You have what it takes to be confident!

It’s important to understand the connection between courage and self-confidence.

I want you to take a moment and think back to a time when you were scared to do something, but you gathered up your courage and did it anyway.

Maybe it was walking away from a bad situation.
Maybe it was working through a problem that seemed impossible at first glance.
Maybe it was overcoming a fear, facing it, and coming through ok at the other side.
Maybe it was overcoming a big physical or mental challenge like running your first 10K race or acing a big exam.

It doesn’t matter what it was, as long as you think of something that took courage to do.

Think about how you felt after you did whatever that courageous thing or act was. It felt pretty amazing, didn’t it?

Maybe you were a bit exhausted from the effort or relieved that you made it through to the other side. No doubt that adrenaline started pumping through your body and you felt incredibly proud of what you’d accomplished. That made you feel elated and good about yourself and your ability to do other courageous things.

In other words, you gave yourself a big boost of self-confidence. That is one of the connections between self-confidence and courage.

You can boost your confidence and self-esteem by getting into the habit of doing courageous things. Once you’ve gotten that boost of confidence, you start to feel more courageous and then you’re ready to tackle the next hard thing on your list.

In other words, self-confidence and courage can work in a self-propelling spiral. Do something courageous and your self-confidence increases. As your confidence goes up, it’s easier to do something courageous. And on and on it spirals.

This is an important concept to grasp and it’s something you can use to your advantage. By simply getting in the habit of doing something that scares you, or that seems hard at first, and having the courage to give it a try anyway, you can put this self-propelling spiral of increased self-confidence into motion.

From there, every little thing you do that’s either courageous or increases your confidence will make it easier to keep going and keep improving.

The only hard part is getting started, and frankly, that isn’t all that hard or scary, is it? What can you do today that takes a little courage?