• Challenges should be overcome rather than avoided
• Take responsibility for making change happen
• Try to move outside of your comfort zone and try new experiences
• Cope and deal with setbacks by focusing on the positives rather than the set backs
• Going outside your comfort zone may make us feel temporarily uncomfortable however it will further you
• Confidence is not being loud and boasting but it is about action and taking control
• Don’t waste much time on wishing. Wishing is not a strategy
• Don’t wallow in your misfortunes
• Achieve your goals in steps
• Confidence grows as a result of your actions, not intentions
• What are you telling yourself? Do you tell yourself how strong, talented, and confident you are? Or do you give yourself a hard time about your mistakes, weaknesses and failings
• Don’t let barriers stop you, confidence will see challenges overcome
• Remember that feelings are not reality, they are simply your perception of the current state
• Force yourself to think more positively
• Feeling scared can’t kill you, if your confidence is low, remember that what you are feeling is only in your mind
• When you deploy your strengths, undoubtedly you will feel in control, strong and invigorated
• Confident people believe in themselves
• Avoid sending yourself negative messages, be positive
• “The greatest discovery of my generation is that people can alter their lives altering their attitudes of mind”
• William James, philosopher
• You are much tougher than people think
• You can do anything you set my mind to
• Ask yourself questions and poke holes in the unhelpful beliefs you hold. You will start to feel more positive and confident about yourself
• Smash negative thoughts replace them with more constructive thoughts
• “If one advances confidently in the direction of his/her dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he/she has imagined, he/she will meet with a success unexpected in common hours”
• Henry David Thoreau, author
• Create your own future
• “As long as you are going to think anyway – you might as well think big!” Donald Trump, entrepreneur
• Create specific goals and plans to achieve your vision
• Set ambitious goals enough to push yourself to achieve it
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
• Taking action will make you feel more confident
• “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving.”Conrad Hilton Sr, hotelier
• “If you look confident you can pull off anything”
• Jessica Alba, Hollywood actress
• “What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude towards it. Every opportunity has a difficulty and every difficulty has an opportunity J. Sidlow Baxter, theologian
• Adversity is a necessary part of personal growth
• “If you are going through hell, keep going”
• Winston Churchill, former prime minister
• “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise”
• Confident people get knocked down but keep getting back up again
• “Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling in them.”Richard Evelyn Byrd, polar explorer
• It is important to look after both the body and mind
• Having the right people around you can boost your confidence
• “Life is not living, but living in health” Martial, Roman poet
• “If you don’t know where you’re going, you will probably end up somewhere else” Laurence J. Peter, educator
• “Two little words that can make all the difference – START NOW”
• Mary C. Crowley, entrepreneur
• Create a confident future

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