Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
NOTE: It’s good to understand what went wrong and learn how to prevent it from happening again. It’s even better to shake the dust off our feet and move forward leaving the past behind. For the confident, the future will always be better than the past.
“Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.”Og Mandino
NOTE: You have so much going for you. You’ve only scratched the tip of the iceberg of your potential. When you comprehend your potential commit to working hard to hone your talents and to put them to use to add great benefit to our world. We need you!
“Take charge of your own growth. Growth, it’s been said, is the only evidence of happiness. Every day you always have a choice–you can either step forward into growth, or step backward into safety.” Source
NOTE: Playing it safe is the easy road, but not necessarily the best road. it’s the easy road. Taking the tough road requires discipline, patience, and endurance. It’s the only way to grow. When we test our limits we enter into an “uncomfortable zone.” It’s not easy but it provides us with opportunities to gain confidence, test ourself against the unknown, and the opportunity to look back and say, “I didn’t quit. I did it!”
NOTE: Some years back I was having trouble making a decision when a wise old friend pulled me aside and said, “Ray, wish in one hand and poop (his language was much more colorful) in the other. See which you get first.” His folk wisdom stuck with me. Kafka was right, paths are made by walking.
“It is better to have dreamed a thousand dreams that never were than never to have dreamed at all.” ~ Alexander Pushkin
NOTE: Dream, Dream, and Dream some more. Keep dreaming. Make your dreams big, bold, bodacious dreams. Let your dreams pull you into tomorrow. If one dreams fails, take on another and another. One day you’ll be happy you did and you’ll soar higher and higher.
“It’s not what other people believe you can do, it’s what you believe.”
“How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.”
Step out of your comfort zone: Sometimes, the best way to build confidence is to do something that scares you. Try taking on a new challenge, whether it’s something small like trying a new hobby, or something big like giving a speech in front of a crowd. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone can help you grow and feel more confident in your abilities.
