Years ago when I was a vice president of corporate development, I created a system of evaluation for our employees that was used to determine everyone’s yearly bonus. I told my boss that I found it curious that when the employees were measured against the standards of the system I’d developed, very few had performed at the highest level.
While everyone had earned a salary and a bonus, only 10 percent had gotten the full incentive that was available to people who met all their performance goals.
I asked the president of the company, “If you look at the people in this top 10 percent who achieved the maximum bonus, what do you think they have in common?”
Without hesitation, the president said, “Confidence. They exude confidence, so they get results.”
Confidence is a belief in yourself and your abilities that delivers to you the things you want.
What you desire may not come exactly when you expect it, or in the form you’d imagined, but make no mistake: Confidence is a tremendously powerful emotion that will change your vibration and bring you what you hope for. Don’t talk yourself out of feeling self-assured, and don’t let anyone else try to either. Only you know what you’re capable of and the passion you have for your goal. Your confidence is like a strong tailwind pushing you along toward your destiny.
Confidence will lift you up no matter what the challenge, helping you access all your personal resources. By feeling faith in yourself, you’ll be aware of your many gifts and be able to use them to make your situation better. If you’ve lost your job, you’ll remember all your strengths, talents, and connections with other people who can help you find a new and better one. If you’ve ended a relationship or friendship, you’ll know for certain that you’ll attract a loving, wonderful partner or friend, and your confidence will draw them in just as if you were a magnet.
Confidence.
Excellent article & full of truth. If one has grown up in a negative environment, there are times that inner strength & self confidence are ESSENTIAL in surviving. In a better environment confidence allows one to thrive. Thank you for sharing this one.
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this is great and true… from someone who has just started dipping her toes into the pools of confidence… I have already seen results..which in turn makes me more confident!!