A confident person will naturally rise to the top of any organization, sports team, or any other endeavor in life. However, outward success is not always an indication of self-confidence. Many people use the mask of confidence to climb the ladder of success only to find out that the higher they climb, the more of their “behind” shows as they climb the ladder. The higher a person climbs in a place of leadership, the greater the amount of insecurities are revealed in the person. Why? Because higher levels of leadership positions require more skill, quick and effective decision making, and brings increased pressures. Therefore, if you go into a higher place of leadership without dealing with your personal insecurities, your personal insecurities could sabotage your destiny. This is why you must develop a higher level of authentic self-confidence.

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Have you ever faced a situation in your life where you felt overwhelmed or under qualified for the task or challenge set before you? Have you ever made statements like “I don’t know if I can do this? Do I have what it takes to accomplish this task? Can I pull this off? Am I able to do this? Do I even have the ability to accomplish this?” During these times, trust me, all your insecurities will come to the surface.

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The people you spend most of your time with will affect your attitude in a positive or negative way. If you hang around people who are always complaining about how bad everything is, you may start believing what they say. On the other hand, if you surround yourself with people who are confident, strong and positive, you are more likely to see a world full of opportunity, happiness, and adventure.

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The attitude you have about life, people, work, marriage, money, events, and the world around you will determine your level of success and happiness in life.  A negative attitude concerning these issues can paralyze you in your tracks.  However, a positive attitude can cause you to take massive action on any given day.  When a person has a right mental attitude, they believe that they can move mountains and achieve the impossible.  However, when a person has a wrong mental attitude, even the smallest pebble can stop them from moving forward to achieve success in life. 

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The road to your destiny will be filled with bumps, pot holes, road blocks, unexpected turns and sudden stops. Your personal belief and confidence in yourself will always come to the surface in the waters of pressure, obstacles, and challenges.

Confidence is the defining difference between the common and the uncommon person.
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When you change your feelings, you will change your actions and behavior. Your behavior is tied to your feelings. Most people want to change but they cannot get past their emotions or feelings. Your E-motions are what sets things “IN-motion.” If you do not feel confident, you will not act confident. If you do not feel like a success in life, you will not act like a success in life. Here are six facts that I have learned that you can use to change your actions by changing your thinking:

Fact # 1 – You will have both positive and negative thoughts.
Fact # 2 – You can control your thoughts.
Fact # 3 – Your feelings come from your thoughts or beliefs.
Fact # 4 – You can control your feelings by taking control of your thoughts.
Fact # 5 – You can change your behavior by changing your feelings.
Fact # 6 – When you change your behavior, you change your future.

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Confidence is a thinking process that starts in your mind.  Fears, insecurities, stresses, and feelings of depression are also emotions that have been created by your thought processes.  All of these emotions start as a thinking process that you allow to flow like a river in your mind.  You can make a decision as to which process of thinking you are going to allow to flow in your mind.  You can allow the process of confident thinking to flow or you can allow the floods of fear to flow.  You have a right to choose which process you are going to allow to flow in your own mind.

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Increasing your personal level of confidence will empower you to believe in other people.  Your confidence in God and in yourself will produce confidence in other people.  It is difficult for those who do not have confidence in themselves to have much confidence in others.  Placing confidence in other people is a very important leg on your triangle of success.  Why?  Because you will only accomplish a fraction of your potential working alone.  If you do everything alone and never partner with other people, you will create barriers to unleashing your full potential.

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Happy New Year!  As we get ready to celebrate the New Year, let me ask you these questions- What are you doing to prepare for the New Year at work?  Are you preparing to meet your goals?  Are you preparing to be a champion?  The desire to win, to be successful, or to do something great in life is not enough.  The will to prepare to win is the most important thing.  Champions are not just born.  Champions are made in the process of preparation.

Preparation is the difference between winning and losing.  You are already preparing, whether you know it or not.  The question is, for what?  To win or just to finish?  Success or failure?

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The five confidence destroying fears that you will face at work on the road to success are:

1) Fear of success
2) Fear of failure
3) Fear of rejection
4) Fear of taking a risk
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