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2 Keys

To Boosting

Your Inner Confidence

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Karthik Narayana Reddy

2 Keys To Boosting Your Inner Confidence I ve been coaching for a few years now and the biggest thing I ve learnt both for me and for my clients is that inner confidence is the key to it all There are all kinds of strategies ways of thinking patterns of behavior and practical tips for improving your life and feeling better about yourself but they re all redundant if the foundation isn t there That foundation is the real you the you that you know deep down you are The trick is that it takes confidence to find that and to bring out who you are here are the three keys to real inner confidence 1 Get To Know Your Values Personal values are a big passion of mine and I often get carried away with myself when I talk about them I make no apology for that though they re one of the most important things you can know about yourself and are vital in getting genuine inner confidence Your values are ten thousand feet down inside you right at the very core of who you are and they re the building blocks the foundations and cornerstones for you A value is something in yourself in others or in the world that s most important to you and could include things like beliefs progress family fun nature achievement or freedom Why is it that some people and situations leave you feeling angry frustrated demotivated or deflated It s because one or more of your values is being denied suppressed or repressed and we experience that as a negative experience because it s denying a fundamental piece of who you are You know those times when you ve felt really alive amazing or buzzing Those are the times when one or more of your values are being honored and you can get more of that by living according to them Your values are all yours and no matter what happens no one can ever take them away You can have absolute confidence in them because they re there all the time just waiting for you to notice and use them When you get to know your values you can start to make choices and align your life around them It s so simple and it feels amazing because all that really means is that you re allowing who you are to live in the real world 2 Exercise the Muscle Confidence is a muscle and like any muscle you need to exercise it so that it doesn t shrink and waste away The problem is that unlike your biceps or glutes which tend to stay in the same place your confidence muscle can be harder to find How do you develop your biceps or firm up your glutes By doing exercises that are designed to work that muscle over a period of time until you see the results you were looking for It s just the same with confidence Let s say that you re the kind of person that doesn t take many risks the kind of person who goes through each day doing what needs to be done and doing it well but not really stretching yourself You might talk yourself out of doing something because it s too scary or because you think to yourself I m not good enough that s not who I am or I don t really want it anyway That kind of person lives within what they know and what keeps them safe and comfortable The fewer risks they take the less confident they need to be and so the less confident they become To work your confidence muscle you need to be prepared to take risks big or small You need to be willing to stretch yourself in an unfamiliar direction to try something new or try something in a slightly different way You need to open yourself up to the possibilities around you and push yourself to increase what you know what you do and who you are The more open you are to risk opportunity and possibility the more confident you need to be and so the more confidence you ll develop That s your confidence muscle the question is what are you going to do to exercise it

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