May I share a few of my secrets?
- Use a notes app on your smartphone to quickly jot down every success you have in a day – large and small. (Examples: from helping your daughter fall asleep after a bad dream to hitting it out of the park on your presentation).
- Scroll through this ever-growing list of accomplishments at least once a day – most recent accomplishments on top. Amazingly, most people forget that which they did well and record in their brain that which they didn’t – or at least were told they didn’t.
- Memorize a line that I use before I make a speech: “I’ve done it before, I can do it again”.
- Trying something new often brings anxiety and a loss of confidence. The cure: Keep track of new things that you’ve done well and review them when you are out of your comfort zone.
- My personal favorite: think of the sport you like the most (it’s hockey for me). Reflect on how every athlete wants to win every game, score a lot and be the star. A realistic reminder that preparation breeds confidence and the best that we can do is to play hard to win but develop a sincere love for being excellent at what you do; not being perfect.
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