3 Steps to Becoming More Confident in 2024

You may be having a period of low self-esteem and you’re wondering how you can increase your confidence. Well, before we can do that, let’s first define what confidence even is.

According to “The Google” Confidence is a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities.”

Great! So how do we get that? 

Well, there are many ways to build your confidence. But, take notes, because I’m gonna be sharing with you some not-so-mainstream tips.

Tip#1: Become Friends with Yourself

 

It’s kind of hard to be confident when you’re the one being hard on yourself. Learn to love your personality and embrace all the quirks that make you, you. This may not happen overnight and you may want to start practicing this alone. Once you start to do that, being yourself in front of other people will start to feel more comfortable. 

Tip #2: Find Things You’re Good at That you Actually Enjoy Doing

During quarantine, like most of us, I discovered hidden passions and hidden talents I didn’t even know I had and I feel better about myself because of it.

Everyone has a skill. Yours could be singing, playing an instrument,  playing a sport. Whatever it is, make sure it makes you feel good and you actually enjoy it because knowing you’re good at something can drastically increase your confidence. 

Tip #3: Experiment with your Style

We all know that clothing can take your confidence level up to here. I would suggest wearing things that show the real you. So what if your style isn’t trending right now, or it's a bit more avant-garde. If you feel comfortable wearing it, go for it. You’ll feel a lot more confident and others will definitely notice.

Do you see a trend here? Confidence isn’t about putting on a show. It’s about actually becoming comfortable in your skin and enjoying your life to the fullest. Let’s keep going.

Bonus Tip: Become the Observer

A lot of the time we feel insecure or unconfident because we feel like the whole world is looking at us, scrutinizing our every move. Let’s be honest, it’s not a good feeling.

But, let’s try to gain another perspective. Instead of having the mindset of being the receiver of attention, let’s classify ourselves as givers of attention. In other words, we can “Become the Observer.”  So instead of thinking “Oh, everyone’s looking at me”, we'll change that to, “I’m looking around, I’m observing.” When we take the attention off of ourselves and focus it elsewhere, we become a lot more comfortable being ourselves.