The life
in front of you is far more important than the life behind you. – Joel Osteen
Accept
the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George S.
Patton
You gain
strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop
to look fear in the face. You are able
to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’
When I moved from Michigan to Texas, I was quiet and had
very little confidence in myself. After
pondering, “how did I develop my self-confidence?”, I realized that I was given
a lot of great opportunities and I took advantage of new tasks even if I had
not done anything like it before.
For example, I was asked to be the Secretary of the
Senatorial District 14 Convention in 2008.
Who knew 8 years later I would chair my second Convention. In 2011, I asked my boss at the time if I
could organize a trip to DC as part of the bonus performance program at my
company and the opportunity to stay an extra night to visit a friend. With no knowledge of what to do, I took the
challenge and scheduled twelve meetings for that first trip in 3 days and in
previous trips they had six meetings in 3 days.
Brian Tracy said it best when he said, “Self-confidence is a learnable skill, like
typing or riding a bicycle. You develop
it with practice”.
I also followed the example of Kate Middleton, the Duchess
of Cambridge. As she was entering her
royal duties after her engagement to Prince William, the Queen of England
mentored her to show her how a Princess/Queen was supposed to act. Middleton did not shy away from working with
the Queen and learning the process. She
went full force to learn and master her new role. I have been blessed with many mentors that
have provided me wisdom and encouragement along the way.
Challenge: How
is your self-confidence? If your
self-confidence is low, what caused it?
What changes can you make to help increase your self-confidence? What tasks do you need to “just do” to help
build your self-confidence?
Also, how can you help someone else grow their
self-confidence? We all need
encouragement at times and there is no better opportunity to help someone than
to encourage them.
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