5 Ways Confidence Improves Your Life

By: Brian Baxter, M.A.

You can’t learn to be confident in the same way you would learn a hard skill such as math or plumbing but there are ways you can strengthen your mindset.

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Confidence is a leading soft skill that is valuable throughout your entire life. Building confidence should start early to give children the ability to become successful adults. Other “soft skills.” include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Creativity,
• Collaboration,
• Adaptability

Although these skills are very important, they are hard to teach. No book can teach creativity and no parent can teach confidence. It is not like learning to throw a ball or ride a bike, yet, learning to throw a ball or ride a bike does build confidence.

5 ways confidence improves your life

Confidence helps develop a strong character and can set you up for success in life. Here are some of the ways confidence can impact your performance in life:

1. Being a self-starter

Confident people get things done. They do not wait for direction before acting. And, they have no problem with taking control of a situation when needed.