Self-Confidence How to Develop Self Confidence and Overcome Fear of criticism, rejection, insecurity, lack of assertiveness and inferiority feelings

Self-confidence means that you believe in your own abilities. Self confidence is related to self-assurance, you are proud of your own abilities. You are positive, take risks and set goals with reachable standards. With self-confidence you have the certainty that you can do it. Self-confidence is usually specific to particular tasks. Sometimes you may feel low self-confidence at work, as well as in your relationships with loved ones, coworkers, and friends. You may even experience low self-confidence when it comes to your body. No matter what the situation is those feelings happen. Our self-confidence is developed in childhood. Especially from what we as children were told about ourselves. Negative messages from parents, or teachers or authority figures create self-doubt and interfere with building confidence. Another factor is the environment, being surrounded by a lack of success, fear of making mistakes and anxiety when trying something new creates a lack of confidence. There are a great number of people that worry about what others think. It doesn't matter what others think of you, it is just their opinion. Not everyone will see you in the same way. I had to learn that others' opinions about me are just an opinion. Do you worry too much about this issue? You might find that you do not acknowledge compliments or you politely turn them away. I used to dismiss compliments a lot because I thought that in doing so I was being humble. Until I realized that being humble should not translate into depreciation of oneself. If you suffer from lack of self-confidence, it is important to discover what causes this in you. If you can identify why you lack self-confidence, you can begin to take steps to improve this area. Some of the causes of lack of self-confidence are fear of criticism, self-doubt, inferiority feelings and feeling unloved. When you lack self-confidence, it is because you are having unrealistic expectations from other's standards and opinions. The purpose of this book is to help you to build your self-confidence. Start Building your self-confidence now