Great Ways To Boost Your Self Confidence 

Confidence and happiness go hand in hand. So to be more confident you will need to improve on other areas of your life and wellbeing.

Confidence is like any skill – it can be learned, honed and improved. Here are a few great ways to help you to improve your self confidence and allow yourself to be the best you can.

Exercise

Exercise has countless health benefits, both physically and mentally. Getting fitter and healthier has been proved to boost confidence and body image. If you are happy and confident in your body, then that confidence is likely to transfer to other areas of your life as well.

There is no set amount of exercise that will help boost your self confidence. You should try different amounts to see what works best for you.

Exercise is also a great stress buster, making it a great way to unwind after a hard day. This, in turn, will help you to feel more relaxed and will only help your confidence grow.

Show Yourself Kindness

It’s okay not to be okay sometimes. Having a gentler attitude with yourself can often help to boost confidence. When we make a mistake, often we are the ones who are hardest on ourselves. Try talking to yourself in the way you would a friend or relative. This can do wonders for your confidence and will eventually become a habit that will benefit you in all areas of your life.

Try to stop comparing yourself to others and focus on yourself. Making comparisons to others is one of the leading causes of feelings of inadequacy and therefore, lower self confidence. You will often only ever see a rose-tinted version of other people anyway – particularly online. No one is going to Instagram their bad days.

Smile More

The act of smiling can improve your confidence and mood. Even if you don’t feel like smiling, it is worth trying out. Smiling can also boost your interaction with other people. It can be a way of connecting with other people, even if you don’t know them. If confidence when meeting new people is one of the things you worry about then smiling more can really help.

Having a healthy smile can also improve your confidence. You should make sure that you have an excellent dental care routine. Make sure to brush twice per day and floss as often as is needed.

If you’re worried your smile isn’t at its best, then why not try some Crest Whitening Strips? Crest Whitestrips are one of the most popular options in the market for home teeth whitening. These are great for improving the look of your smile – a sure-fire way to gain more confidence. Taking care of the outside can often have a hugely beneficial effect on the inside.

Learn New Things

This can be great to help you feel more competent – and feeling competent is an essential element to feeling confident.

It doesn’t matter what you learn. You can choose at random, choose something that will improve your job prospects or something that can be a creative outlet.

Whatever you choose learning a new skill can help you see that you are a component, talented person. If you can become skilled at one thing, you can apply that to any other facet of your life. The rewarding feeling of mastering a skill is invaluable to gaining and growing your self confidence.

Dress Well

You’ve likely heard of the phrase “dress for success”. This is just as true when trying to improve confidence.

This doesn’t mean you have to start dressing in business attire but simply that you should try to select what you wear with more thought. Again if you are happy with the outside that happiness will inevitably transfer inward.

It can be best to choose a few select garments from your wardrobe that you always feel great wearing. Decide what you like about these things – whether it’s the colour, the style or the fabric. Once you’ve done this, you could buy a few more variants of these items and end up with a wardrobe full of clothes that make you feel confident.

Gratitude

Try to find something (or many things) to be grateful for each day. You could keep a diary of things you are thankful for to remind you when you’re having a bad day.

Having a list you can look at can help lift your mood and, in turn, raise your confidence. Being able to see the things you have to be grateful for can help you realise the number of positives you have in your life. Once you recognise this, your feelings of confidence will naturally rise.

Fake It Til You Make It

You can learn confidence. One way that many people find highly effective is to pretend to be confident. Eventually, you won’t be acting anymore – you will be confident. Confidence, unlike other skills, doesn’t require knowledge of what confidence is or require you to prove it. So if you can get practised at pretending to be confident, then people won’t be able to tell that it isn’t ‘real’ confidence.

If you come across as confident, even if inside you don’t feel so sure, people will react to you as if you are a confident person. That affirmation is what will help make your confidence a real and lasting thing. You may even trick yourself.

Conclusion

Many elements come together when trying to gain or improve self confidence. Finding the right combination is personal to each individual, but some things will help no matter who you are or what your particular circumstances are.

Living a healthy, fulfilling life is the best step you can take towards confidence. Try not to compare yourself to others – remember that many of us are simply faking it until we make it!

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