5. Always Look Your Best: When you are looking your best and you know that, it gets reflected in your eyes and face. Looking your best shouldn’t be misunderstood as having a certain skin tone or body type or features. It’s rather a way of recognizing your own unique style and feeling comfortable in what you choose to wear. When you look your best every time you step out of the house, it takes your confidence level a notch higher.
6. Know Your Worth: Know your worth and accept nothing less than what you deserve. Knowing your self-worth and being able to fight for it gives you a confidence that nothing else can. It helps you know yourself better, makes you feel comfortable with who you are and helps your build your self-esteem.
7. Compliment Others: Develop a habit of complimenting those around you more often. Say it when somebody looks good or has done something good. It gives an impression that you are able to witness the things in a positive light and makes you feel confident in your ability to convey what you feel.
8. List Your Strengths & Accept Your weaknesses: Knowing your strengths and weaknesses is the best way to build up your confidence. Your strengths always remind you of what you are capable of when you feel like giving up. Being aware of your weaknesses helps you know the areas where you need to work on to be a better person. A few years back, I had this tendency of not having a firm belief on my choices. I was so used to looking for guidance that I wouldn’t even buy the clothes of my choice and would always seek a company for shopping. This sure changed when I recognized that it was actually turning me into a person always dependent on others’ time and choices. I now do my own shopping and love what I wear.
9. Show Others How To Treat You: ‘People will treat you the way you allow them to.’ They take their clues and behave accordingly. Never let anyone assume that you are under-confident and they can treat you in whichever way they decide to. Voice your opinion when needed and send a message that you can speak up for yourself when required.
10. Never Criticize Yourself: Self-criticism makes you feel unsatisfied with your achievements and messes up with your self-confidence. Don’t go around thinking that ‘I’m not attractive, I’m not confident enough to do this job by myself or I’m not intellectual enough to make my own decisions.” Approve yourself to take up anything that comes your way and see what happens.
Being a confident person isn’t a one day activity. It’s rather a never ending path towards your overall personality development that helps you be happy and satisfied within yourself.
