Read Part One here.
We often find ourselves having an opinion that's way more informed and beneficial than those of people around us, but we don't have enough confidence to express these opinions so that they may be heard and acknowledged. Therefore, we often find ourselves in a situation led by less than optimal opinions and have to endure it, even if we don't like it. And it seems that we prefer enduring other people's less-than-optimal standards than to train our own confidence. Why is that?
Wouldn't it be in our own, as well as everybody's interest to think, speak and act from a place of confidence, so that we may match our opinions to those of others?
Certainly, the process of building our confidence would have to involve the following:
- dissolution of doubts
- belief reinforcement
- overcoming the fear of exposing ourselves
- reinforcing the awareness of having the responsibility to share our opinions
- overcoming the fear of the consequences of my actions
What other ways are there to build our confidence?