How to Build Confidence: 5 Essential Pillars

The picture in words

Five stacked discs name the pillars, each with a reason and a tip:

• Direct experience: take risks, reflect and celebrate successes.
• Role-modelling others: read autobiographies, network.
• Mental state, explained through physical strength: exercise.
• Emotional state: mindfulness and journalling.
• Social support: choose friends carefully, find a coach.

Want to become a more confident leader?
Here’s what’s holding you back:

Most people think if you’re a confident person, you just always have confidence.

My friend, Hashim Hashim & I know this is far from the truth.

The reality is that confident people have confidence resilience (we’ll come back to this).

So, what exactly is confidence?

• 👉🏼Confidence is defined as a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities and qualities.

• 👉🏼In other words, confidence is the quiet inner knowledge that you’re capable & worthy of appreciation.

What does confidence look like?

If you have low confidence, you likely:

• ❌ Have self-doubt
• ❌ Believe you are inferior to others
• ❌ Are overly sensitive to criticism / feedback
• ❌ Are passive, submissive, &/or indecisive

If you have high confidence, you likely:

• ✅ Are open & receptive to criticism / feedback
• ✅ Believe you can achieve what you put effort into
• ✅ Are willing to volunteer for &/or lead projects & people
• ✅ Accept that you have strengths …

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Source: Hashim Hashim on LinkedIn (shared via Jessica Luna) — view the original post.