Readers of my blog often ask me the question: how to become a confident person". In this article, I will answer this question.

Self-confidence is determined by our subjective perception of ourselves, our capabilities and skills, our psycho-emotional state, our beliefs and internal attitudes. In addition, this quality is based on our actual skills and abilities.

When you are good at something, and, at the same time, reality has repeatedly shown you that you really succeeded in this skill, you have less food for doubts about your ability.

If you have never had communication problems, if you have always been able to articulate your thoughts clearly, be an interesting conversationalist, and you have always seen what a good impression you make on other people, then it will be difficult for you to doubt yourself as an interlocutor.

But things are not always so simple. Often we do not have an adequate assessment of our skills, and regardless of what we can and cannot do, we still doubt ourselves.

I will give 25 tips on how to become self-confident. Self-confidence concerns different aspects. Firstly, it is confidence in one's own strengths, in one's abilities, in one's undertakings. Secondly, it is self-confidence in the process of communication, which is expressed in firmness, perseverance and lack of shyness. Thirdly, it is the perception of your real qualities. By developing these qualities, you can be confident in them.

In my advice, I will touch on all these components. I'm not going to break down advice in terms of how it relates to these several levels of self-confidence. After all, self-confidence is associated, for example, with confidence in communication. All these tips are interconnected and will suit a person who is afraid to communicate and a person who doubts his abilities or cannot defend his own point of view.

Nevertheless, I will try to follow this line: first there will be advice related to the work on eliminating doubts, then there will be advice regarding confidence in communication, and only then I will talk about acquiring some personal skills and abilities.

Tip 1 - Don't try to get rid of doubts, live with them!

When I started writing articles for this site, I was tormented by a whole lot of doubts: “what if I won’t be able to write, what if my advice will not be useful to anyone, what if no one will read my site, what if my thoughts seem stupid, etc. »

At the same time I was reading a book by G. Hesse - The Glass Bead Game. And one phrase from this book helped me to awaken faith in myself. “... his doubts did not stop at all, he already knew from his own experience that faith and doubt are inseparable, that they condition each other, like inhalation and exhalation…”

Some of my readers may think that my phrase will follow this: “I read this, and, at this moment, all my doubts were miraculously resolved!”

No, my doubts have not disappeared. Just a quote from the book helped me to finally be convinced of what I only guessed. Doubts and uncertainty are natural and natural. They accompany any undertakings. You can't always run away from them. . Moreover, this is normal, because I started doing something new, unusual for myself and ambitious. Therefore, my first task is not to resolve doubts, but simply to do my own thing, not listening to the voice of uncertainty when it interferes with me.

The fact is that in a lot of cases doubts are just emotions that have nothing to do with reality. Just because you think you can't do something doesn't mean you won't really succeed if you put in your best effort.

If it seems to you that they will not understand you, that they will laugh at you, this does not mean that everything will be that way.

Doubt and confidence constantly replace each other. These are transient phenomena. If you want to test this thesis, then remember the moments when you doubted something, and the next day you were sure of it more than ever. And if you don’t remember, then just watch yourself for a few days, pay attention to how confidence constantly replaces uncertainty. Usually people are more confident in themselves in the morning, when they are full of strength, than in the evening, when strength leaves them.

Self-confidence depends on your tone, on your mood and even on your health. It's just one of those emotional states that comes and goes. Of course, this does not mean that you should simply ignore this condition in every case. Sometimes it can tell you something, for example, that you overestimate your strengths. Sometimes you can just get rid of it as a hindrance, an internal limitation that prevents you from achieving your goals.

But in other cases, you just need to stop listening to this voice of doubt and act. Self-doubt is normal, and sometimes it even helps to get rid of a lot of arrogance. But doubts should not get in the way of all your endeavors.

My point is that becoming self-confident is not the same as never doubting yourself. Being confident means overcoming your doubts and fears!

If you want to know, I still often doubt myself, but do I come across as insecure? If I stopped every time I had doubts, you would not see almost a single article on this site.

Tip 2 - Know the time when self-confidence leaves you

Pay attention to when, in what situations, you are usually tormented by doubts. If you find any pattern in this, then do not attach much importance to this.

For example, I noticed that I begin to strongly doubt myself, in my undertakings, in my words, in my thoughts just before going to bed, when I start to fall asleep. I'm already used to it, and when self-doubt visits me again, I meet her as an old acquaintance: "here they are, evening doubts, as usual."

I cannot say that I completely ignore this voice, but if I do listen to it, I make allowances for the fact that this is a familiar emotional state for this time of day. And if at this time I doubt what I said, this does not mean that I am really wrong.

On the contrary, in the morning I am usually confident in myself, sometimes even too much. And evening doubts balance morning confidence, therefore I don’t deprive the evening doubting voice of attention, I just make corrections.

Learn to pay attention to the temporary, incoming nature of doubt, depending on your current state. Remember at what moments uncertainty visits you. And if this happens all the time, and you see a pattern in this, lower these doubts about the “price”.

Also use moments of "self-confidence" to destroy your doubts. Think about what you doubt when you are on the rise of vigor and strength. This will help you decide on something.

Sometimes, if I'm tired or upset about something, one unfriendly comment on the site can kill for a while the confidence in what I'm doing in a matter of seconds. (True, this has been happening less and less lately. Not comments, but uncertainty.)

And at this moment, it doesn’t matter to me that I didn’t doubt anything a few minutes before. It also doesn't matter to me that reality has repeatedly shown me the correctness of what I'm doing.

People tend to overestimate the importance of the present moment in time and they extrapolate their current state to a global perspective of life. If it now seems to them that they are capable of nothing, then they begin to think that this has always been the case, despite all past successes.

At such moments, just try to look at reality, at your real opportunities and successes, without succumbing to the current state. Like “actually, I can do this and that, I can do this and that, I have already achieved this and that.”

For example, when I start to doubt my ideas, I think: my site has helped many people, which they have already written to me about, they regularly read it and leave grateful comments, someone thanks to my advice and learned how to cope with panic attacks, etc. d.

At such moments, I do not try to praise myself, but simply look at the facts in order to regain an adequate understanding of reality.

I recommend that you stop on the facts and no longer argue with yourself. If your doubts are caused by your current mood (tiredness, irritation), you most likely will not be able to get rid of them until this condition passes.

And if you start thinking about it a lot, then your mind, bound by a state of fatigue, will continue to doubt and lead you to uncertainty. So just tell yourself that these doubts are lies. Rely on reality, not emotions. Didn't help much? Nothing happens. Then just forget about it and don't think about doubts. They will pass along with your bad mood.

Tip 4 - Don't listen to people who say "you can't do it"

It happens that when you doubt something, you share your plans with your friends, people you know. You expect to get support from them in your new endeavor, but often you get only a stoplight.

Some people are simply not able to dispel your doubts for the reason that they care about their own psychological comfort, and not about your happiness.

You don’t think that you are the only insecure person, and you are surrounded only by self-confident people? Unfortunately, most people do not dare to do something bold and independent. They want to believe that if they can't do something, you can't either.

They secretly desire your failure and even expect it. Because your success can become a living reproach for them, a reminder of missed opportunities.

Imagine that you have decided to start your own business and you are consulting with a person who has been employed for most of his life. What advice do you want from him? Most likely, he will say that nothing will work out for you (because it did not work out for him), that you are taking risks and you should not go into this area, but continue to live a normal life and go to work every day.

Therefore, consult about your undertakings with those people who have already achieved some success in the area about which you want to get advice. Take an example from them, and not from those who did not succeed.

Tip 5 - When in doubt, think about your "ideal self"

It happens that our self-doubt tries to fraudulently pass itself off as arguments of common sense. For example, you are afraid to approach a girl or a young man and ask him or her out on a date.

You tell yourself that it is not fear that is holding you back, but some objective obstacles. You think that this person will refuse you, that he already has someone, that you are not his type, and therefore it makes no sense to call him on a date and waste your time on this.

But, in fact, you are simply afraid and do not want to admit your fear to yourself, coming up with excuses. How do you know what fear is holding you back?

Form in your mind the image of the “ideal self”, which is not afraid of anything and which is always confident in itself. It is a perfect replica of yourself. Think about how it would have acted in your place? Wouldn't it even try to get its way?

But even if this “ideal self” decided to invite another person on a date, this does not mean that you must do it. You are not perfect. But when you realize that, ideally, you would have to cast aside doubts and act, you realize that all that is holding you back is only your fear and no other restrictions. The problem will immediately lose the complexity that you assigned to it. With this understanding, it will be much easier for you to decide on something.

Learn more about the "ideal self" method in my article.

While you are tormented by doubts: “I won’t succeed”, “I’m not capable of anything”, “I can’t, etc.” , remember that everything depends only on your will. It is up to you to determine whether you succeed or fail. If you want and show diligence, then everything will work out. And even if not, then try again.

You are free people, and no innate qualities, character traits prevent you from achieving your goal and becoming the person you want to become by getting what you want from life. There are many more things subject to your will than you yourself used to think.

Stop seeing limits where there are none. Do not be afraid of difficulties, just start acting.

The next few tips will address the problem of self-doubt in communication.

I already wrote about what I want to tell at this point in the article, and I will repeat it here again. Do not think that all the people around you are constantly watching you, noticing all your shortcomings and remembering all your words. People are obsessed with their problems. They think of themselves most of the time, even when they pretend to listen to you.

So relax and calm down. There is no reason to be afraid of communication or public speaking. People pay much less attention to you than you yourself think about it.

I give this advice in many of my articles. Here I give it for the following reason. If you learn to direct your attention to someone other than yourself, then your mind will be less perplexed to be afraid of opportunities and tormented by doubts. You will stop endlessly thinking about yourself, about how you look, talk and what they think of you.

You will look at other people, have a dialogue with them. You will be distracted from your fears and see in other people much of what you did not notice in them before. You will realize that there are more similarities between you and other people than differences. And so there is no need to be afraid of anyone.

You are not perfect. And no one is perfect. Accept it. Therefore, you should not painfully react to your mistakes and failures, which undermine your self-confidence. Everyone makes mistakes and that's okay.

So be patient with your mistakes. If you feel that you did something wrong or said something wrong, then just draw conclusions from this situation, learn a lesson. Try not to make this mistake in the future, instead of worrying about how stupid you were.

Making mistakes is human, there is nothing wrong with that.

The people around you most likely have a lot of flaws and weaknesses, even if they look very confident in themselves. No need to think that when you find yourself in society, you become in the position of a small fish surrounded by sharks. In fact, you may be surrounded by people who are just as meek and self-doubting as you think you are. Even if they try to hide it.

You should not be afraid of people, especially if they cannot do you any harm. Do not be shy in front of bosses, women or men, colleagues. They are people just like you.

You should not go out of your way to convince people that you are the smartest, the most sophisticated, the most erudite, the most “correct”. Such attempts, as a rule, speak of uncertainty in some of their qualities. When you are not too sure of your mind, you try to make other people believe in it.

Therefore, in some cases, vanity, boasting, excessive assertiveness in communication can speak of internal self-doubts.

So stop showing off and trying to impress every person. First of all, you need to convince yourself that you are worth something. Be who you are by interacting with other people.

Undoubtedly, moderate modesty is a virtue. You do not need to seem better than you are, but worse than you are, you also should not seem. Everything must have a limit. Feel free to speak directly about your strengths if you are asked about them (for example, in an interview).

If you are not afraid to talk about your strengths, it shows your confidence in these qualities. And when other people see that you are confident in yourself, they become confident in you. They think: “I see that this person does not doubt himself, and since he does not doubt, then most likely he has nothing to doubt, and I can also be sure of him.”

And if other people praise your qualities, then do not be embarrassed, accept their compliments, as if you deserved it. Thank people for kind words addressed to you.

Despite the fact that a little higher in the article I advised you to be yourself and not pretend, all the same, I recommend portraying self-confidence in situations where you feel a lack of this quality.

First, it is beneficial to appear confident in yourself, for the reason that people become more confident in you. It is a fact that insecure people are less loved and respected.

Secondly, when you just pretend that you are confident, you actually become confident. Indeed, very often feelings of insecurity, doubts are not related to your actual qualities. These are just emotions that can be overcome. And when you try to do something different instead of following them, you take control of them.

Smile more, be interested in other people's problems, cheer them up. This will position the interlocutors towards you. And when people are located in relation to you, then it is easier for you to maintain self-confidence.

Do not withdraw into yourself, speak openly about your views and thoughts, if the situation allows and this will not disturb the comfort of other people.

Before, when I was an insecure person, I constantly kept something on my mind, not letting go of myself. But this did not help me gain faith in myself, but quite the contrary, it only contributed to the fact that I was losing it. As a result of self-development, I became very open. It seems to me that for my close people I am always at a glance.

On the one hand, I am confident in my thoughts, so I speak directly about them. On the other hand, I am not afraid that I will not be understood or criticized. I am not afraid to admit my own wrong, to give up my views if someone convinces me.

It is interesting for me to discuss with people on topics that bother me, to learn someone else's opinion, expanding my horizons.

When I speak about myself out loud, when I present my thoughts to the general court, then I have to eliminate all doubts, since I do this. And this action helps to be more confident in myself, because I put myself to the test of opportunity and face other people's opinions. Under the influence of these factors, self-confidence flourishes!

Don't wait for someone to pour their soul out to you first to open your soul to that person. Take the first step (although the circumstances must be suitable, you don’t need to pour out your soul unnecessarily. You should start a sincere dialogue as delicately as possible, removing all barriers). Be frank with the interlocutor, and then the interlocutor will become frank with you. And when someone opens up to meet you, then your faith in yourself will increase!

Of course, appearance has some significance, but charisma, intelligence and charm mean incomparably more! 😉

Speak clearly. Look into the eyes of the interlocutors, do not make unnecessary gestures with your hands. Don't wrinkle your fingers, don't pick your lips, don't "eeeeee." Just watch yourself, the position of your body, hone your communication skills and then, sooner or later, you will start to succeed.

Have a firm stance and unshakable views regarding some things. Do not rush to agree with everyone. A firm position does not mean blind stubbornness in opinion. This also does not mean that you always need to aggressively defend your opinion, engage in long meaningless disputes (although, in some situations, you have to defend yourself).

This means having a solid, well-founded, deliberate position, a set of own principles that cannot be shaken by every random opinion.

I am confident that I am doing the right thing by maintaining this site and filling it with articles. I am convinced that there are benefits to meditation and many of the benefits are lost to people if they do not practice it. I am sure that people themselves are responsible for their shortcomings. I am sure that every person .

I have strong principles and views on which my words and actions are based, and therefore I am confident in these words and actions. This confidence helps me keep doing what I'm doing. Sometimes clouds of doubt begin to obscure it, but behind these clouds you can always see the Sun, because it does not disappear anywhere.

Form your life position. Understand what you want from life. Consider your principles, stick to them, but avoid stubbornness, blind passion and rejection of other people's opinions! Keep a balance between moderate healthy stubbornness and softness, be flexible but firm, rely on the opinions of other people, but do not depend on it!

State your principles. Let me give you an example of this principle: "if you show diligence, then everything will work out." Realize how confident you are in this principle. Think like this: “The experience of many people confirms this principle. The one who really strives for something does not give up, only he achieves something. Therefore, I can be sure of this principle. It doesn't matter what others say! Anything can be said!" Hold on to this principle. Sometimes it will be obscured by doubt, then again return to your inner certainty, again and again find confirmation of the truth of this idea in life and in experience.

You do not necessarily need to attend any special courses to increase self-confidence. Why do this, why pay money when reality provides many reasons to develop this quality?

Why do you need to train in some artificial situations when life gives you the opportunity to hone your skills in real situations?

You need self-confidence for life, so learn from life!

Meet other people, go to meetings, collective events (better refrain from alcohol, why - I wrote in an article about). Apply the recommendations given by me in practice, watch yourself, be aware of your fear and insecurity. Try to figure out what things you're not sure about and why. What are you going to do about it?

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A side effect of such training may be that you will find a better job for yourself for more money. Isn't it tempting not to pay for lessons, but to receive one yourself?

Of course, it is very difficult to be confident in your qualities if these qualities are poorly developed. Self-confidence must be based on something real, on your real worth.

Of course, self-perception, emotional mood are very important components of self-confidence. People need to stop belittling their dignity and learn to cope with doubts, as I wrote above.

But, unfortunately, this alone is not enough. I think it's not entirely correct to convince them that they are better than they really are. Increasing self-confidence must necessarily be accompanied by work on oneself, self-development, so that something appears in a person that one can be sure of.

Therefore, develop your personal qualities. This blog is dedicated to how to do this. Read my articles, try to apply the recommendations. improve self-control.

Read more books of any kind: fiction, science books, educational books, etc.

Improve your professional skills. Think about what you want. Follow this goal.

Always strive to learn something new about this world, to learn some skills. As you master certain skills, your confidence in those skills increases. After all, it is difficult to doubt what you have devoted so much time to and what you are doing better than others.

Think about what you are good at.

If you constantly learn something, put your skills into practice, see the return to your actions, then there will be much less room for self-doubt!

Update 01/22/2014: As I read in the book, it turns out that people who think that all their qualities are given by nature and cannot be changed are less confident than those who believe in the possibility of self-development and growth! Why is this happening? Because people with the so-called fixed mindset (qualities cannot be developed) believe that if they are shy, uncharmable, and not smart enough, then it will always be so. Therefore, they are afraid of communication, as it will once again remind them of their "ineradicable" shortcomings.

But people with a growth mindset (qualities can be developed), on the contrary, do not miss the opportunity to develop their communication skills and self-confidence. For them, the mere fact that they are not smart and self-confident does not mean that this will always be the case. It may be difficult for them to communicate and believe in themselves yet, but everything can be developed. That is why failures do not undermine the faith of these people in themselves. They are not afraid of challenges and are only looking for a reason to develop themselves, to become better!

Someone else's criticism is not a sentence for them. It becomes valuable information that they can use for self-development purposes. Failures stop being failures, they become valuable lessons. Readiness for trials and failures, healthy stubbornness and intransigence form in people self-confidence! And if you do not strive to develop your qualities and consider yourself a worthless person who will never be capable of anything, you will not achieve anything and will not be able to develop self-confidence.

Therefore, I reminded once again that any qualities can be developed! Every person can change! You suffer from self-doubt not because you are “that kind of person”, but because you have not made any effort to change!

I have already said that you should know your strengths. But besides this, you need to know your shortcomings. For what? To be calm about them and understand what you need to work on.

Instead of thinking: “I’m so bad, I can’t do anything,” you need to reason like this: “I can do this, this and that, but I am weak in this, this and that. Some qualities I can improve, some I don’t need at all, and with some of them I can’t do anything. It's okay, you can't be perfect."

Make a list of what you are good at and what you are not good at. And think about what you can improve in yourself. Take these shortcomings not as a given, not as something permanent, but as a front for future work.

Yes, you don’t know how to do something now, but in the future the situation may change thanks to your efforts. All in your hands. This understanding will give you extra confidence in your abilities, which will not bother you at all.

If you believe that almost any quality can be developed (and you certainly can) and strive for this, then you will stop avoiding those situations in life that you were afraid of because of self-doubt. Because, as I said earlier, many of these situations in life are training in your personality.

Are you having trouble with communications? Instead of avoiding communication, on the contrary, communicate! This is the only way you can develop your communication skills.

Are you afraid of speaking in public because you think you're not good at it? There is only one way to learn this, and I think you can guess which one.

Do not avoid what you are afraid of, work on eliminating your shortcomings, those features of your personality that you are not sure about. Learn new skills and use those skills in practice in a variety of life situations. Instead of giving in to difficulties, overcome them, armed with a desire to develop. And then you will discover many more life opportunities than if you just sit with your hands folded.

If you don’t know how to do something, if you doubt your quality, develop it! Why grieve? Try, experiment, be diligent. And if something is impossible to implement, then, all the more, there is no point in being sad about it! Why worry about what you can't change? Accept it!

Tip 25 - Don't Wait for Confidence - Take Action

This is the last and most important tip. No need to wait until you have no doubts and fears before you decide on something. You can wait for the appearance of this state all your life to no avail, without starting to do something.

Doubts and fears will not go away. Remember, I said that doubts accompany any bold undertaking. And you will not be able to become self-confident until you begin to step over your fears, act against them, ignoring your anxiety and insecurity.

Your goal is not to get rid of fear, but to learn to ignore it! And the more control you have over it, the smaller it becomes. Therefore, do not wait for it to become easy, act now, through strength, through uncertainty. Then life with all its troubles will temper your character and it will become hard as a diamond and indestructible as a typhoon!

We all sell ourselves in the eyes of women. Someone flaunts muscles, someone has a cool car, someone has connections. What unites them all? Any of them is a confident man! Let's take a look at each of these examples. How to become a confident man.

Shows off muscles. Man works on his body. And this is not a one night job. People have been going to the gym for years to train their bodies. Each of us would like an athletic, ladies-desired body, but not everyone is willing to pay the price for it.

Cool car. Now is the time for loans. I took a car on credit and cool. But it’s not enough to buy, you still have to keep. So we will soon see toothless young people in old clothes and with tired faces in jeeps. Now, if a man really managed to organize a decent income for himself, then he can look good and drive well. However, you have to work. More head. So the car must match the man's income. No need to take out loans and get into debt, but drive a cool car. Everything in moderation, everything is possible.

Connections. As a rule, connections just do not appear. This is the ability to negotiate, to win unspoken respect. Few are great speakers from birth. This is also work. Above oneself.

And so what we get. Male happiness is work. Guy, young man or man. If you want happiness, work. In youth - the ability to stand up for oneself, in adolescence - to have what others do not yet have. At age 30 plus have everything your family needs. It is these self-confident males that attract the best women.

But, is life really work? Some slavery. How to fix it? The secret has long been known. Understand what you like, determine what works well, consider working conditions. Having collected all this in a sum, you need to look for suitable vacancies. I like to drive a car - racer, trucker, sales representative, taxi driver. Whatever you can is good. When you like it, you get less tired, you work better, you get better results. Then you need a head to turn the best results into good money. The result is a favorite job, a good income, self-respect. Such a man is doomed to be happy.

Do you know what? All this is a lie. Girls fall for guys who are confident. Have you noticed how many girls are dating some soulful guys? Do they have money? Perhaps they have connections? Yes, and they clearly do not look like Arnie. These guys are just doing some bullshit, but they do it with an overly important air. And the girls hide from it.

The secret is that a man must be passionate about something. He must strive and develop. And here it doesn’t matter whether you watch anime 24 hours a day or trade Gazprom shares. The girl wants to see the fire in your eyes, she wants to become a part of this activity and help in some way.

By and large, you can't be too rich, too smart, or too happy. There will always be one who has reached best results. So you need to strive for something and try to achieve some progress. And you need to do it in the area where you get high and pleasure. Then there will be money, and girls and happiness. And this is the main male goal in life. Everything is simple.

No need to try to buy women. You just need to become the product that they want to buy themselves. We sell confidence, they buy us.

There are many reasons for low and self-doubt. Change your character It is possible through long and full-fledged work on oneself.

Even if from an early age a man is not distinguished by courage and willpower, this does not mean that he does not have the opportunity to make himself different.

The main step towards achieving the goal is awareness of one's shortcomings and moral readiness for the labor-intensive process. When asked how to become a self-confident man, psychologists give many valuable recommendations.

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A self-confident man - what is he?

What does it mean to be confident?

The sign of self-confidence is a person's self-confidence, potential, opportunities and implementation of the tasks set.

Men with this trait of character achieve success in any area of ​​life. They know how to communicate with people around them, are successful with women and can adapt to any circumstances.

Self-confidence can be developed from childhood, but some men have to develop this quality for years.

Self-confident men the following male qualities are inherent:

How to get rid of the fear of a fight? you will find on our website.

How does a confident person behave? Body language analysis:

Causes of low self-esteem

Provoke self-doubt a man can have a huge number of factors.

The reasons for low self-esteem may be due to the nuances of childhood, the atmosphere in which growing up took place, relationships with other people, as well as various traumatic situations.

Determine the factor changed a man's attitude towards himself, in some cases it is difficult to install on your own.

Possible causes of low self-esteem in a man can be the following factors:

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What methods will help instill self-confidence?

single method there is no such thing as self-confidence.

Improving self-esteem is a complex process that involves a gradual movement towards the goal.

A man needs constantly work on yourself and set new tasks after the implementation of the previous steps.

You can use a special algorithm of actions. The points of a kind of plan must be written out on a sheet and control the passage of each of the stages.

Increase self-esteem and the acquisition of self-confidence consists of the following techniques:

1. Change of social circle(if a man is surrounded by people who constantly point out his shortcomings or allow themselves excessive criticism of his actions, then it will be extremely difficult to increase self-esteem).
2. New acquaintances(a new social circle is a good opportunity to show oneself from the best sides, people around do not know about past mistakes and weak character traits).
3. Increasing intellectual abilities(every day a man should receive new information, you can read books, watch documentaries, study other sources with useful information).
4. Change your appearance (the reflection in the mirror should please yourself, for this you can try to change the image, wardrobe).
5. Work on your body(you must definitely go in for sports, you can not sign up for a gym, but at least accustom yourself to morning jogging).
6. Finding harmony with yourself(how a man treats himself, so do the people around him, it is important to love yourself and all your shortcomings).

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Books

Among the printed publications you can find many books, after reading, which you can learn how to improve self-esteem.

Such sources are compiled in most cases by professional psychologists and published in the format of trainings or practical recommendations.

However, some of them are more fiction, but are less efficient.

Psychology for men:

• E. Robert "Secrets of absolute self-confidence";
• L. Parfentiev "100 ways to change life";
• V. Levy "The Art of Being Yourself";
• Osho "Courage", "Joy. Happiness that comes from within”;
• S. Mamontov “Believe in yourself. Self-confidence training";
• P. Frank “How to become self-confident. Book-training";
• Manuel J. Smith Self-Confidence Training.

Exercises

Most self-esteem exercises men can do on their own at home.

A prerequisite is daily work on yourself.

Gradually, you need to master certain stages, which include many steps. First of all, a man needs to find harmony with himself and accept himself as he is.

Self-confidence exercises include developing the following skills:

• the ability to overcome fear in any situation;
• the ability to express one's opinion regardless of the type of audience;
• the ability to set certain goals and achieve them;
• fixing the achieved goals (even insignificant ones);
• getting rid of envy and comparing yourself with other men;
• adequate perception of mistakes and failures;
• ability to take initiative;
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How can a man develop self-confidence?

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Uncertainty, low self-esteem are problems that not only women face. According to psychological research, the number of insecure men is growing rapidly from year to year. The difficulty is that not every member of the stronger sex is ready to admit the problem and start solving it. You can change your character, develop masculinity, cope with complexes through hard work.

Self-confidence is the key to success and excellence. People who are able to overcome fear can achieve success in any business. Today we will figure out how to become a self-confident man, develop leadership qualities.

First you need to determine what confidence is, why you need to work out the complexes. A person with high self-esteem:

• is not afraid to openly express his opinion, even if it differs from the views of other people;
• does not worry about the reaction of others, therefore he is always calm, freely expresses emotions;
• reacts quickly in any situation, improvises, sees several options for solving one problem;
• believes in his own strength, easily takes on the implementation of new ideas;
• easily comes into contact, is not afraid of acquaintances, difficult tasks.

The absence of such qualities is an indicator of low self-esteem, uncertainty in one's own actions. Don't despair, this is not a diagnosis. It is possible to pump skills, become decisive and self-confident through hard work.

Causes of self-doubt

Before answering the question: how to stop being shy and become confident, you need to understand what is the reason for the complexes, what to work on. Often the root cause of low self-esteem is:

For some people, self-confidence develops in childhood, for others, in order to become arrogant and self-confident, you have to work for many years.

There is no single algorithm for achieving success. This is a complex process that requires constant work, movement towards the goals set. If you really want to change, regularly ask yourself the question: how to get rid of complexes and become confident, be ready for action. You can make an individual plan, break it down into small, realistic goals, and move on to the next item only after completing the previous one.

Use some effective tips and tricks to help you become stress-resistant and self-confident.

• 100% certainty

Absolute faith in yourself. Whatever you do, whatever decision you make, your every action is doomed to success. Learn to take responsibility for your decisions, keep your word, keep your promises. By mentally programming yourself for failure, it is impossible to achieve success. If you think that nothing will work out and any undertaking will end in failure, then so be it. It all starts with thoughts, control them, discard doubts.

• No complaints

Complaining, blaming external circumstances is a sign of weakness. Everything that happens in the life of every person is the result of a choice made, a decision made. Eradicate, weed out the desire to complain at the inception stage. Negative thoughts make you depressed, vulnerable, and insecure. Successful people don't whine or blame the outside world for their own failures. All responsibility is solely on you.

Everyone has difficulties, problems, but someone rises and continues to move forward, while someone gets hung up on failure, experiences it in his thoughts. No matter how hard it is, don't give up. Look for a way out of a difficult situation, solve a problem: this is what successful people do.

• Past failures are in the past

The more time you spend thinking about failures, the more opportunities elude you in the present. Do not scold yourself, do not regret the decisions you have made. Learn to draw conclusions and put them into perspective. Failure is a life experience, a foundation that will make you wiser. Get new knowledge, accumulate practical skills, read books. Only confident men have an inner core. Therefore, all grievances, accusations and claims against the family should remain in the past.

• We rely only on ourselves

Comparison with other, more successful people lowers self-esteem, develops depression. Focus solely on your achievements and victories, evaluate the result only by yourself. The main task is to become a little better every day than yesterday, with its improved version.

• No criticism

Criticism leads to a negative perception of oneself and the world. Do not waste energy on condemnation, concentrate on your own tasks, goals and move on your own way. Praise yourself more, reward yourself for small victories. Do not dwell on your own shortcomings (height, nose size, baldness, etc.) accept them and live on. What you are able to change (weight, bad temper), change, work through.

• organization

Find an activity that disciplines you: sports, swimming, jogging, etc. Eat right, become a versatile person with hobbies and hobbies, watch your appearance. This will help you to love yourself, to increase your own significance. A confident person knows his own worth, lives his life without looking back at strangers. By doing what others want, it is impossible to become successful.

For the first time, you can start a diary to organize time, record thoughts. Think over your actions in advance, the possible outcomes of the situation, in order to find an alternative solution if necessary. Remember, when you achieve success, self-esteem skyrockets.

• Environment

Avoid communication with whiners, envious people, people who cause negativity. The environment should be self-confident, positive people with whom it is interesting and informative. Communication should bring pleasure, increase the supply of energy. The same is the case with women. No need to spray on everyone. Next to a successful man can only be a successful girl.

• New acquaintances, public speaking

Understanding the question of how to become courageous and self-confident, remember about new acquaintances. These are impressions, experience, overcoming fears. Communication with new people liberates, allows you to open up, teaches you to express your opinion, respect others. Don't be afraid to show your attitude. There will always be someone who will disagree. For a self-confident person, the opinion of others is unimportant. They move towards the goal, considering only constructive criticism.

These are just some of the tips that will help you become a confident, respectable person. Never count on others, the ability to solve problems on your own is a sign of success. Do not avoid responsibility, make decisions and become the master of your destiny. Success does not come overnight, it will take hard work, but the result is worth it.

It's no secret that the greatest trust in all spheres of life is caused by a person who is confident in himself and his abilities, and it doesn't matter what gender he belongs to - strong or beautiful. But today let's talk about a man.

Can he become one who always knows what he wants from life, and also under any circumstances brilliantly solve the most difficult tasks, remaining in the spotlight? Naturally, this is possible, you just need to know how to develop the necessary qualities in yourself and increase self-esteem.

The list of qualities of a truly confident man: there is something to strive for

Before you start working on yourself, it is important to understand what qualities a representative of the stronger sex should have, who does not show off, but literally radiates confidence, which everyone vies with each other: he knows how to communicate with women, he is one solid charisma, etc.

For this you need to be:

• kind: do not position yourself above others, do not avoid responsibility, but contain leadership qualities combined with sincere sympathy and warmth. With a man who, at first glance, combines the incongruous - strength and compassion - I want to always stay by my side.
• firmly standing on its feet, stubborn and patient: becoming successful and self-confident does not mean achieving some kind of champion sporting merit or becoming a millionaire. This means understanding your goal and moving towards it slowly but realistically.
• ambitious dreamer and modest realist rolled into one. Becoming such a man is an opportunity to realize your ambitions to the maximum, without stopping doing everything possible to improve your own life.
• physically active. This is a fundamental component of external attractiveness, without which it is impossible to feel confident and raise self-esteem.
• a little sharp (but not too much!): such representatives of the opposite sex always attract women, the main thing is to know when to stop, and not turn into an overly self-confident blockhead.
• making others smile and laugh. If a person can always make you laugh and cheer up, charging you with his sparkling positive, he cannot be weak by nature, right?
• loving, and not in words, not in deeds, through deeds. Of no small importance is such a character trait as the willingness to compromise in difficult situations. A person who knows what confidence is is difficult to argue, but only such a person is able to end the argument to the detriment of pride. After all, sometimes peace and love is more important than the truth.
• helping. Reaching out and giving a strong shoulder in difficult times, demonstrating care is not a way to become confident, but an opportunity to find yourself, which is much more important.

Confidence Isn't Easy: How to Deal with Obstacles

Raising self-esteem and developing self-confidence is not easy, because, in fact, you need to reincarnate, become a different person, to look at the world differently. The main thing that needs to be won in this case is:

• personal fears. Try to sincerely answer the following questions: Do you easily get along with people, especially unfamiliar ones? In the case of an affirmative nod, phobias are definitely present in you. As soon as you can get rid of the fear of unsuccessful acquaintances, falling out of shame into the abyss of uncertainty and elementary mistakes, you can do anything.
• doubts. These are the so-called "cockroaches" that live in the head along with specific phobias. Stop talking: what if you don't like me? And God forbid I look stupid? What if they don't prefer someone like me? Self-esteem can be corrected only by yourself, and no one else.
• excuses. There is no need to reassure yourself and “feed breakfast”, live on the occasion of “if only, if only”. Do not blame circumstances and other people, do not try to justify yourself and run away from the initiative. Habitual loneliness is warm and familiar, but with it you will never be able to regain or return the lost confidence.

Adjusting self-esteem is the path to stable confidence.

According to a number of studies by English psychologists, men's self-esteem is more realistic than women's. But, despite this, even the representatives of the stronger sex can be insecure, depressive and prone to melancholy.

Therefore, it is important for the representative of the stronger sex to learn to learn from failures not experiences and self-flagellation, but useful lessons that are important for the future. This is the most effective way to increase self-esteem.

Try to adhere to the following rules:

1. Do not be afraid of doubt. Any life undertakings are inseparable without these natural phenomena, which very often do not even have real grounds. Do not try to eliminate them, just learn to ignore and step over them, continuing to move according to the intended plan.
2. Becoming confident means not listening to those who doubt you. A person who says that nothing will work out is unlikely to be successful in life, or maybe just jealous of your prospects.
3. Try to develop the image of "ideal me". In case of the slightest self-doubt, imagine that you can become perfect, be a person in a difficult situation who can do everything - and you will see the problem in a more benign light. But at the same time, do not try to seem better than you are, and also abstract from excessive perfectionism, because no one is immune from mistakes.
4. If you want to increase your self-esteem, do something that causes fear. Only you can help you become different.
5. Strive to be in good physical shape, or return it if it is lost for some reason. Go in for sports, keep an eye on your posture, the state of your wardrobe and a smile on your face facing others. To be benevolent means to remain a charismatic man who stands firmly on his feet.
6. Work on yourself. Developing the best qualities in yourself is another way to raise self-esteem.

Regain confidence: a guide to action.

1. Remember all your achievements and victories in life, learn to be proud of the most insignificant of them, “skipping” past mistakes and failures. Recognize your greatest strengths and use them as often as possible. Also learn to accept your shortcomings, trying to use them in such a way as to turn them into a personal “zest”.
2. Don't compare yourself to others, and don't aspire to be something you're not. Try to develop your own personality, acquire style and personal image.
3. Communicate only with confident people and avoid losers.
4. Plan your destiny, set goals and achieve them without being shy or modest. It is impossible to regain adequate self-esteem if you speak without clarity and eye to eye contact.
5. Remember that life is the best teacher. And all teachers from childhood were taught to obey, drawing useful lessons. Do not deny new meetings and acquaintances, attend interviews as a kind of communication courses.
6. In order to develop something within yourself, you do not need to know the right time or a “magic pendel”. Act right here and now.

Know that your goal is not to eliminate insecurities, but to learn how to play with them. Over time, your character will change, become more hardened and indestructible.