Norman Vincent Peale is right: “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
There are times when we feel like we are being arrogant and egomaniacal when we believe in ourselves. Self belief and confidence is good and many times needed.
Today we tap to be comfortable in self belief.
Being OK With Believing In Yourself
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I know in order to take action…I have to believe in myself…Confident action in the long run is much more successful…Than tentative action…And if I want to be successful…In a long term lasting way…I need to consistently take confident action…To take confident action…I actually have to be confident…But there is a part of me…That is worried that if I’m confident…I’ll come across as arrogant…I’ll come across as selfish…I’ll come across as being in it only for me…And I don’t want to be seen as arrogant…But if I don’t believe in myself…It’s going to be hard for me…To make good, lasting choices…And so I give myself permission…To know I can have confidence…Without being arrogant…I can believe in my ability…Without belittling anyone else…I can step forward boldly…Doing what I know I can do…Without looking like a jerk…Without looking selfish…Without being judged by others…Quiet confidence is attractive…Quiet confidence is encouraging… Quiet confidence is bold…I give myself permission to know quiet confidence…Is not only good for me…It’s a necessity for me to be successful.
Thank you Gene, much appreciated, have been with you for years now and I love what you send to me through the Ruach Centre. Thanks again
Mireille – Australia
Most of my life I’ve been really confident but with no idea I might be being judged by others. I had no idea others may have seen what I do or say as being arrogant, selfish or in it only for me. This still sounds so strange. I say “still” because I now know better. It finally became clear to me that my naieve expectation that we are all there for each other, kind, caring, supportive ….. is so very far from the truth! What a loud awakening!
Thank you for this Gene. Even now it’s given me some confidence back that I’d lost.