5 Life-Changing Strategies You Need To Know To Build Self Confidence and Live a Life of Success and Fulfilment; The Power of a Growth Mindset
Ladies, do you want unshakeable confidence? I see you.
Here are 5 life-changing strategies to help you build self confidence through the power of the growth mindset.
We all know that confidence is the cornerstone of success. It is a quality that many of us admire and aspire to possess. I mean, who doesn’t want to be a confident woman? Building self confidence can help you overcome challenges, achieve your goals and fearlessly walk into any room with your head held high shining brighter than the supernova. While some people seem to radiate confidence effortlessly, it's important to recognise that it's not an exclusive club; it’s a skill you can master, nurture, and grow. It is also a skill that can be built from scratch or rebuilt. After suffering from a mental health crisis back in 2019, I completely lost myself and with it, lost every ounce of confidence I had. I rebuilt myself and came out stronger, more resilient and more confident than ever. Trust me from experience, you can rebuild confidence if you too, have lost it along the way.
This post is all about embracing the power of a growth mindset to build self confidence, allowing you to unveil your true potential and live a life of success, happiness and true fulfilment.
So what is a Growth Mindset?
A growth mindset, a concept brought to life by the brilliant psychologist Carol Dweck, is all about believing in your ability to learn and grow through dedication, hard work, and continuous learning. With a growth mindset, you view challenges as exciting experiences and failures as stepping stones on your path to personal growth. It's the antidote to a fixed mindset that says your qualities are set in stone from either birth or from a young age. If you believe you don’t have a skill, you won’t bother to try or challenge yourself as you think there is no point or you will fail.
Does this sound familiar?
If the answer is yes, don’t panic, that’s perfectly okay. Self acknowledgement is the first step to changing your story and building true confidence and self esteem. If you have a fixed mindset but refuse to acknowledge this, you won't be able to grow or change, and this will hinder your confidence-building journey.
Now, for the real productive part of this post. I hear you ask:
‘How can you use a growth mindset to build the skill of self confidence?’
Outlined below are 5 strategies that will build the skill of self confidence.
Embrace the confident woman inside yourself, the world deserves to see you.
Embrace the Challenge: Your Journey to Self-Discovery
Life often hands us challenges, but with a growth mindset, you see them as exciting experiences. I understand this isn’t always easy, especially with the increased chaos and mounting pressure in the world, (cue COVID - 19 and the recent cost of living crisis). You can’t always control everything and that’s okay.
When you do have control, approach it with a growth mindset. Step out of your comfort zone; it becomes the perfect opportunity for personal growth and the catalyst for boosting your confidence.
In situations beyond your control, breathe and take a moment to consider ‘how can I improve it for myself’? You have more control and power than you think. How you perceive or view an event, causes a certain emotional response. If you can start to view even stressful events as manageable events and think how you can improve it for yourself, you won’t feel as stressed and you will start to take action. As you start to take action, you begin to take control of your life regardless of the circumstance you’re in. This is the beauty of a growth mindset and when you really start to build the skill of self confidence and boost your self esteem.
Learning from Failure: Your Secret Sauce for Resilience
Ladies, failure is inevitable. If you’re a perfectionist, I totally see you! I hated failure and so I became a perfectionist. I worked as an Intensive Care Nurse at some of the best hospitals in the world. I became obsessed with being perfect and not making any mistakes; Understandably, I had peoples lives in my hands. This pressure however, got too much and the never ending quest for perfect weighed heavily on my heart and on my mind. Over a long period of therapy, I realised that perfect does not exist, mistakes happen and failure is unavoidable.
You will stumble and fall, we all do! Instead of beating yourself up for mistakes or failures, change your mindset. View these times as opportunities to grow, rise and succeed. This shift in perspective will transform your setbacks into fuel for building your confidence and self-esteem.
Imagine this: J.K. Rowling, the creative genius behind the beloved Harry Potter series. Before the world knew her as a bestselling author, she was a struggling single mother living on government benefits. Many of us in her position would have given up. But she believed in her vision, learned from rejection, and turned her setbacks into the stairway to success. That's the power of a growth mindset. Next time you doubt your ability to succeed, envision J.K. Rowling and adopt her self-belief attitude. It may just change your life.
Cultivating a Strong Work Ethic: Your Path to Excellence
No matter what you were told growing up, success is about hard work, not innate talent. I remember at school, there were people put in the ‘Lower set’ for certain classes like Math. This automatically made people feel they were not good enough or didn’t have that natural talent to succeed and so many therefore did not try.
Understand that effort is the key to reaching your goals. Things aren’t always easy, if they were, we would never feel that true sense of achievement and life would be boring. Every ounce of sweat and every hour of dedication is a stepping stone to building your skills and your confidence. It’s often at the peak of your adversity, when you’re tempted to throw in the towel, when the real magic unfolds, and your success takes shape. When you feel like giving up, push through. Hard work leads to success and with it, greater confidence.
Positive Self-Talk: Your Inner voice and number one supporter
Ladies, your self-talk is crucial. Our default tends to be focused on the negatives, which, in turn, reinforces them. But, guess what? The same goes for positivity! With a growth mindset, you embrace positive self-talk. Remind yourself that with effort, you can conquer any challenge, achieve anything you set your mind to, and that you hold the key to your success. This self belief is the driving force behind your confidence, resilience, and self-esteem.
Seeking Feedback: Continuous Improvement
Here's your growth superpower: constructive feedback. I get it; it can feel uncomfortable at first, sometimes even triggering that sense of failure or defensiveness. But, here's the trick: when you see feedback as a positive tool and actively seek and welcome it, you'll realise it's a crucial part of your journey to self-improvement. This mindset boosts your self confidence as you watch your skills evolve over time.
“Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life”
This post was all about strategies to build self confidence through the power of a growth mindset.
The path to self-assuredness is right in front of you, ladies. Embrace the power of a growth mindset to face challenges with a smile, turn failures into stepping stones, work hard to see your abilities shine, engage in positive self talk, and actively seek feedback. Your confidence will flourish and your self esteem will rise as you continue to develop your skills and abilities.
Confidence isn't a static trait; it's dynamic and ever-evolving. So, empower yourself with the magic of a growth mindset and watch your confidence skyrocket to new heights! The world deserves to see you, let your light shine bright.
So, which of these strategies for building self-confidence resonates with you the most, and how will you apply it to your own life?
Comment below, Id love to hear from you.
