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ESSAY #6:
HOW TO INCREASE SELF
CONFIDENCE?
A lot of my students face problems of low self confidence and they want to
know as to how to increase self confidence. In this post I discuss the sub-
ject.
Understanding Self Confidence
Self confidence can be understood as comprising of two facets of our per-
sonality. First is our sense of self efficacy. This means that we see ourselves
capable of mastering skills and achieving goals in a specific field. We be-
lieve that if we learn and work hard in a field we will succeed. This type of
confidence leads people to accept difficult challenges, and persist in the
face of setbacks. Example: A child who likes Math and can easily solve his
class Math problems will accept the challenge of solving Math problems of
greater difficulty of a higher class. He may not succeed immediately, but will
succeed ultimately because of his self confidence.
The second facet of self confidence is the idea of self esteem. It implies a
more general sense that we can cope with what is going on in our lives. We
consider ourselves competent at what we do and have a sense that we can
do things if we focus on them. Example: Farhan Akhtar had the belief that he
could play the role of Milkha Singh in the famous movie. He believed that he
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