{"id":2717,"date":"2020-10-02T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T05:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequest.org.np\/shop\/?p=2717&preview=true&preview_id=2717"},"modified":"2020-10-03T11:24:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T05:39:18","slug":"confidence-is-built-not-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/blog\/confidence-is-built-not-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence is Built, not Born"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confidence is like a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.<\/p>\n

Unknown<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is confidence innate or is it something we learn throughout our life? Many claim confidence to be inborn. But I’m adamant that confidence is acquired, not inborn. I don’t believe confidence to be innate. It is rather a quality gained through our experiences, practices and knowledge.<\/p>\n

So what does it really mean to have confidence? It’s simply a feeling of being sure of your abilities and on yourself, not in an arrogant way, but in a secured and realistic way. It’s a feeling of having a firm belief, being secure on oneself or others. I believe that no one is born confident. It’s not something you’re born with, like an organ. You simply learn to build it with your accomplishments, attitude, environment and repetition.<\/p>\n

I often hear people say, “You are so confident. I wish I were confident like you.” Confidence is not a destination but simply a journey. For instance, growing up, I was shy and less confident, but with time and experience, I am more confident. Even today, I get jitters when I come across a new situation and I ask myself if I can tackle it. Although, I wasn’t born confident, on my way, I acquired it.<\/p>\n

Thereupon, it’s simply your state of mind that you keep building on throughout your life. It’s also not a “magic pill” that you swallow and wake up feeling confident. It is a process and depends on your feelings and thoughts. Thoughts create emotions and emotions create reactions and actions. So, I believe that confidence is a perception about us, within us. So, how can we build our confidence? Some of the ways that can boost our confidence are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Be prepared.<\/li>\n
  2. Avoid negative thoughts.<\/li>\n
  3. Monitor your progress.<\/li>\n
  4. Stop comparing yourself with others.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Confidence is something acquired throughout the time with the help of our experiences and knowledge. It’s not something we are born with. It’s a slow process and develops with time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[613,615,616],"class_list":["post-2717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-confidence","tag-process","tag-thought"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1601393800013-6a44d878.jpg?fit=704%2C402","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0y3h-HP","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2765,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions\/2765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mindbody.com.np\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}