20 Top Tips To Turbo Boost Your Confidence
Whether I coach individuals or businesses, one
of the attributes people want more of in life is confidence. Imagine what else you could do and how much more you
would achieve if you could turbo boost your confidence?
Well, now you can! Here are 20 top tips to really
help you raise your confidence. Collated from 20 years experience in personal development, and including
simple, proven strategies used by mega successful people the world over. Find the nuggets that if implemented
would make the biggest difference for you and begin taking action today.
As always, I wish you success, and lots of fun giving your
confidence a real turbo boost!
1. Think about someone you know or that you admire who is confident, and act, talk and walk like him or
her. Model their mannerisms and behaviour. If it works for them; it will work for you. Modelling is a brilliant, fun and very
simple NLP technique designed to accelerate success. Remember, modelling is easy - not copying or
mimicking - but much more subtle than that. Select a fabulous, confident role model today and begin trying
their confidence on for size (who know's, it just might fit)!
2. Smile a lot more. That doesn’t mean putting a silly grin on your face! Smile when you walk down the street,
when you meet people, and generally be happier even if you’re not feeling that way. In hypnosis, the
therapist relaxes the clients body (close your eyes, breath deeply, become very sleepy, etc), why? Because
whatever the body is doing, the mind follows suit. Put a real smile on your face, think happy thoughts, do
positive things, and very soon you'll be feeling more confident.
3. Learn from the past; don’t beat yourself up about it. It’s gone; it’s never coming back. Instead ask yourself,
'what can I learn from this', take note, and then move on. In other words, let the past exist where it
belongs, in the past.
4. Take care of you. Go see a favourite movie, read your favourite book or magazine, buy
some new clothes, get your hair done, or treat yourself to something new. Taking care of
you will make you feel better and will give your confidence a real boost.
5. Are you prepared for situations? Are you prepared enough to meet any challenge that may come
up? Are you prepared for that meeting, that presentation, that job interview, when you meet someone for the
first time? If not, get to it.
6. Play to your strengths. Know what you are good at and expose yourself to these opportunities
all the time – because you’re good at it, you’ll enjoy it and have more confidence.
7. Improve your weaknesses. Know and appreciate what these are and put a plan in place to
improve them over time.
8. Learn how to say no to people. Don’t be afraid, you’ve got nothing to be afraid of. Just
watch the reaction on their face after you’ve said it the first time and there will be no going
back.
9. Be positive. Look on the 'can do' side of things rather than the 'can’t do'. You’ve
accomplished lots in your life and you will accomplish lots more in the future.
10. Be in charge of your thoughts at all times. What is a thought? It’s just a question that
you’ve asked yourself and the thought is you’re answer. If you’re thinking negative thoughts, you’re probably
asking a negative question. In NLP it's suggested if we're not getting the right results in life we should
ask a different question, and I'll add that we should also make sure it's a better question. Change the
questions to be more positive.
11. Whenever you feel a negative thought coming, STOP, THINK, and ask yourself, 'is this
really important in the grand scheme of things?' A lot of the time it isn’t. Many people in life major in
minor things!
12. Do you let the words of others affect you? Do you mind what they think of you? Remember that
no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. It’s not what they say to you that’s
the problem, but rather what you say to yourself after they have stopped talking that’s the problem.
Ask yourself, 'how can I quieten this inner dialogue?'
13. List the words that you use on a consistent basis when you feel let down or annoyed. People
use different words to mean the same thing and depending upon the intensity of the word this will have an
effect on your confidence. Instead of saying 'I’m enraged about this' say, 'I’m a little annoyed'. Make a
substitute list for the words that you use. Make sure they are lower in intensity and then use them. You’ll
be surprised with the results. Learning to 'turn the volume down' on the strength of words we use can make a
massive difference to your confidence. Remember, strength doesn't always equal confidence. Subtlety and love
can move mountains!
14. At the end of each day list your achievements and successes throughout that day.
15. Be appreciative of what you have to be thankful for in your life right now. Who do you love?
Who loves you? Who do you help out? Do this every day. American billionaire personal development guru,
Anthony Robbins uses this technique in something he call's his 'hour of power'. If he can take time to list
all that he's grateful for in life every day, you can too!
16. Every morning when you’re in the shower, play over in your head the events in the day as
though they have already happened and they were a success. Visualize all of the meetings that you had, the
people you talked to, the outcomes you enjoyed. Visualize success and confidence and it will be so. Known as
Time Line Therapy, an NLP technique developed by Tad James, this simple 5-10 minute exercise creates
empowering 'toward' goals - see yourself having a successful, confident day, and guess what you just might
have one.
17. Improve your body language. The way that you move your body has a massive impact on your
confidence levels. Move your body assertively and walk with your head up, shoulders back and as though you’ve
got somewhere very important to go. Feeling low in confidence? Change you body language.
18. Emotion is created by motion. As in top tip 17, make sure you move around consistently. This
creates energy and gets the blood pumping around you body – it makes you feel better and more
confident.
19. Learn to brag about yourself. Yes, you heard me! Talk about your achievements and successes
more than you currently are. Being your own best advocate lets people know you approve of and feel confident
about yourself, and that is as incredible attractive quality that will make other people gravitate towards
you.
20. And finally – any time that you are down just ask yourself, 'in 10 or 20 years time, will
what I am worrying about really matter?'
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