There is so much negativity out there draining our confidence at every level. The solution is to live life on purpose.
Easier said than done! I am a very positive upbeat person, I enjoy success in nearly all I attempt, I have great positive friends, I am fortunate to only go to work one day a week, I have detailed plans of what I want to do and achieve each week - however, even within the course of any 5 minutes I can go from super positive/confident to super low/doubting.
It seems to be such an inbuilt deep part of my human nature to feel a moment's doubt/indecision/fear of failure/unconfidence at any time during the day that I come to terms with it by recognising the feeling for what it is: a feeling. A momentary, passing, fleeting feeling. I allow it to come and depart. I focus on how I am feeling as it departs! I remind myself how far I have come in life so far.
I especially dwell on how at other times in my life I felt that cold hand of fear/doubt clutch my heart and how the project I was engaged upon resulted: my results are always tremendous, positive, successful! I remind myself that I never fail, never misjudge despite this cold doubt feeling passing through my thoughts. I let it go.
So even though there is no reason for doubt, it comes. Let it also depart, it is only passing through! I believe it is a ghost, a shadow, that is, of real fear and anguish I may have felt years ago about a task I was attempting. But that is long gone, I know I can achieve the results I want. I call this self confidence, I call it self belief. It comes to be strong within me through relying upon myself time and again to solve problems for myself. Self reliance. Self esteem. Trusting myself. Loving my results!
I really believe, like you, in the motivational power of quotes and stories of successful men and women, of winning through adversity. I recap several times a day as to what I am doing, why, where it will lead and the rewards I expect to gain. I affirm my wish-list, believing I will receive all I desire through persistent hard work at keeping to my self appointed marketing tasks.
I breathe deep and enjoy, even when handling customer complaints! But most of all, I have a deep purpose of where I ultimately want to be, whom I wish to become, and why, and this keeps me on track through thick and thin. Be strong, be confident, but most of all, relax and enjoy being yourself for your own sake! Everyone around you will get on with you better as you loosen up and relax: it is nerves and nervousness that introduces so much tension into our relationships, the fear of lack and loss that turns youthful persons into gnawing heaps of negativity. Live life on purpose, stay on track, value your long-term vision and be at peace with the world around you!
