Thread by @RealNaijaGuy

4 Ways To Boost Your Confidence To Live a Life of Energy, Achievement And Success (A Thread)

Life is a risk. And without confidence, dreams will never see reality.

Here I share 4 powerful ways to give your confidence an explosive boost.

Let's dive right in.

I have had my own share of lack of confidence.

I don't know if you have too, but lack of confidence is a problem many people face.

In my studies & research, I found it said many times that successful people have many traits.

But confidence is the most important of them all.

This means that confidence is a very important virtue to develop.

Last year, Jay Z and Beyonce hired a confidence coach for their 5 year old daughter Blue Ivy.

The point is to show you how important confidence is to success.

Let's have a little definition.

The word 'confidence' comes from the Latin word 'confidere,' which means 'to have FULL trust.'

Notice the word full.

The means you leave no room for doubts.

Not half trust. Not a quarter tryst. But full trust.

What this means is that you have full trust in your ability to navigate situations.

Not full trust in the situation, because circumstances can be bad or negative.

But you have FULL trust in your ability to go through them and make the most of them.

That said, here are the 4:

1📍 Focus On What You Have And Not On What You Don't Have.

Why haven't you started a business?

Why haven't you built that relationship?

Why haven't you made that move you always wanted?

Notice that every excuse you'll give will be based on what you don't have.

Switch your focus and begin to see what you actually have.

You don't have capital? But you have people? You have free sources where you can quickly learn a skill to make money.

You don't have formal education, but you can tweet and post on Facebook.

For everything you think you don't have, there are things that you do have that can more than compensate for them.

Focus on what you have. Begin to use it and you'll see your confidence start to rise.

2📍 Focus On Why It Will Work.

We naturally hate risks because risks come with the promise of pain if things don't work.

This is why when an idea hits you, you almost (like a habit) begin to see reasons why it won't work.

Share it with a friend and they also discourage you

and tell you why it won't work.

Your confidence will always drop when you see the negatives.

Begin to focus on why it will work. Look for the possibilities.

You will develop the confidence to explore and exploit them.

3📍 Focus on Why It Must Work

I like to tie everything I do to a course bigger than what I am chasing.

You want to make start a business so you can make money.

Why must it work?

So you can live life on your terms.

So you can give your daughter the vacation you promised.

So you never have to beg anyone for money again because begin reduces ego.

Why must that idea work. What bigger course can you tie it to?

Maybe you want to be able to be able to say 'Expert trainer, trained over 2,000 clients.'

Symbol of pride.

Why must it work? Find it.

4 📍 Focus On What You Can Do. Then Do It.

Nothing boosts confidence better than action.

Not meditation. Not wishful thinking.

Action will always be the best confidence booster.

Do not let what you cannot do stop you from doing what you can do.

Take action.

No matter how small. Do it.

When I started writing this thread, I didn't feel a tinge of inspiration.

But as soon as I got to the fourth tweet in this thread, I began to feel the adrenaline pump.

Right now, I feel more pumped than I did when I started.

And left alone, I can keep writing and writing and writing...

You get the point, don't you?

Action inspires confidence.

Step out of your state of inertia.

Do something.

Don't just read, act.

Each step you take will provide the fuel for the next step.

Here's a summary of the 4 hacks to boost your confidence:

📍 Focus on what you have

📍Focus on Why it will work

📍Focus on why it must work (connect to a higher course)

📍Focus on what you can do and take action.

Go Get It Done!

Rooting for you.