We build confidence by facing our fears
and taking progressive steps towards our goals.
Here are some tips to help you.
Build your confidence by stepping outside
of your comfort zone in small increments.
And if you tell yourself, you're capable,
you will indulge behaviors that will enable you to be.
Make a habit of saying yes,
even if it means increasing your workload
because that's how you will develop your skills.
Network with everybody even those in other departments,
that way you'll feel more at home
which will aid your confidence
and they'll be there to help you when you need them.
Clear precise goals help us to take
clear precise actions towards them.
Write down your goals in a specific way
with date set for achieving them by.
That way you'll know what you need to do,
when you need to do it, so it becomes part of your routine
like brushing your teeth.
Smart is an acronym for Specific, Measurable,
Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound.
So for example, I'll check my emails
between 11 and 11:30 AM and 4 and 4:30 PM,
Monday to Friday.
Break large goals down into small stepping-stones,
so that you don't feel overwhelmed.
We can achieve anything if we just break the job down
into small manageable tasks.
Research shows, the brain builds new neural pathways
when we do something for the first time
and this applies whether we do it
in real life or simply imagine our self doing it.
Neural pathways give the brain
a blueprint to follow if you like.
So for example, you can rehearse in your mind
doing a presentation for your boss
and your colleagues and doing it brilliantly from start to end,
so that when it comes to the real occasion,
it's as though you've already done it before.
This will help you to be confident and succeed more.
Confident people achieve more
and remember, by using your brain to your advantage,
you can increase your confidence with purposeful planning,
preparation and practice.