Refining Your Image: Building Confidence In Your Life

By Jill Fandrich, PharmD, CRPh

Building confidence is a process that takes time and effort, but with dedication and perseverance, it can be achieved. Here are some tips to help you build confidence:

1. Set realistic goals - Setting achievable goals for yourself and working toward them can help boost your confidence as you accomplish each one. After you have claimed a few, stretch yourself a bit and create more challenging goals. Continue to increase action as you challenge yourself to push the limits further and further. Allow yourself to accept each completed goal as a success.

2. Practice self-care - Taking care of your physical and mental well-being can positively impact your confidence. This can include regular exercise, getting enough sleep, and practicing mindfulness or meditation. Boost your immunity naturally as you promote your body's best defense against illness.

3. Challenge negative thoughts - Recognize and challenge any negative thoughts or self-doubt that may be holding you back. Replace them with more positive and empowering thoughts. Learn how to bring awareness to your current way of thinking and reframe your thoughts with new and empowering ones, as taught in Elevate Your Mind to Success.

4. Seek new experiences - Trying new things and stepping out of your comfort zone can help you gain confidence in your abilities and adaptability. Choose positive experiences that will align with your innate sense of right and wrong to enhance your mind's acceptance of the event.

5. Surround yourself with supportive people - Surrounding yourself with positive and supportive people can help boost your confidence and provide encouragement when needed. Building healthy relationships with like-minded people is essential to a joy-filled life.

6. Practice self-compassion - Be kind and understanding toward yourself, and forgive yourself for any mistakes or setbacks. Learn fifty character qualities to build into your mind's programming to help strengthen your confidence, as found in Success Is Ele-MENTAL.

7. Improve your skills - Building confidence in your abilities can come from continuously improving and developing your skills and knowledge in areas that are important to you. By developing your ability to think critically, you will strengthen your confidence in your ability to sort through information unbiasedly and discover truthfulness as you uncover logical answers and decisions with a greater likelihood of being factual and favorable. Critical thinking is defined and applied in Who Connects Your Dots?

8. Take risks - Taking calculated risks and facing your fears can help you build confidence and resilience. These character qualities and critical thinking skills can be developed as part of The Three-Step Process for Personal and Professional Growth.

Remember that building confidence is a journey, and it's okay to have setbacks along the way. Be patient with yourself and celebrate your progress as you continue to work on building your confidence. These are some of the vital attributes that contribute to successful development of confidence and ultimately lead to achieving personal and professional goals.

Learn more about these and other vital qualities and skills as you read The Three-Step Process for Personal and Professional Growth. 

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Confidence is not something that comes from being perfect, it comes from embracing your imperfections and still believing in yourself.

—Dr. Jill

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