5 ways to strengthen your belief in yourself
If you want to succeed, you’ve got to believe; and most importantly in yourself.
However, so often you are your own worst enemy. You berate yourself, nitpick every little failure (while ignoring your successes), and you doubt your skills and potential.
All of this keeps you from trying and taking the necessary risks to success. And it becomes deadly because despite all external factors, it all comes down to you. You make or break your successes.
But on the flip-side this is an encouraging thought. If you can strengthen your belief in yourself, there is no doubt that you will succeed.
To help you strengthen your belief in yourself, here are 5 ways to get you started.
1. Go with your gut
No matter who you are, making a decision that can completely change your life is completely scary. You can never know what crossroad is the right choice to take until it’s too late to turn back.
I recently wrote an article about this topic and I realized that, “The best road to take is the road that forces you to believe in yourself and forces you to keep hope close and tests your hope and belief along the way.”
“What if my gut is wrong?”
Well yes, it will certainly happen; you’re going to make a decision that will be wrong. But what it won’t be, is stupid, as long as you learn from it and it pushed you to believe in yourself.
2. Write down what makes you unique
You probably already know what makes you unique compared to the other 6 billion people in the world but still write it all down. Writing it out and reading it will make it so much stronger and more powerful.
3. Recall the adversities you’ve endured
You are a little bruised up by the adversities you’ve been through but you’ve survived right? This means you’ve got the strength so you should believe in yourself. You’ve got what it takes.
If you haven’t experienced any adversity in your life then it’s time to take some risks and make a lot of gut decisions. If you haven’t been through tough times, you haven’t lived yet.
4. Claim ownership of your dreams and life
No one is going to hand you your dreams and no one has the right to take them away from you. So you better take full ownership of them and your life.
Your dreams aren’t going to be achieved without you or without you believing in yourself.
5. Strengthen your belief that things will work out
Even if you don’t always make the best decisions, you can always start over. Every day grants you that opportunity if you want to take it. Again, it’s all up to you.
How have you strengthened your belief in yourself and your potential? Please share it the comments below and help us all think, learn, and strengthen.
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Hi Andrew. Nice post on belief as I enjoyed reading your tips. Belief is one of the most important mindsets we can have!
Hey Tristan,
Glad you enjoyed it!
-Andrew
Hi Andrew,
Well done!! Enjoyed reading the article. Nice and no doubt beleive in ourself is important to lead a successful life especially in this scenario of financial crisis. Congrats..
Thanks so much Jasim! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
-Andrew
Hey Andrew,
Solid and concise post!
Some of the things I do that strengthen my resolve and belief in myself are:
- Daily affirmations/intentions in the fashion outlined in the classic, Think and Grow Rich, right when I wake up in bed, and right before I go to bed with emotion while visualizing myself living my dreams/goals
- constantly referring to Think and Grow Rich or any other personal development book that really resonates with me if I’m facing an obstacle or enduring some sort of adversity or heart-ache
- having constant reminders of what my purpose is in life and what I want to accomplish
- constantly reading and learning about personal development and feeding my brain with positive material to nurture my “inner world” and mindset
- surrounding myself with go-getters and entrepreneurs that are actually persuing their dreams and making things happen!
That’s all I can think of off the top of my head, but you get the idea!
- Will @ Cheap Date Ideas!
Hi Will,
Glad you enjoyed the post! Thanks for sharing what you do to strengthen your belief in yourself. You seem very motivated and persistent.
-Andrew
I appreciated your article as well…unfortunately as a youth I was always taught to second-guess myself and it carried on to adulthood. This article helps me to fight against those tendencies and make mental revisions.
Hi Lisa,
I’m really happy this article is helping you revise things! I too was taught, unintentionally to second-guess myself, so it’s a struggle for me too to always believe in myself. But I’m working hard on it!
Thanks for sharing,
-Andrew