Self Help Tips: Self-Confidence Boosters
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Self Confidence Boosters That Work Within Five Minutes
'Self Confidence Boosters' are tips and simple exercises you can use today, that work within five minutes. 'Self Confidence Boosters' help you build confidence and esteem for yourself. First off, let's define just what 'Self Confidence' actually is. The online Cambridge Dictionary defines Self Confidence as, "behaving calmly because you have no doubts about your ability or knowledge." So it's clear from this that in some situations we can act in a self confident manner because we're familiar with it and have capabilities and knowledge.
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All Feelings Are Created By Thought Patterns
When we find ourselves in an un-resourceful state of mind such as self doubt, we are stuck in a thought pattern. A common one for self doubt would be internal self talk, ragging on you: "You're such a stupid so and so!" Or it could be that you're unconsciously seeing an image of yourself, in your minds-eye, when you made a mistake and felt really small back in childhood.
Here's an essential point though: It doesn't matter what or where this thought pattern came from. We're not interested in perverse Freudian 'personal history' archaeology are we?! No, what we want to learn is how to change our thought structures with simple self confidence boosters that we can do within five minutes, right?
The Power Of The Counter Example
So how can we re-program our habits of thought, overcome our fears and doubts and increase our self confidence? Well for starters what about counter examples. You can often come up with a counter example. Think about a situation where you lack self confidence. Now ask yourself, "Has there ever been a time when I've felt more self confidence in a similar situation?" Just allow yourself to access a memory of this.
Chances are you can find at least one counter example. This leads us into a very powerful 'operating principle' in mind programming: "All the resources are already within you." If you act as if you have the resources you want such as 'self confidence' very often you can find them within your memory banks.
Chances are you can find at least one counter example. This leads us into a very powerful 'operating principle' in mind programming: "All the resources are already within you." If you act as if you have the resources you want such as 'self confidence' very often you can find them within your memory banks.
Directing The Mind
Self Confidence & Your Self Image
Your self image is simply how you picture yourself in your minds-eye. This happens regularly throughout the day, outside of your awareness. Try this: Remember an occasion when someone gave you a sincere compliment. You know, when you get the warm feeling at the heart. Now in your minds-eye notice what you look like at that instance. Simply picture yourself.
Utilising this 'self image mechanism' we can create a self image which we are drawn towards enabling us to access more resourcefulness, capabilities, potentials and possibilities.
Before I finish give this a go: Imagine a you in front of you. This is a you from the future who has learned how to become more self confident, more resourceful and has a great sense of humour. How is that you standing? What is the breathing like? How does the voice sound? Good, now step into this new you and allow yourself to experience those increasing feelings of confidence.
Utilising this 'self image mechanism' we can create a self image which we are drawn towards enabling us to access more resourcefulness, capabilities, potentials and possibilities.
Before I finish give this a go: Imagine a you in front of you. This is a you from the future who has learned how to become more self confident, more resourceful and has a great sense of humour. How is that you standing? What is the breathing like? How does the voice sound? Good, now step into this new you and allow yourself to experience those increasing feelings of confidence.
Re-Programming Your Self Image
For An Automatic Confidence Boost!
It is possible to do this with the correct know-how. So if you want to learn more about automatic self confidence boosters that you can program into your mind within five minutes, you'd probably enjoy reading my Special Report, "The Half Second Rule"
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Enchantress
Oct 31, 2011 @ 12:39 pm | delete
- Thank you. In those moments when I feel my confidence slipping through my fingers, I will hopefully remember your words here and apply them. I can't believe more people haven't commented here and your writing has been up almost a year. That just goes to show you how few people are applying these life changing techniques.
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LizMac60 Oct 20, 2010 @ 1:40 pm | delete
- I find it more helpful to pray and realize how God sees me with great love because of what Jesus did on the cross for me(and you) I would rather depend on God's love of me than on self manufactured feelings about myself.
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colingsmith
Oct 20, 2010 @ 4:52 pm | delete
- Hi LizMac60, thanks for the comment! I think it's great that you have cultivated your faith to the point where you can depend on God's love through sincere prayer. Many people, including myself, don't yet have that mind of faith, so we have to rely on other methods of changing consciousness to help ourselves in the meantime...
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by colingsmith
colingsmith
Writer who loves NLP, Hypnosis, Energy Psychology, Meditation and Humour. I'm interested in simple, effective mind changing methods.
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