Confidence Produces Positive Energy!

Personal brand is all about the energy that we put across, physically, and on our social media posts.

Wouldn't it be great to have some sure fire, practical ways to boost our confidence that are proven to work, time and time again - what works is different for everyone but...

There are various aspects of confidence to remember...

1. You are not born with confidence - it comes from successes.
Learning to:

• Walk
• Talk
• Read
• Write
• Ride a bike

Look back at the things you have done that you are now confident in and use it to realise that you can master what it is your trying to!

2. Confidence comes with practicing 'Your Thing' for me, that is public speaking and teaching groups.

• Sunday school teacher
• Nurse teacher of doctors and students
• Public speaking at events about styling, an after lunch speaker for various charity events and a regular speaker at WI's
• More recently for a year running my free zoom session around Personal Brand, weekly

Did you know it takes 10,000 hours to master something?

Before that you will get it wrong then you just keep learning and learning until...
You realise...

That the road to success is just a succession of failures!

3. To gain confidence visualise everything you want to succeed at - your subconscious brain doesn't know the difference, so in effect just visualizing it is just like practise, you can use some affirmations too.

Here are some good ones...

• I am strong
• I am powerful
• I am loving
• I am harmonious
• I am smart
• I am worthy
• I am enough
• I am important
• I am successful

Have you ever watched the film or read the book 'the Help'? in it a lovely nanny teaches her ward some affirmations to get her though her childhood when both her parents are quite neglectful.

• This is a magnificent universe.
• It brings me all good thing.
• It conspires for me in always.
• It is supporting me in all I do.
• It is meeting my needs.
• I will do Acts of Random Kindness.
• I will be conscious of where money goes.
• I will improve my communication.

I will be brave.

4. Fail more often. Lots more often.

Challenges happen all the time (shit happens) We can look at those challenges and ask yourself...
Is this happening to me OR for me!

When you realise that your fails, mistakes, are all there to teach you how to get to the next level, like a computer game, then all failures, mistakes and catastrophes are eventually positive ways for you to grow. whether in business or life

5. Say yes more.

Especially to things that you have never done before, things that will rewire your brain.

• Say yes to jumping out of the plane for charity (even though it scares you shitless!)
• Say yes to doing that TEDx talk.
• Say yes to taking that cold shower EVERY morning.

When you do these things then it means you can conquer anything you put your mind to.

6. Get out of your comfort zone and do things that make you feel uncomfortable, and this enables you realise that uncomfortable things don't kill you.
Try going into a coffee shop and lying on the floor for 10 seconds!

Try asking for 20% discount in any shop you go into - you’re not going to lose anything!
Even small things like brushing your teeth with your opposite hand (believe me It’s really hard and annoying)

Developing and clarifying your personal brand really does give you confidence in YOU
 
Love Sally x