BUILDING CONFIDENCE THAT DRIVES GROWTH (FOR YOUR BUSINESS)

The life we live is full of challenges. And some of these challenges include fear, worry and uncertainty. In my last blog entry, I featured an article titled, “How to Deal with Anxiety or Worry,” this time however, we will be learning something different. Let me start by saying- life without challenges is an illusion! And that is why we are faced with some every now and then, in our businesses, health, and even in our various relationships. However, confidence is a very important attribute which comes in handy when you are trying to protect yourself from the slings and arrows of negativity that often come with life.

Confidence is a habit that should be honed and strengthened each day, because you see, there is a direct relationship between our attitude and the choices we ultimately make. For example, someone with very low confidence will ultimately make choices that will shrink growth and progress, rather than boost it. In this article, you will learn some practical strategies that will boost your confidence to an all-time high thereby causing a boomerang effect that will result in growth for the different facets of your life- and especially for your business!

Before we begin to tackle this essential habit called ‘confidence,’ let us first take out the garbage can. What do I mean? Well, keep reading: you see, exuding confidence that drives growth means that you have successfully stamped out the negative forces that often strike – once and for all! You must first take out the garbage that’s weighing you down and invariably holding you back. Let this be your starting point.

So what’s in the garbage can?

You see, I only used this term to refer to all the messes in your life especially those you have failed to deal with. They could be occupational or career, health, legal, financial, organizational messes and they could also include the very familiar relationship struggles. When these build up, they can overwhelm you. The most popular reason many people won’t deal with their garbage is FEAR – fear bears a certain fruit called DOUBT and in turn, seeds of doubt when planted eventually yields a loss of confidence. It’s a vicious cycle that can destroy your business, health, relationships, dreams and life in general.

Some people have accumulated so much garbage over the years, it feels as if they are pulling on a truck-load of wood behind them. There are 3 ways to handle this;

DENY IT – you heard me right! Isn’t that what most people do? You could choose to act like it is not there, when in actual fact it is. And the results? Well, let’s just say majority of the results gotten from denial will be consequences that you will not like!

STAND AT A HALT – ever heard the phrase – ‘stand still; do not move’? This is simply the kind of life that many people are living. Their life just stops – sort of. They do not fall back but they do not make progress either. And you know what? This will frustrate you even more because at the end of the day – you still have a trash-can filled with garbage waiting to be taken out! And this is the point where many people are with their businesses, and lives in general. They lack the confidence they need to forge ahead and yet they refuse to dump the garbage.

STEP INTO YOUR FEAR – you can confront the issue head on! Quit obvious right? If it is, why do most people back out of it? Let me tell you why. Many times we do not like confrontation – not only is it overwhelming, but it gets uncomfortable too. Plus, there’s usually too much at stake, and sometimes it may not work out the way you want it to – OUCH! Hurts, I know. Now, if you take a glance upwards you’ll spot a phrase that helps, and it reads thus; ‘STEP INTO YOUR FEAR’.

This is very critical. Most of the time our fear only exists in our mind. We all have a very powerful imagination which often blows small issues out of proportion. Thus we create mental pictures that are ridiculous when compared to the facts.

Another important factor is the energy you consume when you live in fear. You should not have all that vitality bottled up because it will restrict your capacity. There’s a popular quote that reads; “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” If you want to gain confidence, accelerate your progress and restore your energy to maximum levels then you must confront your fears. Make a decision now to deal with your garbage once and for all! Give it your best shot. Put out the trash and move on. In fact, make this a habit. Just like you take out the physical garbage in your home regularly, also do same to the invisible garbage that is holding you back. Every week something will happen that needs to be resolved – do not allow these things to linger, instead handle them promptly, and do so with confidence. You will live a refreshingly simple and uncluttered life afterwards!

ACTION STEPS

While you are reading this I want you to pause, take out a notepad and do this; make a list of all the issues that you want resolved. Write down at least three of them. Then write down a SPECIFIC way to resolve each one. What will your action plan be? Clearly define it! And finally, decide on the date you are going to have this completed. THEN GET STARTED!

I’ll stop here for now, but next week I’ll be sharing in depth, SIX STEPS FOR BUILDING CONFIDENCE THAT WILL DRIVE GROWTH for your business and life in general, so watch out for it.

BUT – if you would like to know what these SIX STEPS are, right away, then CLICK on the LINK below to get a free copy of my E-BOOK on Amazon titled;

 “Building Confidence That Drives Growth: Six (6) Steps For Building Confidence.”

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