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Building Self-Confidence:
How to Initiate a Virtuous Cycle
Part 2 of 2
Jeff Griswold
In Part 1 of this report
you learned how your self-confidence is formed and how it
is extremely sensitive to your experience and outside influences.
In this part, you'll learn what you can do to improve your
self-confidence.
How to Build Your Self-Confidence
The good news is that a negative self-confidence cycle is
completely reversible! You can learn how to eliminate existing
negative thought reflexes and replace them with positive thought
reflexes. By mastering a few easy techniques you'll be able
to recognize and reject negative programming before you allow
it to begin to erode your confidence.
There are dozens of techniques to help you build your self-confidence
and self-esteem. These include:
- Positive Affirmations
- Guided Visualization
- Mental Imagery
- Goal-Oriented Meditation
- Breathing Techniques
- Subliminal Programming
- Whole-Brain Learning
Here's one simple technique you can start using today
that will help you initiate a virtuous cycle of improved self-confidence.
Using Positive Affirmations to Build Self-Confidence
Positive Affirmations are carefully-worded positive statements
that you repeat to yourself and are designed to establish
new thinking patterns in your mind. Using affirmations is
a very effective way to build self-confidence. It seems simple
- and initially it can actually be a little uncomfortable
- but remember, what you're trying to do is to wear a new
groove in your brain. You're trying to create a new path of
least resistance and establish a positive reflex in
your mind. And the best way to create a new reflex is through
repetition of positive thoughts, images and feelings.
At the end of this article, I've included a small handful
of powerful affirmations for you to begin using today. The
way to use affirmations is to repeat the statements to yourself
(out loud or silently). When you repeat an affirmation, feel
it, believe it, and know it! Put some positive emotion
into it. Emotion-backed programming is the most powerful and
long lasting. Allow yourself to experience the feelings of
joy, satisfaction, power and self-confidence as you do each
affirmation. Make each one a true part of your reality.
Use your favorite affirmations routinely throughout the day,
and really feel them. When you do you will eventually
make a quantum leap. You will suddenly be far beyond the doubts
that accompany wishing, hoping, daydreaming, and even believing.
You will enter the zone of knowing.
When you enter the zone of knowing, supreme self-confidence
is automatically there. All doubt is gone. You know
you can do it. You know it will happen, just as surely
as if it had already happened. And quite likely at
some dimension it has happened - for you! When you
enter the zone of knowing, your self-confidence is unshakable
and your untapped potential is released. You feel invincible!
Another great way to use affirmations is to say them while
looking in a mirror. Say them with feeling and soon you'll
become aware of how powerful your eyes are. It's said that
the eyes are the windows of the soul. Ralph Waldo Emerson
wrote that each of us carries in our eyes the exact indication
of our rank. We send messages with our eyes that show how
we think of ourselves and how self-confident we are. And that
influences how others respond to us. The more our eyes bespeak
self-confidence and self-esteem, the more other people are
likely to hold us in high esteem. Some people have developed
a penetrating gaze that makes it seem as if they can look
into your very soul. As you practice your affirmations in
the mirror, you'll see this in your own eyes and soon others
will feel the confidence that you project.
Sample Affirmations
- I now free myself from false limits
- I choose to be self-confident
- I now feel self-confident
- I radiate self-confidence
- I reject negativity at all levels of consciousness
- I love turning negatives into positives
- The more positive I am, the more confident I am
- I now think as a positive person
- I breathe as a positive person
- I feel positive and confident
- I am intelligent
- I am capable
- I speak with self-confidence
- My body language projects self-confidence
- People sense my self-confidence, which gives them confidence
in me
- I am positive and confident
- I'm becoming aware of my true potential
- I enjoy being positive
- Being positive builds my self-confidence
- I feel positive and confident
- I am positive and confident
Start Today
There are many other powerful techniques that you can use
to improve your self-confidence and build your self-esteem.
But this will get you started in the right direction. The
most important thing to remember is that repetition and positive
emotions are critical to changing the way you think. While
it's possible to do this on your own, most people need a defined
program for the direction and support they need to commit
to a change.
Many people find that listening to audio programs (like those
available at http://www.efflearn.com)
is the best way to provide the consistency that's needed to
develop new, healthy, positive thought habits. In addition
to Positive Affirmations, the best audio programs will incorporate
a variety of techniques including guided visualizations, mental
imagery, goal-oriented meditation, subliminal programming,
whole-brain learning, and more.
So, employ whatever resources you need to commit to improving
your self-confidence. Whether it's an audio program or help
from your friends, family or therapist - your self-confidence
is too important to allow it to wither away. Be confident
that you can improve your confidence and it will change your
life.
Copyright © 2005 Jeff Griswold, Effective Learning Systems,
Inc.
Jeff Griswold is the President of Effective Learning Systems,
Inc. (http://www.efflearn.com/selfesteem.php),
the leading creator of self-help audio CDs and tapes. To request
a free copy of "The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn," a 24-page
report showing you how to harness the unlimited power within
yourself, go to: http://www.efflearn.com/best-thing.php
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