10 Confidence Hacks for Everlasting Confidence
Introduction
- Everyone deals with confidence issues, even celebrities.
- Key message: You are worthy, and your voice is needed.
- Crucial step: Perform a peer group audit to eliminate negativity.
Confidence Hacks
1. Adopt a Growth Mindset
- Mindset: Things happen for you, not to you.
- Believe you are a hero of your future, not a victim of your past.
2. The Installation Technique
- Identify the most confident person you know or imagine.
- Mimic their breathing, posture, smiles, etc.
- Install this confident persona in yourself during challenging situations.
3. The 18-40-60 Rule
- Age 18: Care about what everyone thinks.
- Age 40: Stop caring about what anyone thinks.
- Age 60: Realize no one was thinking about you.
- People focus on themselves, so stop worrying about their opinions.
4. Look Good, Feel Good
- Quote from Deion Sanders: Looking good leads to feeling good and performing well.
- Dress well to be treated well and boost self-confidence.
- Maintain a healthy body as it shows dedication.
5. The Five-Second Rule
- From Mel Robbins: Act within 5 seconds to silence the low-confidence voice.
- Count down from 5 and act immediately.
6. Mindfulness
- You are not the voice in your head; you are the observer of thoughts.
- Practice being a witness to your thoughts without attaching to them.
- Use mindfulness to handle negative self-talk.
7. Power Poses
- Use power poses like raising hands and the Superman pose to boost confidence.
- Affirmations: "I am confident. I am powerful. I am poised. I am articulate."
- Repeat these affirmations with conviction.
8. Combat Imposter Syndrome
- Create a list of accomplishments and review them often.
- Place the list where you see it regularly to remind yourself of your successes.
9. Visualization
- Visualize yourself in situations where you want more confidence.
- Engage all senses for more vivid visualization.
- Visualization can be nearly as effective as actual practice.
10. Food and Mood
- Focus on gut health to improve mood and confidence.
- Eat G-BOMBS: Greens, Beans, Onions, Mushrooms, Berries, Seeds.
- Avoid foods with unpronounceable ingredients.
- Drink enough water to avoid dehydration-related mood issues.
Bonus Exercise
- Do something out-of-the-box and legal every day.
- Example: Walk around with a toy dog on a leash.
- The goal is to overcome the fear of looking stupid and gain more freedom.
Recommended Reading
- Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
- Books on Stoicism
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns
Never take life too seriously; nobody gets out alive.