Many people assume that self-confidence is something that develops naturally in a person from a young age. While that’s true to some extent, factors beyond a person’s control can dent a person’s self-esteem and make them feel worthless and useless.
If that’s how you feel about yourself, you of all people will know that it’s hard to rebuild shattered self-confidence. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. While this blog post isn’t a definitive list of things you should do to boost your self-confidence, it does highlight some of the best ideas for you to consider on your quest to boost your self-confidence. Check them out.
IMPROVE YOUR DIET
You might be wondering how changing the things you eat and drink will help you boost your self-confidence. The truth is, it’s hard to feel great about yourself if you’re fuelling your body with junk food, alcohol, and anything else that isn’t good for you. That’s why you should consider reviewing your diet and making some healthy changes. Once you do that, you’ll obviously feel healthier, but you’ll also feel energised and more likely to have an optimistic view of yourself and of life in general.
PRACTICE POSITIVE SELF TALK
Another technique you can try is practising positive self-talk. It helps because the more you do it, the less you’ll hear your inner voice telling you that you can’t do things in your life or that you’ll never be successful at stuff you want to do in life. How you practice positive self-talk is up to you. For example, you could look in the mirror each morning and tell yourself that you’re awesome and you’re going to have a great day.
LEARN WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY
It will come as no surprise that having low self-esteem correlates with having low happiness levels. That’s why you need to look at ways to make yourself happy again. For example, if you feel unable to smile because of your teeth, you could watch the videos by Ramy Georgy on how to improve them and thus your smile. Another idea might be to get involved with new hobbies and pastimes that connect you with other like-minded people.
SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE
When you spend much of your time hanging around people that are generally positive, their positivity will help make you feel good about yourself. What’s more, you’ll also be more inclined to look at yourself in a positive light instead of negatively. Spending time with positive people will influence your behaviour, thoughts and feelings. Conversely, hanging around people that are negative will make you feel worthless, depressed, and unable to accomplish much in life.
FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CHANGE
One final thought to consider is that you should focus on what you can change in your life instead of the things you cannot. Everyone has lots of things they can directly impact or change in their lives, such as where they work and live, what they do in their spare time, and whom they spend their social time with. When you concentrate solely on the things you can change in your life, you’ll achieve a great sense of accomplishment and feelings that you can do stuff when you set your mind to them.
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This has been a collaborative post. All thoughts and opinions expressed above are not my own
