Lack of Confidence
First of fall we need to understand the reason for lack of
confidence. Lack of confidence is due to a fear of one kind or another
(mostly unfounded). As an American wrote, “my life was full of
misfortunes which never happened”.
Of course, one need not be reckless. Yet, harboring fear never helps. We
need to think rationally and pen down what makes us afraid and why.
This process helps remove some of the fear and begins the path of
building confidence.
A famous Management Guru one said that there are four ‘C’s which form
the foundation of an individual’s growth and a Company’s progress.
These four virtues are – Curiosity, Confidence, Courage and Consistency.
The most important of these happen to be
Confidence. If absence of confidence the other virtues will simply disappear.
It is said that “they conquer who believe they can”. Self-belief is
thus the second important factor in building up confidence. Confidence
emerging out of self-belief is necessary for any significant
achievement. New opportunities always carry some incidence of chance.
For taking any initiative you must be prepared to take calculated risk.
In fact not taking any risk is the biggest risk of life.
Further, Confidence enables you to trust yourself. And if you don’t
trust yourself, nobody else will. No one will feel secure in placing any
responsibility on you. That will be the dead end. There is no further
growth.
Lost Opportunities
Often we do not see opportunities because we are not interested. On
the face of it, lack of desire acts as a strong handicap in our progress
and growth. But, Confidence trains our mind to desire what the
situation demands. It makes us alert enough to recognize and seize
emerging opportunities. With desire created by confidence we look ahead,
strive hard and succeed.
Confidence breeds courage
For taking risk of any kind one needs to have courage. If we have
confidence; we will be able to rise up to the demands of the situation.
So we must go ahead and take calculated risk. Courage enables us to move
ahead! Yet, if there is no confidence it will be very difficult to
harness courage.
Smile
Most people lack self-confidence. You can help them! Smile. Your
smile will reassure them. You will be doing a great job helping them to
gain confidence. This is particularly true when somebody is meeting a
new group of people. We must also remember that the more we are helping
others to gain confidence, the more we enhance our own self-confidence!
We help ourselves too!!!
Thanks for reading.