365 STEPS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE
Create a Wall of Confidence. To change erroneous beliefs it’s
necessary to keep reminding yourself of what is right and true, so why
not cover one wall of your home with your favourite confidence-
boosting ideas, quotations and anecdotes? If you prefer, put up a
noticeboard.
Whenever you come across an inspiring or a constructive idea, pin it
up. You don’t have to learn them off by heart – simply having them on
display influences the subconscious.
Start by posting these affirmations on your Wall of Confidence.
‘It is safefor me to take charge of my life.’
‘I am responsiblefor myself and everything I think and do.’25Think of three things you can do or stop doing from now on to take
responsibility for your confidence and self-esteem. Write them out in
large script, in the form of a poster, and fix it to your Wall of
Confidence.26Resolve to face up to problems and difficulties rather than avoiding
them. Avoiding pain and discomfort – physical and emotional – is
understandable, but self-defeating in the longer term. You merely find
yourself being confronted by similar difficulties over and over again
until you eventually have to face up to them. And it does nothing for
your confidence.27From now on accept full responsibility for your feelings – allof them.
Look at yourself in a mirror and say, ‘Today, and for the rest of my life,
I am responsible for my own feelings. I am in charge of my emotions.’
Do it now!28