Self-confidence
Others tell me that self-confidence is what defines me the most. However, self-confidence has not always been one of my traits. I used to lack it. But one day, I found a book on self-confidence in the school library. That book changed me for the better. In this essay, I will talk about how I became self-confident. In addition to the other things I learned from the book.
Self-confidence means many things. It means having faith in myself, my abilities, and my skills. Self-confidence is accepting myself as I am. Including perfect and imperfect things. Moreover, self-confidence is believing in yourself and that you can exceed expectations by overcoming difficulties. Lack of self-confidence robs us of life opportunities. That makes the person feel weak and unloved. I know these negative feelings because I used to feel them before I built self-confidence. There are many reasons for lacking or destroying self-confidence. Including bullying, lacking the support of family and friends, lacking skills or hobbies, and not having life goals. On the other hand, there are several things that help in building self-confidence. I followed them and became a confident person. Such as: encouraging and praising myself, trying new things without any expectations, avoid comparing myself to others, ignore negative comments from toxic people, making a list of small goals and achieve them before moving on to bigger goals, helping others and interacting with them, learning new hobbies and skills, meditating and thinking positively, and taking care of myself inside and out.
There is an important point in the book that I will always remember. It indicates that there is a fine line between self-confidence and arrogance. To avoid becoming conceited, we should not look down on others just because we have confidence in ourselves. Because self-confidence also means being humble and respecting others.
