You’re destined for greatness but doubt starts creeping in. The doubt turns to fear. The fear consumes you to the point of not taking action.
Your lack of confidence is holding you back from building the business of your dreams.
Did you know that your beliefs about yourself and your world are responsible for the outcome of your current potential?
Confidence gives you a greater sense of power, purpose, and focus.
Successful entrepreneurs possess confidence.
If you’re dealing with a lack of confidence, then know that this mental block is killing your chances of being a successful entrepreneur.
Don’t let your lack of confidence stop you from moving forward. It’s absolutely possible to turn your lack of confidence around.
It’s never too late.
Are you ready to take control of how you feel about yourself?
Let me give you a dose of reality.
It’s a process to go from low self-confidence to unshakable self-confidence.
Don’t expect to experience tangible results overnight.
You have be patient and commit to the process. It can be downright difficult for you to practice patience. If you’re absolutely serious about turning your lack of confidence around, then you’re willing to be realistic.
There are many different ways to improve your confidence but today you’re going to focus on three.
3 Ways to Develop Unshakable Confidence
1.) Discover Your TRUE Self
To discover your true self, you must eliminate your roles as a mom, sister, wife, daughter, teacher, etc.
Now, focus on why you do the things you do. Evaluate if the things you do are aligned with your core values, passion, beliefs, and morals.
Are you doing these things to make someone else happy?
For example, I used to do certain things to please other people. I would do things that were totally against my core values, passion, beliefs, and morals.
By pleasing others, I lost my true self.
I didn’t think I deserved success. I had been lying to myself for years! This put a huge dent in my self-confidence.
I spent a lot of years feeling unhappy and unfulfilled.
As soon as you discover your true self, you’ll experience an empowering sense of inner peace. You’ll avoid the behaviors that undermine your ability to succeed in life and business.
2.) Banish Negative Thoughts
What do you say or think when someone gives you a compliment?
Be truthful with yourself.
If you DON’T accept the compliment, then you’re missing out on a big confidence booster.
Negative thoughts have a detrimental effect on your self-confidence. The constant stream of negative thoughts is preventing you from doing the necessary problem-solving needed to exceed your potential.
It’s crucial to turn your negative thoughts around and replace them with positive thoughts.
The first stages to rid your mind of negative thoughts is to be aware of when you think or say something negative about yourself.
Your awareness will reveal a lot about the toxic narrative that goes on in your head. Once you’re aware of your negative thoughts, write them down.
Take a look at what you wrote down.
What do you see?
What you wrote down is false.
These negative thoughts don’t have to be your truth!
Now that you’ve identified your negative thoughts, you’re in the position to take the power out of your negativity. You do this by replacing them with positive thoughts.
It’ll be a challenge for you to do this everyday. It’s okay. Keep working on banishing your negative thoughts and replace them with positive thoughts.
3.) Design a Support System
Did you know that a lot of your happiness in life comes from your relationships with other people?
Your ability to interact well with others determines how much success you achieve in your personal and professional life.
The common theme you’ll see among successful entrepreneurs is that they have a reliable support system.
You can do the same by creating or finding your own support system.
There’s no doubt that you’ll develop unshakable self-confidence by surrounding yourself with people who are beaming with it.
I purposely created an online support system, The Elite Society of Ambitious Moms, to keep me accountable, to build my self-confidence, and to help me remain positive in the face of adversity.
What I love most about my support system is that I’ve connected with positive people from all over the world.
They have inspired me to be a better person and serve others in a bigger way. They have also impacted my level of self-confidence.
Just image the kind of confidence you’ll gain by surrounding yourself with positive people.
Let me give you a sneak preview of the amazing people who can be a part of your support system. The women I’m about to mention have had a profound impact on my life:
“I empower victims of abuse and other adversities through awareness, and education. Our goal is to offer healing and prevention strategies to stop the abuse of women and children and help them to emerge from hurt to healing.” - Rynette Upson
“Each of us has the desire to be great. We all have the capacity to be great. Sometimes we need someone to help us find silence and peace in the chaos. You have a purpose, and sometimes someone can appreciate you more than you value yourself.” - Auguste Crenshaw
“I give 110% in everything I do, my business is my life. We can help you find a perfect dress for your big day and plan your event or big day.” - Grace Shonhiwa
If I didn’t purposely design my support system, I don’t think I would have followed through on a lot of my activities in my business and life.
Building self-confidence can be obtained by discovering your true self, banishing negative thoughts, and designing a support system.
As soon as you develop unshakable confidence as an entrepreneur, you’ll have the ability to design your own circumstances in your life and business.