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Tyler:
To help the guys out that come here looking to build confidence, can you share a method or experience that you've had that helps or helped you build confidence?


I'll start. 

For me, stepping out of my comfort zone and achieving just a small task while I'm outside of my comfort zone allows me to build confidence in small steps.  For example, it may be that I need to get in-front of a potential client.  I'll start off by making the first call.  This simple action alone can break the nervousness of moving forward with that client.

Mikekoz13:
My old baseball Coach had a saying he used often when I was playing Pony Ball as a teen.

"If you want to be a baseball player, you need to look like a baseball player."

SLY translation : "If you want to be confident, you need to look and feel confident".

At first it will seem like a bit of an act.... and that will be OK.....  because your confidence WILL grow.

ozzie:
VISUALIZATION - Still underutilized by most folks, but an incredibly powerful and proven method of building confidence and enhancing performance in ANY field of endeavor. When I'm stressing about an upcoming event of some sort, I try to remember to do this:

As I lie in bed just prior to sleep, I visualize myself performing, to perfection, the following day's (or week's) challenge. I visualize how others will respond positively to my performance as well.

As a confidence builder, this absolutely works. Be it a sporting, business or social engagement where I really need to be on top of my game, the power of visualization has helped me immensely.

Tyler:
Visualization is huge!  I used to find that if I had a dream of how I was going to play in my racquetball tournament the day before, or took time to visualize it, I would never lose.  I would be so focused during the match and usually do things that I didn't even know I could do. 

buddha:
"I'll quit this job TOMORROW!"
Experience, IMO, is the greatest confidence builder in my repertoire.
Outside my 20 years on the force I have had a number of jobs, some I liked and some I hated. I always wanted to quit the ones I hated. My old man told me once to try to think "I'll quit this job tomorrow". If I said that then usually by the end of the day I would calm down and be ready by the next day. Each subsequent day I worked gave me more experience and with experience came confidence.

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