Find Happiness With These 5 Tips
Find Happiness With These 5 Tips
If we do not believe in ourselves, it is unlikely we can achieve our personal best.
While it is true that surrounding ourselves with positive people is a benefit, what really matters is how much we trust in our own abilities to find our own sense of happiness and success.
1 Build your confidence
Reaching for uplifting, positive reading and visual material is one way to increase your sense of self-confidence. Ruminating on a positive quote, and internalizing a positive message (“I can do anything I put my mind to”) are just two examples of how you can build your own confidence.
Bringing ourselves to the table where building takes place is important. Sitting still and doing the mental work to change self-doubt into self-confidence is important.
2 Celebrate past victories
Do you have a pile of cards people have sent you over the years? Chances are, those cards say nice things about you. Do you have a few cherished accomplishments you enjoy bringing to the front of your memory? We can groom a higher sense of self-confidence by celebrating our past triumphs. It is one way to honor the strengths we possess.
3 Say no and mean it
Do you ever hear a request and want to say no but say yes instead? The “why” we say yes is not as important as the fact that we are denying ourselves our own truths. This request represents something we do not want to do. It does not make us evil witches to say no. In fact, it makes us a confident protector of our personal resources of time, money, and energy.
4 Reject the doubt of other people
Also known as “haters,” doubters are people who have no faith and little confidence in our ability to succeed. They also secretly wish they had our desires, dreams, and abilities to succeed.
Rejecting the doubt of others can be difficult because sometimes these are the people who are closest to us. But, we have to be able to dismiss their negative comments in order to build our own sense of confidence. Without this skill, we are likely to remain stuck.
5 Dress to impress yourself
It has been said that clothes make a person. But the truth is, clothing has both a symbolic meaning and becomes a physical experience.
What really matters is what does an article of clothing mean to you and how, if at all, can it increase your self-confidence and display your sense of self-awareness? If sweat pants make you feel like you are in control of your destiny because you are self-employed and work from home, then wear them. But if a suit is more to your liking, then wear that.