11/14/2023
What if I asked you to demonstrate how you brush your teeth? No problem right? You have confidence in this (hopefully)
Now....
What if I asked you to speak in front of 100 people? Would you be confident with this? Maybe or maybe not..... If you have done this many time you may have confidence in this area, but what if you haven't?
You can still be self-confident. You don't have proof that you will be good at it but you can absolutely tell yourself that no matter what happens out there, you will support yourself completely.
Will this take nervousness and anxiety away? Not necessarily.
Will it make it more likely that you will try more things? Absolutely, because you know you won't beat yourself up about it no matter what happens.
This is self-confidence and it can be learned.
Self-confidence is a skill