You capture those confident feelings when you have a small or short-term success. This success may be as big or as small as you want it to be.

There is no known rule that says for anything to be a success it has to be something huge, titanic or long-term.

Success is success! And that is how your mind will see it.

Make it your role to daily feed success after success to your sponge of a mind. And as surely as a seed grows into a plant, you will grow more confident after each seed that you plant, and that confidence will grow even more and gain momentum as the plant gets bigger and stronger, fertilised by each and every success that you achieve.

Take advantage of all your small or short-term victories. Make the most of all your short-term successes; particularly when you are feeling pessimistic, feeling low or insecure about your future.

Remind yourself and profit from your past successes to lift you and help you regain and secure that confident feeling again from deep within.

I am pretty sure you have daily short-term successes that you can be proud of. For example, you had a project to complete and were given a tight deadline. You managed your time effectively and you confidently worked through it until completion.

Or perhaps you had to make a presentation and were given short notice. You had to gather all the relevant information and facts and relay them in a confident and assured manner.

These were two examples of success, where you had that confident feeling. . I am sure when you sit back and go through the past few days or weeks you will remember many more successes.

And when you do, relax and think about them. Recreate and stimulate the confident winning feelings again. Relive the moment of every success and accomplishment.

Use that surge of confident feeling to fuel you to your next success; to the one after that, and to the one after that. Gradually building a portfolio of successes.

Perhaps you could set aside an hour for the next few days to write down as many successes as you can. And next to each one, describe in detail how you felt; how much of a winner you were.

Focus on how you believed you were confident, and how you communicated with supreme confidence. Remember how you psyched yourself up to increase your confidence prior to, during and after the event.

Write as much as you can on how fantastic and strong and confident you felt. As you write, recapture the winning feelings, the pride, the confidence and the satisfaction.

By being a successful, confident winner once, you can be a winner again and again; as many times as you like throughout your life.

Anytime you feel unconfident or nervous, apprehensive or anxious, regain that confident winning feeling by emotionally remembering your past successes.

A winning feeling is a confident feeling, one that reinforces success time after time.

Fear and insecurities are paralyzing. To be unlimited go against the norm. Build strength and confidence in you. Control what you have control over… your thoughts, choices, and actions. Here are 10 tips to build confidence, stay in high energy, and stand strong.

Identify and Leverage Your Assets- We each have a unique customized set of natural abilities waiting to be fully developed, poured out, and used in full to the benefit of others. They often show up as an ongoing inkling or burning desire watered down by apprehensive thoughts (ego). Develop assets that can not be diminished: ~ Strengths- natural abilities you might feel are no big deal… but others think are pretty special~ Passions- what you would do if time and money were not an issue~ Skills- what you have learned and developed from past work and experience~ Knowledge~ gained from information, experience, or others, and lastly~ Values~ you can not imagine life without it. It is what you stand for (i.e. honesty, humor, adventure, compassion, etc.)

Trust- Know that you can handle anything. Experiences bring value that can improve the world. Hold a positive attitude from a much deeper place. Stay in faith. Get out of your head into a more soulful place where you connect with feelings, intuition, and follow that guiding gut instinct.

Be a Rebel- As the quote above says, go against the norm. Open your eyes, ears, and mind to choices and  possibilities instead of following the leader. Listen. Be creative. Think outside the box. Look at your situation from a new perspective as if you are on the outside looking in or a different person.

Stay Present- Fear is the perception of a possible future event. So if you become an expert at keeping your mind here and now, you will not be in fear. The more you stay present the more you notice the opportunities, choices, and people available to you.

Shift How You Feel through Great Body Talk- Stand and sit up straight with confidence, walk with enthusiasm, hold your head up, dress in a way that makes you feel great, shake hands firmly, and smile often. You will feel great and others will, too.

Build a Support Network- Choose connections that are on your side. They get who you are, support who you are becoming, and encourage you. Hang in environments with positive and intelligent energy flowing so that you may have access to high energy, information, resources, etc. Give back, too!

Focus on Your Service to Others- When focused on what you do for others you don’t have time to feel sorry for yourself. You get out of fear and paralysis and are drawn to action. Right now write down 10 ways you know you can help others through the work you do. Focus on that.

Set boundaries- Say ‘no’ to people who hold you back or treat you bad, over spending, debt, tolerating stuff, excuses, negative self talk, clutter, feeling low, etc. Say ‘yes’ to healthy relationships, feeling good and healthy, being authentic, getting rid of clutter and repairs, and having reserves of assets.   

Be in Action- Take new actions for new results. Choose those that allow you to hold your head high.In action you are likely to talk to more people and build relationships. You gain access to resources, opportunities, and information. You discern what you like and dislike so your passion finds YOU!

Stay authentic- Be true to you!

Take control of what you have control over… your thoughts, choices, and actions. Work through the tips one by one to stay in confidence, stay in high energy, and stand strong no matter what is tossed your way. We are capable of so much more. The world is awaiting you… StartingNow!

Copyright 2008, Beth A. Tabak, All rights reserved.

1.    Move. I know its cliché to exercise, but this can be one of the best way to boost your metabolic rate.  I suggest you look at non-traditional options such as dance, swimming, team groups, biking or even kickboxing.  You can even walk.  If you do, start slow and aim for 45-60 minutes a day.  You should be moving at least 4 times a week if not every day.  Moving in the morning will kick start and maximize your metabolism for the day.

2.    Never Skip Meals and DO Eat Breakfast. When you sleep at night, your metabolism automatically slows down.  If you don’t eat breakfast after you wake up, you continue to run on a slow, groggy metabolism.  Eating breakfast essentially kicks start your metabolism.

3.    Eat At Least 4 Times A Day. By constantly feeding yourself your metabolic rate will always be on and constantly be burning fat.  Your largest meal should be in the morning.

4.    Drink Water. The energy burning process of metabolism needs water to work effectively, so make sure you drink 6-8 glasses a day.  A dehydrated body also slows down the metabolic process.

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Challenge yourself at every opportunity to go a little beyond hat you know you can do.

Start with something small, and take a leap of faith in yourself.

We can talk to ourselves more kindly and encouragingly, and remind ourselves of what we do well, and whatever success we had.

The only true failure, is quitting. We usually quit because we’ve become discouraged. If we feel confident we would not quit but try again.

Your feelings affect everything you do in life. Your self-confidence levels and self-esteem depend on your feelings.

Write all the good work done by you. When I feel low in confidence, I try to recollect my school days.I was the top in my school and my thoughts of past change my state immediately. Do something similar by going in past. Begin recollecting.

Practice trying to see the glass half full rather than half empty, with regards to how you view yourself.

Loneliness can add to the feeling of non-confidence. A lot of times when we feel lonely we’re also reluctant to do things like call old friends or new acquaintances, or to go out or invite people over. We need to break this cycle.

We need to have someone tell us that we are good and explain to us how our thinking has been distorted by negative things said to us, over and over again.

All of us are unique! There is no one else like us! Are we morons that we can not achieve what others can? No. We can!

There have been many notable late bloomers in life! Abraham Lincoln, J.K. Rowling and did you know Einstein was considered retarded until after his theory of relativity became known? Yes his teachers believed that because he kept failing his classes.

Begin with confidence and you will know you can do just about anything you choose.

Confidence comes from attempting to do things and recognizing our efforts or accomplishments. A person does not become confident riding a bicycle until they have done it, but they need some confidence that they can learn to ride it, or they will not try.

If you get negative results do not see them as a FAILURE rather than an education and merely a temporary set back. The more kudos you can give to yourself for trying your best,  the better your chances of success next time.

Confidence is built from success and what you learn from failure.

Confidence is all about a positive mind-set.

A small child does not know how to walk but looking at others walking he gets the confidence that he too can walk. Observe successful people. that gives confidence.

Think of what you are confident about and pull up your shoulders.

C interrupts B and says- I think you are right, B that some of our confidence comes from accomplishing things and recognizing that accomplishment for ourselves. Those who don’t try, and who only want things done for them because they “can’t,” don’t gain this kind of confidence.

I wonder… you say sometimes it has worked for you and sometimes it hasn’t… could the difference be in how well you recognize what you have accomplished? Take for instance, trying to quit smoking… do you see how much you have accomplished, or only see how you feel you’ve fallen short? Because i see the progress you have made… even if you are smoking as much… because you tried. And that shows you are orienting your mind and your lifestyle to become a non-smoker.

You have reminded me that I need to work on recognizing my accomplishments, too. In this area, I more often see the glass as half empty instead of half full! That is how C looked at the question of confidence. Let us see how the dialogue develops. Now it is the turn of B. As far as smoking is concerned, I’ve failed to achieve what I set out to do. So I feel that i am a failure. Why my weak side takes control over me, rather than my determination? What is the way to fight weakness? If I conquer that I will gain confidence that I can take control. Right now I am not sure. Does anyone have an insight?