“Confidence is a choice, not a symptom.
The batter has already hit two home runs. When he gets up to bat for the third time, his confidence is running high…
It’s easy to feel confident when we’re on a roll, when the cards are going our way, or we’re closing sales right and left. This symptomatic confidence, one built on a recent series of successes, isn’t particularly difficult to accomplish or useful.
Effective confidence comes from within, it’s not the result of external events. The confident salesperson is likely to close more sales. The confident violinist expresses more of the music. The confident leader points us to the places we want (and need) to go.
You succeed because you’ve chosen to be confident. It’s not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you’re able to become confident.” [Excerpt from Seth Godin’s Blog.]
Confidence is not a constant state for many of us. It comes and goes yet we wonder if, like self awareness, it isn’t a “muscle” that needs to be build over time so that you can call upon it when you need it most. Who hasn’t heard the advice “act confident even when you don’t feel it.” We believe that being able to tap into our confidence (which resides in each of us), not just acting it, is the real practice. “Being” confident is different than “acting” confident. Don’t you think?
Where does confidence reside in you?
When you need it, how do you tap into it?
Find the place of confidence within and nurture and build the muscle in good times so you’ll “be” it when you need it most!
