4 Questions That Can Help You Build
Confidence
By Johnspeak Uwangue (Motivational Speaker,
Talent and Life Coach)


While in my fourth year in the University, I
decided to start a Motivational/entrepreneurship
radio program. After doing a feasibility study of
the cost and other requirements I discovered
that the cost most especially was way beyond
my capacity. Mind you, I was just a young guy
seeking for a platform to share with people for
free the few knowledge and insights I had to
motivate and give direction to those who cared
to listen. As I was about giving up the dream, an
idea hit me "why not write a proposal to the
various radio stations and see if any of them will
give you an opportunity at least for a month",
without wasting time, I wrote the proposals and
was about submitting them when fear came.
I was just a newbie in the industry with no
experience, certification or experience and young
too. I asked myself these questions and after
providing answers to them, I became confident
and met with the Managing Director of one of
the radio stations in Benin city and to shorten
the long story, I ended up getting the opportunity
to air my program for more than one year without
paying a dime all because I was able to
overcome my fears and build confidence.
All thanks to God, Barrister Tunde Ebozojie (MD,
EBS Benin city) and of course the tips that I'm
about to share with you now.


Confidence is one of the greatest weapons of
success. It exceeds the weapon of knowledge. A
knowledgeable and talented person without
confidence is like an Ak47 gun without a trigger.
I have seen talented and skilled people who are
still at the bottom just because they lack the
confidence to tell the world of what they have
and know.


Please permit me to share with you just four
questions that I strongly believe can help you
overcome fear and build confidence.


- What's Your Motive?
Your motive towards a thing will determine if you
will be confident or not. Can you imagine giving
something to someone that has the ability to
solve his or her problem and be fearful? No!
Before pitching or approaching someone or
organization with either a proposal or idea, I first
above all things check my motive.
What's your reason for wanting to do what you
are about to do? Check your motives because if
your motives aligns with the principles or beliefs
of the other person, you will sure be confident
and confidence will increase your chances of
winning.


- Who Do You Know?
I know this statement has been associated with
corruption in Africa, but its not. A young lady
who had failed so many times in getting
admission into a university despite meeting the
cut off mark, went to her Pastor for Counselling
or possibly to be delivered from the devil working
against her. After meeting with her Pastor and
expecting him to start casting and binding, he
didn't. Rather, he collected her document
containing her details and told her to go home.
She got angry in her mind and went home
because she was expecting her Pastor to give
her scriptures for a seven night fire for fire
prayer. Some weeks later, the vice chancellor of
the University released his own admission list
and her name was among the six names on the
list. Some of the things we struggle for could be
gotten cheaply if only we know someone.
Can you imagine yourself bribing a secretary of a
company when your friend is the managing
director of the company? No! You won't. Every
person you meet on your day to day life should
be taken seriously because you never can tell
when you will need them.


- What Do You Know?
Confidence can make people think you are
knowledgeable until they test you. As a talent
entrepreneurs, you need to have developed your
talent to an a particular height otherwise you will
be thrown out when people see your ignorance.
What you know is what will determine how far
you will go. No matter how expensive you are
dressed, it is what you know that will prove
people right or wrong about you.


Have You Been Certified?
I decided to make this the last because I know
that many people who started reading this piece
won't finish reading it. To be certified is to get a
thumb up for what you do. For instance, it's not
possible to still be scared of taking a novel of
yours public after you have gotten a thumb up
from an award winning novelist like Professor
Wole Soyinka. This tip is an easy way to build
confidence. I use this tip a lot before
approaching a knowledgeable individual or a
reputable organization for a pitch. Get certified
for your project by a respected authority and
watch how confident you will be.


Succeed You Must!


(c) Johnspeak Uwangue
Motivational Speaker, Talent and Life Coach

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