Self-confidence ... You can now change the motive of your life into the ambition you wish to reach.
If you stop for a few minutes and look at the reality of your life, and talk about the outlook you hold toward your relationships and your interpretation of how people treat you, or talk about how hard it is to start your project or the things that cause you anxiety,
you will realize that you interpret life and events from the position of your connection with your own thinking.
Yet some people may live a life close to yours, but they do not interpret things the way you do, and the reason for that is:
- Their trust that what happens to them has positive purposes
- Their desire to benefit from what happens
- Their insistence on changing the shape of their lives through optimism
Confidence within the self changes the activity of a person's thinking and how they see themselves. The more determined you are to face circumstances and overcome them, or the more persevering and willing to try, and ready to change your habits into healthy ones and pay attention to your activity, the more this is reflected in your life.
As you have noticed, confidence springs from within you. Whatever you think about, you can choose the positive view that lets you speak about it with confidence.
Start, for example, by speaking optimistically about resolving a disagreement, or by communicating with someone while being sure of your ability to persuade them, or take the initiative to study how to start your project.
What matters in your experience is that you do not stop trying, and that you continue out of your confidence in yourself, or out of your readiness to accomplish what is required. Self-confidence is what drives you to continue and not to stop.
Confidence is not a word that a confident person says, but a behavior that shows confidence. The more you speak about your idea or opinion with confidence, and notice the difference, the more you will realize how it is reflected in your life.
In the end, self-confidence remains the foundation you rely on in every step of your life, and it is what helps you keep going despite challenges.
By Dr. Naser Alfuraih
