When I first read the blogpost written by @thegaillery about her squad's confidence project, I eagerly checked it out. The squad's heartfelt advocacy automatically sank right through my heart -- initiating small steps that will guide other steemians (including me) towards attaining or developing self-confidence. And being a single unit of society, I am subconsciously aware that I can be part of the change in the improvement of our self-confidence. Being part of this project is truly overwhelming and hopefully you'll read my entry in their first confidence project.
I have listed down three of the areas I want to improve on with corresponding activities for a systematic way of monitoring self-improvement. I have come up with C.O.N.F.I.D.E.N.C.E. as essential keys to follow to attain and develop self-confidence.
| Areas to Improve | Activities |
|---|---|
| 1. Writing Skills | Create a daily journal |
| Organizing thoughts | |
| Never quit | |
| Feel free to ask for assistance | |
| 2. Communication Skills | Interact |
| Develop better gestures | |
| Engage more | |
| 3. Leadership Skills | Notice every single detail |
| Create more leaders | |
| Encourage everyone |
Writing Skills
- Create a daily journal.
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By creating a daily journal, I will keep track of my to-do-list. In doing so, systematic approach on planning and time management will be applied. And also, keeping a journal serves two purposes: 1. permanent record for posterity, and 2. cathartic release for the people writing them.
- Organizing thoughts
A well-organize mind saves you a lot of time and effort. With so many thing in our mind -- traffic congestion, air's humidity, late deductions, LQ's and etc, organizing our thoughts would surely help you write better. Nothing beats a calm mind.
- Never quit.
Sh*ts are gonna happen and we'll surely encounter a couple of hurdles in our life but what's more important is our persistence. We should not quit. Not just yet.
According to Ted Turner, "You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win."
I personally believe this would boost my self-confidence for it will push me more and even beyond my limits.
- Feel free to ask for assistance
We cannot always rely on ourselves, and that's a fact. So, I have included this on the things I have to do to improve my confidence in my writing skills.
As what Ramakrishna once said, "As long as I live, so long do I learn."
Communication Skills
- Interact
I sometimes find myself in a socially-awkward position and thus diminishes my confidence by 25%. I tend to stutter a lot so I'd like to practice more via interacting with other people. Interactions doesn't just limit to my personal group of friends because Steemit has now gone big making way for a number of Steemeet-ups. hehehe And I'm just too happy to be able to test how far have I been through communicating with other people.
- Develop better gestures.
I can be really awkward sometimes especially with the way I position my hands. I have observed many speakers and they do look credible and smart. So, I have thought of having to improve this area in order to boost my confidence. You might as well need these advice.
- Engage more.
Engaging with others is different from interacting. Interacting is more on communicating while engaging on the other hand is focused on being part of others lives and decisions. And it's agreeable to say that if you have engaged more, you'll no longer worry about the stage freight and tongue twists.
In my quest to improve my communication skills, I promise to slowly subside my social-awkwardness.
Leadership Skills
- Notice every single detail.
I'm not saying a leader has to be Obsessive-Compulsive, I mean noticing the tiniest effort your subordinates had offered and even the slightest signals of planning and organizing. I strongly believe that a leader should posses this trait. Sadly, I might have to really improve on this area. hehehe
- Create more leaders
I couldn't agree more.
- Encourage everyone
I am not good at comforting people because I tend to tell things bluntly straight to their faces but recently I have observed how encouragement words help other people. So, I have thought to include this in my long list to attain the level of confidence I need to improve my leadership skills.
With the above mentioned points, I am looking forward to take another step forward in boosting my self-confidence. Thank you @thegaillery for this great initiative. If you haven't join the contest yet, click here. Good luck everyone!
Declaring abundance in your 2018,
@nikkabomb