3 Ways To Improve Your Self Confidence

Hi, folks. m. Central time. Hope you're having a great day. I'll wait just a few moments for some more people to show up. Okay, awesome. Let's get this show on the road. So what all other things being equal, what one thing could improve your work life more than anything else? I'm going to make the argument that it could be self confidence. And so let's talk about how we can improve our self confidence. I have three concrete ways that you can do this. You can get started on them today. As a. As a person who is, you know, full of insecurities and doubts and fears, you know, many of which I have overcome and many of which I will overcome in the future, I do feel uniquely qualified to share this message with you.

I'm Nick the poet. I'm a creative coach here at Cadre. I'm also a creative director at a marketing agency called Franchiseramp that we found out this morning that it was number 49 on the inc. 5001 top companies in the past three years. So we're very excited about that. And I think having self confidence in the workplace can really help you shine in your role, and it can help others who are working with you to shine as well. And one way that I think you can do this is through the use of affirmations.

And I'm going to share some with you that my friend shared on social media. And I've made my screensaver on my phone and have been saying and have found to be extremely helpful. So the one is, the first one is, I am constant creation of who I am. I am constant creation of who I am. And so at every moment, we are really creating ourselves. And so if we are experiencing a lot of negative thoughts or letting our thoughts go to this fearful place, we are going to possibly create that type of fear. And so we want to, as much as possible, remember that we are creating who we are right now.

Lets create a positive future. Two, I am a revenue producing juggernaut. I am a revenue producing juggernaut. I think that one speaks for itself. Number three, I am the happiest person on earth, shining my light on everybody. I am the happiest person on earth, shining my light on everybody. Now, you may not always feel that way, but you can certainly always act better than you feel. And I don't think this is inauthentic. I think it's just a practical way of living. You know, put a smile on your face, you know, but sometimes we need to address pain.

We need to address depression. We need to address what Carl Jung calls the shadow self. But really, like, we can practice being, you know, more positive. And I know when I say this affirmation, it always makes me joyful. Fourth affirmation, I am rich in all areas of my life. I am rich in all areas of my life. And finally, a last affirmation, and this is a great one for self confidence. I am fearless. I am fearless. So start working these affirmations into your routine. It could be in the morning, it could be at night.

It could be in the middle of the day when you're taking a break. But we can really program our subconscious mind, and these affirmations can make us more confident. Maybe you use them before a business meeting or before an important client call or whatever you have going on in your workday. So that is the first tip, is affirmations. Start using them. They can improve your self confidence. Number two is take an acting class. Right? And so you might say, how is that going to improve my self confidence?

It will get you speaking and acting in a certain way, and you can begin to model. And if so, say you just can't do an acting class. You can't find one in the area. You can practice acting as if people who you admire, who have a lot of self confidence, walk into the room, like Tony Robbins would walk into the room, or whoever, you know, you're trying to model at that time, you know, and because if we're taking those actions, then it's going to change our thinking. It can be difficult to change our thinking and then change our actions.

But if we start acting as if. Once again, I don't believe this is inauthentic. I believe it's a practical way that we can improve our self confidence. And, you know, it might be baby steps, like the movie. What about Bob? Just take that little step forward. You know, practice being a little more confident, and we can get 1% better at this every day. And before we know it, we are a more confident version of ourselves. And when those insecurities come up, we don't need to squelch them down. We can just say, I understand that you're nervous here, but self confident me is taking over, and we're going to get this done right.

And so I think that's really what you can do. One of my favorite social media mentors to emulate is Gary Vee, Gary Vaynerchuk. And he says this, your confidence is the easiest indicator to your success in business and in life, because first of all success is self defined. We're all judging our own homework. We all get to decide how successful we are. There are people who've made so much money who don't deem themselves successful because they have no real relationships. The concept of letting people define you instead of you defining yourself is everything.

Self confidence is everything. Loving yourself is everything. Everybody else in the world has shortcomings, too. This is about self esteem and insecurity. Life is that binary. Figure out how to love yourself. So by loving ourself and being encouraging to ourself, we're going to promote that self confidence. If our inner talk is, like Mel Robbins says, giving us the high five, right, building ourselves up internally, then we're going to carry that to everyone around us. If we have that harsh, negative voice chastising us in our mind, we may project that outwardly.

But once again, it's just about making these little improvements and figuring out how to love ourselves and be more self confident. Confident. It's a lifetime game. Okay, the third tip is exercise. Okay? Exercise just makes us happier and healthier. I was just reading a social media quote from Jim Quick, and it says, studies of abnormal mood states show that aerobic exercise improves measures of mood in subjects both with depression and without, as well as boost levels of three key monoamines that play a key role in mood, serotonin, noradrenaline, and dopamine.

I may need to look up what monoamine, or if I'm even saying that means, but he goes on to say, exercise also boosts the levels of endorphins, which are responsible for feelings of well being. So we all know if we're exercising, we're sleeping well, we're eating well, we just have more confidence, we feel better, and that's going to show up at work for us, too. And I just wanted to share. So those are three, you know, really, tips that you can start using right now. Affirmations. Take an acting class or begin modeling people who you see, who have real self confidence.

And number three is exercise. Here's a couple of bonus tips or a philosophy that I think can really help you with this focus on others and being of service. You know, walk into a room and think, what can I give here? As opposed? What? As opposed to what can I take here? I've walked into rooms with both of those mentalities, and I have a lot more fun, and it ends up being a lot more productive when I think, what can I give? So by taking this attention off of ourself, we're going to grow in confidence.

We're not worried about how we look or what we're doing, and we're really becoming more, more ourselves and therefore more confident. So those are some tips for you today. I want you to try one of these, whether it's affirmations, whether it's an acting class, being of service or exercise. And I want you to make a 32nd video about your experience with it and text it to five of your friends. Okay. Text this video to five of your friends. Give it a try. Let me know how it goes. My name is Nick the poet.

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