
14. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot: but make it hot by striking” – William B. Sprague
15. “It is never too late to be what you might have been” – George Elliot
16. “The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become. ” – D.E.B Dubois
17. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
18. “The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything” – Dennis Waitely
19. “People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.” – Peter Drucker
20. “It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all” – William James
If you’re looking for additional quotes to boost your confidence and help you life life fearlessly, these collections will do the trick:
8. BUILD CONFIDENCE IN YOURSELF WITH THESE KEY QUESTIONS
The following four questions will bring new levels of clarity to every situation where a lack of confidence is involved. It is suggested that you honestly ask these questions of yourself.
Similarly, when faced with a future challenge or situation which induces anxiousness in you, ask yourselves these questions, and wait for your inside voice to answer the question for you.
After doing so, you should find that these questions have a calming effect on you, thus, gently banishing the fears that your mind has potentially built up around the task at hand. With that said, here are the questions:
Question 1: What is really on the other side of this thing I am fearing at the moment?
The answer is always… NOTHING.
Question 2: If I knew that I could handle anything that came my way, what would I possibly have to fear?
The answers is… NOTHING.
Question 3: If the worst possible outcome related to doing this thing that is making me so afraid, actually happened, would I be able to handle the outcome?
The answer is…YES.
Question 4: If I let this fear get the best of me, and allow it to keep me from doing that which am afraid to accomplish, will I, on my deathbed, regret that I had not made the decision to do that thing which I so feared?
The answer is… IT IS UP TO YOU.
Related: Books For Confidence
9. DIGEST THESE CONFIDENCE-BUILDING TED TALK VIDEOS
To help you increase your confidence while simultaneously minimizing fear and its shrewd ability to limit our lives, we’ve curated four classic Ted Talks you should watch. Our hope is that you’ll watch them and learn some new tactics that you can use to build your confidence and overcome your fears rapidly.
Here are the videos:
VIDEO 1: AMY CUDDY
This is an extremely inspirational video by Social Psychologist Amy Cuddy. She provides amazing insight into how research is starting to suggest that we are influenced by our own non-verbal communication to ourselves.
In short, she reveals how our non-verbal’s (like body language) can influence how we think and feel about ourselves. Put another way, she demonstrates how you can manipulate your body to build confidence in yourself.
All in all, it’s full of great information to help you build confidence so you can become fearless. Her last suggestion is what is most important. “Fake it till you Become it”.
VIDEO 2: TIM FERRISS
Author of ‘Tools of Titans’ and productivity guru Tim Ferrids gives a nice intellectual breakdown on how he learned to deconstruct his fears so he can eventually conquer them. If you watch the video till the end, he eventually ties all of his examples together to help you understand how you can overcome fear.
His last two messages are by far the most important. “Fear is your friend.” and “What is the worst that could happen?”
VIDEO 3: JOE KOWAN
An entertaining and uplifting video that details how singer-songwriter Joe Kowan eventually learned how to overcome his fear of being on stage. Joe does this by ritually singing a stage fright song that he created before every event he does.
It’s very powerful and it is a must watch for those who need to build confidence for getting on stage or in front of large groups of people. Click on the image above to learn how to fearless and confident through learning.
VIDEO 4: JIA JANG
Author of ‘Rejection Proof’, Jia Jiang, provides a very funny, informative, and helpful video for overcoming our fears. He starts slow, but his message really picks up steam half way through. By the end of the video, you will have laughed a dozen times and you will most certainly have gained some powerful insights for overcoming your fears and dealing with rejection.
Jia Jiang’s last statement really knocks it out of the park, when he admonishes that we embrace our fears, because it is in doing so, that we are bound to discover our biggest opportunities.
10. FIND YOUR LIGHT
Why are we so afraid to do what we truly want in this life? Why are we always letting other people’s opinions drive the decisions we make?
Too many of us tuck our dreams and true interests away in some small corner at the first sign of disapproval from others. We don’t follow our own heart, we don’t we follow our light. Why?
Robert Greene, said it so well in his book ‘Mastery’, as he pinpoints exactly what happens to so many people. In fact, it is what happens to all of us when we don’t follow our true inclinations. He states the following:
“Conforming to social norms, you will listen more to others than to your own voice. You may choose a career path based on what peers and parents tell you, or on what seems lucrative. If you lose contact with your inner calling, you can have some success in life, but eventually your lack of true desire catches up with you. Your work becomes mechanical. You come to live for leisure and immediate pleasures.” [7]
So, if you are afraid to do what you truly want in this life, don’t be. You only have one life to live, and none of us are getting out of here alive anyway.
If you are always letting other people’s opinions drive the decisions you make, or cause you to doubt yourself, with respect all due respect, stop! Your opinions and interests matter, what interests you is important.
No more tucking your dreams and true interests away, no more hiding your talents because others may disapprove of them. If you want to live a confident and fearless life, you have to follow your dreams.
This is the last act, because it requires the most self-examination and courage to act on your insights; however, it also harnesses the most potential to help you become confident, act boldly, and live fearlessly.
Thus, to help you follow you fire, your light, your dreams, you first need to know exactly what it is that YOU want. Thus, this strategy is an exercise to help you discover what your calling is, so you can follow it.
Once you’ve completed the self-discovery process, focus on bringing it to life by making plans to live it.
FIND YOUR CALLING EXERCISE
Below is a tool to help you find your light, your fire, or whatever you want to call it.
Ultimately, it is a questionnaire that will help you bring more clarity to your life. Improved clarity leads to confidence, and confidence leads to action, and action eventually turns into results.
Give it a look here: Find Your Light Guide
IMPLEMENTATION
By answering all of the questions in the guide provided, and giving each one your sincere and thorough consideration, you’ll discover a deeper awareness of who you are, what makes you happy, and what you should be doing with your life. All of these things will help you build confidence in yourself.
When every decision you make, every action you take is aligned with the fulfillment of the life objective you discover from this exercise, you will, without a doubt, have the confidence to truly live fearlessly.
BUILDING THE CONFIDENCE TO LIVE LIFE FEARLESSLY
A final word of caution. There is nothing more crushing in your pursuit of becoming your absolute best or in deciding to become who you truly want to be, then by having someone within your inner circle question your intentions and doubt your possibilities.
As you’ve probably experienced, fear and doubt can spread swiftly like a virus. As such, you must take proper precautions to make yourself immune to its infection.
A good starting point, in making yourself immune, is to understand that doubters are simply afraid. They are afraid of not living up to their potential, afraid that you may outshine them. These individuals, will claw and scrape, and try to hurt you, to keep you fearful of life, fearful of your very best.
Often times, they don’t do this consciously. It’s their subconscious insecurities that compel them to lash out. And they lash out at you because they have yet to find the courage to face their fears and pursue their potential as you do.
If possible, remove these doubters from your life. Remove, as best as you can, anyone who doubts your potential. Remove anyone who doubts your skills, your abilities, your choices, your greatness.
If you can’t completely remove these people from your life, then distance yourself from them. Spend as little time around them as possible, so as to minimize their negative influences on you.
If distancing yourself from them is not an option, then you must create a mental firewall to negate their negativity, to negate their doubts. A simple way to do this, is to convince yourself that their judgement no longer holds the weight that it once had.
Begin at once, to see yourself as a lion, and ‘them’ as the sheep (because that’s what they are). Reinforce your mental firewall with the following thought….
A final word of encouragement. Congratulations, you now know how to be fearless and confident. You are truly equipped with the tools to become as confident as you want to be. The choice to embrace your new found confidence and live life fearlessly is now solely up to you.
We encourage you to decide to be confident today, to make the decision to believe that you can handle whatever this world throws at you. If you make this simple decision, and practice our recommended strategies, you will in effect be choosing to be fearless, and as a result, you will be.
If the fears and doubts begin to creep back in, remember that you can rely on the power of belief and the power of pursuit, to drive your fears away.
As you move forward to build confidence in yourself, towards taking on new and greater challenges, we are sure everything in life will begin to change for you.
Believe that you can do whatever it is that you wish to do. Have faith in yourself, have faith in your vision, believe that you deserve the best, because my friend, you do.
STRIVE To Go Fearless!
REFERENCES
[1] Susan Jeffers Ph.D., Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway (New York: Ballantine Books, 2007), 22.
[2] David J. Schwartz Ph.D., The Magic of Thinking Big (New York: Prentice Hall, 1965), 52.
[3] Susan Jeffers, Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway (New York: Ballantine Books, 2007), 36.
[4] Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich (Connecticut: THE RALSTON SOCIETY, 1938), 57,58.
[5] Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich (Connecticut: THE RALSTON SOCIETY, 1938), 59, 60.
[6] Susan Jeffers Ph.D., Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway (New York: Ballantine Books, 2007), 26.
[7] Robert Greene, Mastery (New York: Penguin Group, 2012), 13,14.
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Confidence
THE SELF-CONFIDENCE FORMULA
Self Confidence is everything. In fact, if you don’t have it, your chances of finding serious success in any endeavor is going to be limited.
Now, we are not saying you can’t succeed without confidence. But, we are saying that it will be difficult to gain massive success without it. And massive success is the key word.
Don’t believe us? Try naming one extremely successful person who isn’t self-confident.
Exactly. We couldn’t come up with a name either.
What is Confidence?
Now, confidence isn’t the same as charisma. Too many people get the two mixed up. Charisma is when someone has a compelling attractiveness about them, a charm if you will, that allows them to typically inspire devotion in others. However, confidence on the other hand, is the deep knowing that you can do something. It is a calmness of mind that stems from having trust in your ability to do a certain thing well.
Of course people succeed all the time without having the charisma of Winston Churchill, Neil Patrick Harris, or Matthew McConaughey, but succeeding without confidence is a completely different story.
Without Confidence You Won’t Do This….
Here’s why. When you lack self-confidence, you essentially don’t believe in yourself. And when you don’t believe in yourself, you won’t take action.
Needless to say, the less action you take, the less likely you’ll be to run into opportunity. And without opportunity, you can’t really find success.
Why? Because success is never something that is given. Success is something that is always earned.
And success keeps her distance from those who don’t take action.
You can’t seize your moment, or take risks on those slivers of opportunity that rarely present themselves, if you are not taking action.
In short, we can’t succeed, we won’t succeed, without first having self-confidence.
If success requires anything…. above all else it requires action, and action requires self-confidence.
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Can You Teach Yourself Confidence?
The great news is, you can teach yourself how to be more confident. You can increase your confidence levels because confidence, much like a muscle, can be strengthened by use. And if you can teach yourself confidence, you can take more action. And if take more action, you can be become about as successful as you want to be.
More confidence will lead to more action, and more action will lead to more success.
Related: How to Become an Extrovert
The Key to More Action
With that being said, we want to give you a powerful tool that will help you become more confident. We want to give you a key to taking more action, and from that action, the attainment of more success. This key, is called the self-confidence formula.
This self confidence formula is a simple tool that various members of our team still use daily to gain and maintain the confidence needed to crush our days.
This tool has been a big part of our morning routine for years now, and it has helped us strengthen our belief in our ability to do…. well, just about anything!
This formula that we use stems from Napoleon Hill’s classic book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’. If you haven’t read the book yet, then we highly recommend you read it [Click Here to Download for Free].
Of course, you don’t have to read the book before putting this effective confidence formula to work for you.
The formula is essentially a declaration that you read to yourself. It contains a handful of hidden affirmations (auto-suggestion) that will gradually work on your subconscious minds.
It is suggested that you read it aloud, with an open mind, and with faith that it can help fortify your confidence. It will require some faith on your part, but I can assure you, if you believe in it, it will work.
Related: Think and Grow Rich Quotes
So without further ado, below is your new highly effective confidence tool that you will be sure to benefit from. Here you go:
THE SELF-CONFIDENCE FORMULA
- I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life. Therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action towards its attainment, and I here and now promise to take such action.
- I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action and gradually transform themselves into physical reality. Therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 minutes daily upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of that person.
- I know through the principle of autosuggestion that any desire I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object. Therefore, I will devote 10 minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self-confidence.
- I have clearly written down a description of my Definite Chief Aim in life. I will never stop trying until I have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.
- I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure unless built upon truth and justice. Therefore, I will engage in no transaction that does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness and cynicism by developing love for all humanity because I know that a negative attitude towards others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself. I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory and repeat it aloud once a day, with full faith that it will gradually influence my thoughts and actions so that I will become a self-reliant and successful person.
Related: Self-Confidence Affirmations
Final Thoughts
There you have it! A powerful and simple way to increase your confidence, and it’s free and available for you to use whenever you want.
Please don’t underestimate the power of this self-confidence formula.
Trust us when we say, it has the ability to level up your life. We promise you. But, you’ll have to have a little faith and apply it habitually.
To do so, consider reading this formula daily so that you make it habit to build your confidence. The changes it will make in how you feel will amaze you. But ever more amazing, will be how other begin to notice the shift in your presence.
Moreover, you’ll impress yourself by how much more daring you’ll be in your own life. Your new-found willingness to take more action, will undoubtedly open new doors for you.
It’s time to unleash that extremely confident titan residing deep down inside of you. Use this confidence formula to awaken that giant from its slumber! Your successful future-self, will thank you for it!
Till next time,
STRIVE
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Confidence
10 BEST WAYS TO STOP NEGATIVE SELF-TALK
When you woke up this morning, stumbled over to the mirror, and had a good long gander, what was the first thing you said to yourself? Did you give yourself a solid pep talk, remind yourself how awesome you are and think about all the ways you were going to crush it today? Probably not. You let that trash-talking peanut gallery in your head make you feel like you’re inadequate. Enough! If you’re going to take on the world and conquer it, you’ve got to know how to stop negative self-talk.
Negative self-talk is a symptom of something greater than just a lack of self-confidence. It can stem from years of not feeling support, an unending string of what we perceive to be failure, and an inability to see our potential. The roots of pervasive negativity can go all the way back to our childhood and manifest because we have unfinished business there, or it can be because we never developed a sense of resilience.
Overcoming negative self-talk isn’t merely an exercise in changing our mindset (although, that is a vital component for transformation), but a process which we have to be open to, so we can realize that on the other side of “I can’t” is an infinite world of “I absolutely can!”
You know that ol’ adage, “If we don’t respect ourselves, how can we expect anyone else to respect us?” The same goes for negative self-talk. We can’t lean on others to believe in us if we’re sitting in the back row doing an audit on our life instead of realizing that we are exceptional. So let’s dive in and learn some strategies to change our inner conversations and overcome negative self-talk for good.
HOW TO STOP NEGATIVE SELF-TALK
1. Call Your Critic By Name
Don’t roll your eyes, hear me out. You have been throwing shade at yourself for so long, you probably don’t even recognize when you’re being negative. That inner critic has latched onto you like a parasite and it’s time to set it free.
Give that critic a name, something funny. And every time you hear or catch yourself thinking something negative or critical, talk to your inner critic as if it were a person. Let it know it’s gunning for a break-up, and it’s just a matter of time.
If you feel comfortable enough, share the name of your inner critic with your friends and family so when they recognize you being negative, they can keep you accountable.
2. Talk it Out to Overcome Negative Self-Talk
Keeping with the theme of reaching out to friends and family, overcoming negative self-talk is a journey. It doesn’t happen overnight. And chances are, the ones closest to you (including your boss) have suffered alongside you. They are just as invested in your becoming a happier, more positive person as you are.
So when you feel yourself slipping into the doldrums, shoot a text to a trusted confidant and run those thoughts by them. If you’re mid-rant, telling yourself how useless you are, wouldn’t it be liberating to have someone chime in to tell you how smart, hardworking and kind you are?
Of course. It’s going to take a few battles to win the war, don’t be afraid to enlist the help of trusty troops.
3. If You Can’t Get Positive, Go Neutral
There is no pill for overcoming negative self-talk (though some may disagree). It takes work. Placing pressure on yourself to be all rainbows and sunshine right out of the gate only sets you up for failure, putting you in a headspace where negativity begets negativity.
Take baby steps. Start with very simple language changes. Swap out sentences like, “I can’t do this” or “this will never,” with phrases like, “I just need more time” and “maybe this can.”
This may seem trivial and ridiculous, but we’re talking about the power of language. Think about how destructive your language has been to you and your life. If you’re not ready to fully commit to complete transformation, let’s at least crack the door open, and explore some possibilities.
4. Stay in the Moment
Whew! This is a tough one, especially when one of your favourite things to do (subconsciously) is to focus on the absolute worst case scenario of everything in life. But unless you’ve discovered time travel, you have absolutely no idea what is going to happen.
Stop focusing on the “what if” and get your head in the game by being comfortable with the “right now.”
5. Get Off the Guilt Trip
Avid negative self-talkers love to pack their bags and head out on the most epic guilt trips. Guilt tripping lets you take inventory of every single minute thing that you didn’t get done, and then you get to revel in your failure to complete things. What about focusing on all the things you accomplished instead?
If you want to overcome negative self-talk, take 15 minutes out of your day every day and write down everything you accomplished. No detail is too small. From brushing your teeth, to closing a sale, to doing a load of laundry. You’re getting stuff done; you’re just too focused on what you feel like you should be doing.
6. Stop Pretending to Read Minds
Unless you’ve been side-gigging as a psychic, you have absolutely no idea what’s going on in someone else’s head. Read that again. If they haven’t told you, you have no idea what someone else is thinking.
So why are you creating negative dialogues about what they might be thinking about you? You need to stop attaching meaning to everything someone says to you, and stop fabricating stories that say bad things about you.
7. Surround Yourself With Positive People
Sure, opposites attract, but rarely do individuals who regularly engage in negative self-talk attract happy, positive people, and there’s good reason for that; happy people like to surround themselves with other happy people. If you exist in a circle of negativity outside of yourself, what hope do you have of making a transformation?
Make some social adjustments. If you’ve got family members who are enabling you or engage in negative self-talk, take a step back. Tell them you love them, but you need to make some changes for your mental well being.
8. Shift Your Perspective to Stop Negative Self-Talk
Pffft! Easier said than done, right? Sure, but totally worth a try. Take an inventory of your fears, your concerns, your challenges. Write them out, and read them back to yourself. Now write down why you think you’re incapable of overcoming these things.
Are they really so difficult? Are you asking yourself to climb Everest with no equipment next weekend? Are you being asked to solve world hunger by 2023? How dire are these issues you’re facing? You can absolutely push through whatever is holding you back from unleashing your potential.
9. Simplify Your Social Media Influences
Don’t panic, I’m not telling you to get off social media…completely. What I am asking you to do is to take a deep dive on who and what you are letting influence your inner dialogue on the social media landscape.
Are you following positive people and brands? Do you spend hours and hours disappearing down social media rabbit holes, only to come up for air feeling even less adequate than when you swiped into the app? Clear the decks! If you’re not following accounts that make you feel like a rock star, or share positive narratives, you do not need them in your life right now.
10. Become Someone Else’s Hype Person
Helping others makes us feel good. It gets those endorphins pumping. But it also has a sneaky way of making us feel better about ourselves, and we tend to hold our chins a little higher. Consider taking on a mentorship role to someone in your life.
It could be a friend starting a business or a colleague who needs some support in getting that next promotion. Engaging in supportive dialogue with someone we care about can retrain our brains into quieting our own inner critics.
Final Thoughts on Negative Self-Talk
Negative self-talk is akin to cancer. It can permeate every aspect of our life, impacting our career aspirations, family and friend dynamics, and relationships. The great news is, it’s not a permanent state of being, it’s a choice.
Like everything in life, anything worth having requires time, effort and dedication, but once you cross that threshold into living a more positive existence, everything gets easier from there on out. So, if you’re ready to overcome negative self-talk for good, put these tips to good use daily.
Till then,
STRIVE
PS – If you enjoyed this article on how to stop negative self-talk, then you’ll enjoy this read on how changing your mindset can can change your life, and you may even find value in these powerful affirmations for confidence.
Confidence
50+ SELF-ESTEEM QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOU TO REACH FOR THE STARS
Having high self-esteem and confidence is critical to living a high quality life, and these quotes about self-esteem and confidence can help. Without a strong sense of self and confidence in one’s abilities, life can be a struggle. Low self-esteem can impact your professional success, your relationship success, and whether or not your reach for the stars and the best life has to offer. Consequently, having a low self-esteem and lacking confidence can greatly impact how your life turns out in general.
So, considering how important having a high-self esteem is to living life to the fullest, we’ve pulled together these handful of quotes about self-esteem and confidence for you to use the next time you start doubting yourself and your self-worth.
Please use them to remind yourself that you are more capable and powerful then you know. Leverage them as encouragement to reach for the stars and unleash your potential into the world. So, without further ado, enjoy these top inspiring quotes about self-esteem and confidence:
BEST SELF-ESTEEM QUOTES FOR LOW-CONFIDENCE
1. “Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
2. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
3. “The greatest discovery of my generation, is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.” – William James
4. “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” – Maxwell Maltz
5. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. “The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.” – Tony Robbins
7. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
8. “To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.” – Denis Waitley
9. “If you don’t love yourself, nobody will. Not only that, you won’t be good at loving anyone else. Loving starts with the self.” – Wayne Dyer
10. “It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary
11. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” – Brené Brown
12. “When you have confidence, you have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” – Joe Namath
13. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
14. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
– Dale Carnegie
15. “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller
16. “All confidence is acquired, developed. No one is born with confidence.” – David J. Schwartz
17. “Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.” – Jack Canfield
18. “Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don’t let these feelings stop them.” – T. Harv Eker
19. “Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have.” – Brian Tracy
20. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
21. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” – Lucille Ball
22. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
23. “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” – Kurt Cobain
24. “The strongest single factor in prosperity consciousness is self-esteem: believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it.” – Jerry Gillies
25. “The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” – Ayn Rand
26. “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” – Confucius
27. “Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” – Thomas Carlyle
28. “Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” – Judy Garland
29. “You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.” – Brené Brown
30. “Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” – Anonymous
31. “Confidence is not “they will like me”. Confidence is “I’ll be fine if they don’t.” – Anonymous
32. “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” – Marcus Aurelius
33. “In my mind, not just this year, always, I am always the best. And I am always going to say that.” – Cristiano Ronaldo
34. “If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don’t want to be.” – Dale Carnegie
35. “Someone else’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” – Les Brown
36. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.” – Robert Morley
37. “My self-esteem is high because I honor who I am.” – Louise Hay
38. “You have been criticizing yourself for years, and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
39. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
40. “The only thing that matters in life, is your own opinion about yourself.” – Osho
41. “Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.” – Oprah Winfrey
42. “To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” – Alan Cohen
43. “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” – Michael J. Fox
44. “Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward.” – Roy Bennett
45. “Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” – Helen Keller
46. “Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.” – Robert Collier
47. “The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.” – Maxwell Maltz
48. “Watch your thoughts. Every thought accepted as true is sent by your brain to your solar plexus — your abdominal brain — and is brought into your world as a reality.” – Joseph Murphy
49. “I used to hate feeling embarrassed, but then I realized nobody’s watching and nobody gives a damn.” – Barbara Corcoran
50. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – Steve Jobs
51. “The self-image is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self-image and you change the personality and the behavior.” – Maxwell Maltz
Bonus Quote on Self-Esteem
Bonus: Alright, here’s our last and final self-esteem quote. We believe it packs a punch, and can be used as a catalyst to dive into conquering your confidence challenges for good. Enjoy:
Final Thoughts
One of our main goals here at The STRIVE is to help you believe that you have what it takes to be who you want to be, do what you want to do, so you can leverage that belief to strive to live the life you’ve always imagined for yourself.
And that’s where these self-esteem quotes come in, and what we love about them so much. Because quotes have the ability to uplift and inspire the reader. And in the case of these quotes about self-esteem and confidence in particular, we hope they succeeded in encouraging you to believe in yourself. But most importantly, we hope these quotes help you realize deep down, that you do have a lot to offer this world, and that you have what it takes to shoot for the stars.
With that being said, we believe in you, but what matters most is that you believe in you, and that is a feat that is entirely up to you.
So, till you reach your aims,
STRIVE
PS – If you enjoyed these self-esteem quotes, then you’ll love these trust yourself quotes!
Confidence
35+ FEARLESS QUOTES TO HELP YOU BE FEARLESS AND LIVE BOLDLY
Being fearless is not about never being afraid. It’s about feeling the fear, and diving in anyway. Fearlessness is oftentimes about being scared to death, but still saddling up to take on whatever beast or challenge that lies ahead of you. And because sometimes, filling our minds with a few strong quotes related to being fearless can embolden us to do what we must, we’re publishing these handful of fearless quotes for you.
So, if you’re seeking some inspiring words to help you be more fearless, then this page is for you. We’ve rounded up the most powerful fearless quotes to give you the courage to stand tall, take more risks, and never back down.
With that being said, if you’re ready for some encouraging words to help you become fearless, let’s dive in:
BEST FEARLESS QUOTES
1. “To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard
2. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere
3. “I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying.” – Jay Z
4. “The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.” – Debbi Fields
5. “When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.” – Pierre Cornielle
6. “If you never want to be criticized, for goodness’ sake don’t do anything new.” – Jeff Bezos
7. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there’s something inside you that’s greater than any obstacle.” – C.D. Larson
8. “One finds limits by pushing them.” – Herbert Simon
9. “Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli
10. “The arch enemy of mankind, is FEAR.” – Napoleon Hill
11. “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.” – JFK
12. “Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.” – Wim Wenders
13. “Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.” – Wayne Dyer
14. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
15. “Fear, much like resistance, is nothing but the human motive of aversion.” – The STRIVE
16. “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Cher
17. “The beautiful thing about fear is that when you run to it.. it runs away.” – Robin Sharma
18. “Fear kills more dreams that failure ever will.” – Anonymous
19. “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmache
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20. “Your largest fear, carries you greatest growth.” – James Allen
21. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” – Elon Musk
22. “Don’t let the fear of what could happen make nothing happen.” – Anonymous
23. “A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.” – William G.T. Shedd
24. “Cultivate a fearless approach to life, attack everything with boldness and energy.” – Robert Greene
25. “To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around it.” – Richie Norton
26. “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
27. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
28. “Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost
29. “Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage.” – Thomas J. Stanley
30. “Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
31. “The more you are motivated by love; The more fearless and free your action will be.” – Dalai Lama
32. “Once you become fearless, life becomes limitless.” – Anonymous
33. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” – Roy T. Bennet
34. “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
35. “Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.” – Michael Jordan
36. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
37. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho
38. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
39. “Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.” – Mahatma Gandhi
40. “There is no illusion greater that fear.” – Lao Tzu
41. “Regret is the heritage of people who choose to live a fear-driven life.” – Taneka Rubin
42. “The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!” – Joyce Meyer
43. “Being fearless isn’t being 100% not fearful, it’s being terrified but you jump anyway.” – Taylor Swift
44. “FEAR has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar
45. “We grow fearless by walking into our fears.” – Robin Sharma
46. “To many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
47. “Let fear be a counselor and not a jailer.” – Tony Robbins
48. “Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy your ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside of us.” – Jim Rohn
49. “The key to success is to start before you’re ready.” – Marie Forleo
50. “Life begins where fear ends.” – Osho
51. “Courage above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.” – Karl von Clausewitz
52. “Fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.” – 50 cent
53. “Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are.” – Don Miguel Ruiz
54. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield
55. “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.” – Rabindranath Tagor
Bonus Fearless Quote
Bonus: Alright, here is one last bonus quote that we think deserves special attention. We hope it inspires you as much as it inspires us. Here you go:
Final Thougths
There you have it friends, some of the best fearless quotes to help you conquer the timidity that would keep you from living your greatest life.
May these handful of fearless quotes serve you well, as you strive to reach your goals and unleash your potential
Till you reach your aims, Go Fearless, and…
STRIVE