Have Confidence In Yourself
“Confidence is not ‘They will like me’. Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’”
This is one of those things which is really important in the life of a student. Having confidence in yourself helps you to enhance your capabilities and discover your potential.
Self-confidence is an essential part of humanity. A person with self-confidence generally likes themselves, is willing to take risks to achieve their personal and professional goals, and sees future in an optimistic manner.
Someone who lacks self-confidence, however, is less likely to feel that they can achieve their goals, and tends to have a pessimistic perspective about themselves and what they hope to gain in life.
The good news is that you can improve your self-confidence! Building self-confidence requires you to cultivate a positive attitude about yourself and your social interactions, while also learning to eliminate any negative emotions that arise and practicing better self-care.
You should learn to set goals and take risks, as well, since meeting challenges can further improve your self-confidence.
For a simple example of self-confidence in real life, let me give you my example- So, I decided to participate in a JAM competition which was going to be held in my school, at the Inter-House level. JAM is nothing but ‘Just A Minute’ speech on a given topic. At the class level, I got selected, which meant that I was going for the competition. In the competition, I heard the other students say their JAM’s and suddenly I felt nervous that my JAM is not going to be up to the mark, and I should back out. But, I didn’t do so. I reminded myself that I am lucky to be part of this competition from so many students in my grade, and that I should have confidence in myself. This made my JAM sound really good. I did not win, but I learned the lesson that self-confidence can help eliminate negative thoughts from our mind, which in this case was my fear of not performing well.
Therefore, I suggest that if you lack in self-confidence and are shy or nervous to do things in front of people, don’t be! Instill self-confidence in yourself with the help of you elders, and you will be fine!
