5-Step Formula For Building Self-Confidence

Self-confidence is necessary for success. You must be confident in yourself, in your products, in your business model, and in your ability to achieve success.

Of course, building self-confidence is easier said than done. Fear and skepticism being the two critical factors that easily keep us from feeling confident...

"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not." -Author Unknown

It would seem that some people are born with self-confidence, and some are not. You either have it or you dont. But it's truly just a state of mind. And that's something you have complete control over.

It may not come natural, or even easy, but with this proven 5-step formula for building self-confidence you can start seeing immediate changes - and obvious improvement in your life...

The formula comes from Napoleon Hill, famous for the classic Think and Grow Rich. It is taken directly from the chapter on Self-Confidence in his 4-volume masterwork titled Law of Success.

I encourage you to read through each of the 5 steps, copy them, and start each day by reading over them and making them a part of who you are.

Napoleon Hill's Formula for Building Self-Confidence

1. I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose, therefore I demand of myself persistent, aggressive, and continuous action toward its attainment.

2. I realize that the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, bodily action and then gradually transform themselves int o physical reality. Therefore, I will concentrate my mind for thirty minutes daily on the task of thinking of the person I intend to be, by creating a mental picture of this person and then transforming that picture into reality through my actions.

3. I know that through the principle of autosuggestion, any desire I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of realizing it. Therefore I shall devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of the factors named in the seventeen lessons of the Law of Success course.

4. I have clearly mapped out, and written down, a description of my Definite Purpose in life, for the next five years. I have set a price on my services for each of these five years, a price that I intend to earn and receive through strict application of the principle of efficient, satisfactory service, which I will render in advance.

5. I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure unless it is built upon truth and justice. Therefore, I will engage in no transaction that does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to me the forces I wish to use and the Cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me because I will first serve them. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me because I will believe in them and in myself.

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Taking the time to sit down and read Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich was the best thing that I ever did for myself. It is an eye-opening, life-changing book and I encourage you to download a copy and absorb the concepts for yourself.

I'll leave you with two quotes, both from men that Napoleon Hill referenced often in his work...

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
-Andrew Carnegie

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
-Henry Ford

Best,

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