Are you overwhelmed by negative thoughts and
past failures? If you are,then it is difficult to feel
confident. My father’s advice always was, “Look on
the bright side.” I did not realize that was such good
advice until about 30 years later! Here are 11 easy
ways toboost your confidence if you are feeling
glum and pessimistic.



1. Focus on positive thoughts.Looking on the bright
side meansfocusing on the positive aspects of your
life. Focus on your good health, achievements,
talents, and experience. Research has shown that
when elderly Canadians were convinced that their
health was poor, they were much more likely to end
up in hospital than thosewho were convinced their
health was excellent. Time to dismiss all those
negative thoughts!


2. Use the power of mantras. Thoughts need to be
verbalized and this is how the power of mantras,
repeated to yourself, can work. Perhaps you are
dogged by critical comments, desolate because of
insultsor crippled by setbacks? How on earth can
you boost your confidence with allthat going on?
Many experts believe that when we repeat mantras,
we canboost confidence. Try a few of these for
yourself:- “What others say is a reflection of them,
not me.”-“The only approval I need is my own.”-“I
am good enough.”-“I look great.”-“I can succeed in
this.”


3. Sit up straight.There are now posture corrector
apps which can be attached to your lower back to
remind you to sit up straight with head lifted and
shoulders back. The experts tell us that when
weslouch, this affects our whole outlookon life. One
study showed that those who sat upright were
much moreoptimistic about their prospects
incareers and their relationships. Those who were
slouching were way downthe list as regards
confidence. Stops louching!


4. Learn from setbacks. Maybe you think that there
are far toomany setbacks and this has ruined your
confidence in getting that dreamjob or getting a
great figure. You maybe thinking that your weight
lossprogram is useless because you willnever
achieve your goal. The secrethere is think of a
setback or failure as feedback. It is telling you what
toadjust and how to continue on theroad, using a
slightly differentapproach.“Life’s problems reveal
who wereally are”- Unknown


5. Think of expectations rather thanfantasies. If you
fantasize too much and visualize lots of success,
happiness and wealth, there may be a shock
coming.Research now suggests that positive
expectations are a much safer route totake to boost
your confidence. After all,dreaming is part of a
fantasy.Expectations are based on
pastexperiences. Studies show that people with
realistic expectations were doing better at getting
the dream job or finding

6. Choose 5 things you can easily do.Maybe you
are a great jogger or cook? Perhaps you are kind
andcompassionate? Whatever it is, choose 5 of
these things that you are really good at and always
make you feel great afterwards. This is a great
confidence booster and an even betterone is to tick
them off your list at theend of the day.


7. Seek out positive leisure time.This is where you
have to make aneffort to avoid toxic company and
also exposure to bad news. We are surrounded by
disasters and everytime we log on, there is news
about some catastrophe, There is very rarely good
news. This can drag us downinto doom and gloom.
The solution toboost confidence is to dedicate
moretime to physical activity, watching funny
videos and above all, enjoyingthe company of
positive friends and colleagues.

8. List your achievements. You need to constantly
remind yourself of what you achieved in yourlife so
far. This often gets overshadowed by problems
andworries. These can cloud your vision and make
your goal seem impossible. A good idea is to keep a
list of your successes near your computer to
remind yourself. There is nothingwrong with self-
promotion. This is agreat confidence booster. The
greatthing about being self-confident is thatyou can
inspire others to be like that too. Spread the good
news!

9. Count your blessings. My father also said this!
Look at whatyou have now. You are in acomfortable
space, you have enoughfood to eat, and you can
even read myarticle! Did you know that happiness
ismade up of 90% of how you actually view your
life? The other miserable10% make up the actual
circumstances.Too often, when you are not self-
confident, you tend to concentrate onthis tiny
percentage. Every single day, make sure you list all
the things you have to be grateful for. Your list will
probably be quite long. That will make you feel
happier straight away and also boost
yourconfidence

10. Keep taking risks. Imagine that you have had
negative feedback or that you have screwed up at
work. These things happen all the time and your
confidence takes abattering. The worst possible
thing you can do is to crawl back into your shell
and decide to keep a low profile. Head down and
work away without takingany risks. This is not a
good way torecover. We need to keep taking risks
and keep moving forward to achieve success. That
is the best recipe to get back your confidence.
Retirement is not an option yet!“If you’re going
through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

11. Forget perfectionism.We all strive to be the best,
the nicest,the most successful. The list goes onand
on. But recognizing that perfectionism is simply not
achievable can be a great recipe to boost
confidence. Nothing wrong with excellence but
perfectionism willensure we spend too much
timecomparing ourselves to others all thetime. That
is not healthy at all and can ruin our confidence as
we observe their successes. The best way forward
to self-confidence is to stop beatingourselves up for
our mistakes and our faults.“A great figure or
physique is nice, but it’s self-confidence thatmakes
someone really sexy.” –Vivica A.Fox

ok

I can sum it up in two words

1, Money.
2, Education

If you can have them both, get baptised in the street. (Street credibility)

Logician:
I can sum it up in two words

1, Money.
2, Education

If you can have them both, get baptised in the street. (Street credibility)

still without God, you are nothing.

Princecalm:
still without God, you are nothing.

God is finite. He doesn't need permission to be, He has been there, He is there and He would still be there, but without those things I mentioned, He would still be there watching you because he gave us the gift of free will.

Better you know all that.

Logician:


God is finite. He doesn't need permission to be, He has been there, He is there and He would still be there, but without those things I mentioned, He would still be there watching you because he gave us the gift of free will.

Princecalm:
Better you know all that.

. My dear brother! Have I ever given you a reason to play me for a fool?

Logician:
. My dear brother! Have I ever given you a reason to play me for a fool?

not at all.