The Key to Boosting Confidence: Start with Self-Acceptance

The Sonya Looney Show

Confidence - it can be hard to boost your confidence when you feel like you are lacking it. But research shows that increasing confidence is actually a trainable skill. A lack of confidence can show up in many different forms; being worried about what other people will think of you, fear of rejection when putting yourself out there, feeling like you don't have the skills, education, or training to for a task or role, or fear of it not going a certain way and what that could mean about you. It's normal to experience all of these feelings, but part of mental toughness means you are able to recognize and allow them, investigate the what or the why, and then use mindfulness and some mental tools to overcome it.

There are several elements of self-confidence and a potent one is self-acceptance One of the biggest landmines with detracting from self-confidence is comparing yourself to others. I've been there- I feel great about what I did... until I've seen what others have done. The first step is realizing that you're comparing. The self-awareness around your thoughts and then asking what insight you can gain from it is very powerful. If you find that comparing yourself to others is draining your confidence, check out this post I wrote on how to stop comparing yourself to others.

As a side note, if you're looking improve your mental toughness and boost confidence, check out my Mindset Academy. You'll find 22 lessons based on many years of research, real-life experience and real-world takeaways.

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