How to Build Confidence in 7 Days

Confidence is a state of being, the ability to explore aspects of life with certainty - to visualize positive outcomes and to act with authority and conviction. It requires the ability to learn from and to welcome the unknown, because doing so builds confidence.
Self-confidence is having confidence in you. It is a belief in your ability to succeed, an awareness of your strengths and weaknesses. It is to accept responsibility for your actions - bad or good. It is the ability to tolerate any outcome.
Life experiences build self-confidence. Conversely, if you avoid new challenges or tackling obstacles for fear of failure, you will slowly begin to lose your confidence, and the less likely you will be to attempt anything new. Eventually, life will become stagnant.
To enjoy life and to become successful, you must raise your self-confidence to a new level. Below are some short exercises that will boost your self-confidence in 7 days. Complete one exercise each day, and by the 7th day, you will feel more confident than you do today.
How To Build Confidence In 7 Days
Day 1 your task is to speak to 7 complete strangers, people you never met before. A bookstore or cafe is an ideal place to meet strangers, and also the perfect environment to ask:
What is confidence?
Day 2 your task is to speak with 3 complete strangers, but this time you will ask them the following 4 questions:
What is confidence?
Where do you think confidence comes from?
Can you tell when someone is not confident?
Do you personally know anybody that is 100% confident?
Day 3 your task is to ask your Teacher for personal feedback (constructive criticism):
• Can you point out 1 area where I can use improvement?
Day 4 your task is to make a list of situations where you were left feeling defeated. Next to each situation write down something positive you can take away from each situation.
Day 5 your task is to make a list of your achievements and successes. Next to each one, write down a list of tasks you had to accomplish in order to attain that success. Be sure to include the small steps as well as the larger tasks you had to complete .
Day 6 your task is to celebrate your past achievements and successes. Be proud of what you have accomplished. Recognize and reward yourself - CELEBRATE!
Day 7 your task is to write down on a piece of paper the following positive affirmation:
• I am human. As human beings we learn from our mistakes and grow from them. From this day forth I give myself permission to live my life with trial and error.
Now look in the mirror and, looking yourself in the eyes, repeat your positive affirmation 7 times.
You were not born with self-confidence; self-confidence is developed throughout life through experiences. When you challenge your skills and are open to learn what you do not know, you will overcome perceived obstacles and build confidence.