The Trust Connection
I am convinced confidence is the key to a fuller life. I would like to look at the connection between trust and confidence.
The definition of confidence is often boiled down to a strong belief in yourself and your abilities. However, this definition misses an important component of confidence and the boost it provides in your ability to achieve a goal. What I’m referring to is trust.
The trust or faith you have in yourself is built over time and plays a large role in helping you to overcome a challenge or make progress on towards a goal.
If you are attempting something you have never done before and cannot rely on the confidence that comes with having achieved a similar thing before, you can get the boost you need from the faith or trust in yourself.
Take a Leap of Faith
You may not consider yourself a success in anything. But it’s simply not true! It may sound basic, but you have learned and overcome obstacles since you were an infant. You’ve learned to talk, walk, read and write! You may have learned to drive, swim, cook etc.
I am positive that if you examined your life you will find accomplishments that you can build on. Just because they aren’t broadcast on T.V. doesn’t diminish them. They are tangible accomplishments, even if they are from the distance past, you can use them to build a trust in yourself that you can do it. Take a leap of faith, this time for yourself!
Persistence
No matter how little you have may have achieved, the one thing you can control, irrespective of your skill set, is the effort you put forth. I am speaking to the number and intensity of the attempts you can make. Persistence is indelibly linked to confidence and success. You have heard the cliche; If I bang my head against the wall enough times, it will crack. An extreme example, but it shows that if you are persistent and do not give up, you will definitely have a measure of success.
Confidence and success are rooted in the acceptance that what you are attempting to do will be challenging, and that set backs that will come, but with knowledge that with a steady application, you will persevere.
If you can’t trust yourself, who can you?
