Affirmations Don’t Work. 7 Ways to Be Confident

Without self-development, you will never believe in yourself.

You have strength within you (press materials)

Telling yourself ‘I’m the best’ is like pouring water into a hole in a pot — when you stop doing it, your confidence will drop to zero. Let’s face it: ‘I’m great’, ‘I can do anything’ and ‘nothing can stop me’ affirmations work, but to your disadvantage. When something goes wrong, you will feel even worse. You will experience frustration as a result of the gap between your ideal and real life. Motivational platitudes won’t help you at best and will hurt you at worst.

Try our 7 simple methods and you will really boost your effectiveness and confidence.

1. Reject perfectionism

Be the best imperfect self you can be — Julian Baggini, British philosopher and writer

It’s been a well-established belief that perfectionists are better employees and are driven by positive motivation, rather than fear, so they achieve more in their lives, businesses and careers. The truth is that a focus on perfection can be a destructive force, as Richard Winter writes about in his book ‘Perfecting Ourselves to Death.’ According to the American psychiatrist and psychotherapist, perfectionistic tendencies in some people approach the realm of the unhealthy, contributing to indecision…