Check Your Confidence Levels
Would you like
to be confident? Your answer may be - yes; I do want to be confident. However,
this answer lacks the impact. It is too generalized. Just like everybody wants
to do well in life and be rich but not many ever realize this wish. This is
because to actually get somewhere in life, you need to quantify your
confidence. You need to define the task for which you need to be confident so
that you can execute it successfully. A
mere wish to be confident won’t take you anywhere. The dream must have a
deadline as well!
Self Confidence
might mean different things to different people groups. For a child it might
mean to be able to recite the poem to her teacher the next morning. For a
business executive it might mean to be able to present the business report to
the Board of Directors. For a salaried person it may be the ability to be able
to make a switch over from his secure job to a new independent venture and so
on. To execute their respective tasks, these people need a certain level of
confidence, which would see them through. Every task requires a minimum level
of confidence to be able to be executed. Do you have a task in your mind to be
done? Do you have the level of confidence required? Let us check it out!
Following is a simple questionnaire. You
have to answer to these in a YES or NO
1.
Does it
happen too often with you that you cannot take a decision all by yourself and
you seem to look for your colleagues, friends, or your spouse to sort the
matter for you?
2.
Do you always
seem to be in perpetual need of a support system wherein you can feel secure?
3.
Do you
just sit and listen all the times in your office meetings?
4.
Do you
feel difficulty in reporting a matter to your boss or you have an excellent
idea that can improve your company’s efficiency but you cannot muster enough
courage to go and talk about it to your Boss?
5.
Are you
terrified to meet someone new? Is public speaking your worst nightmare?
6.
Do you
timidly accept orders from your superior even though you know that you are
already overloaded and you need to say no?
7.
Are you
excessively concerned about what other people think of you?
8.
Do you
fear taking risks?
9.
Do you
feel dissatisfied about your appearance?
10. Are you uncomfortable in social gatherings –
being amongst lots of people?
If you happen to answer these questions
with a Yes, you seem to have a confidence crisis that might become an obstacle
in successfully executing your tasks. Don’t Panic, as it is good that you found
out since now you are aware of a potential problem of your life. The very fact
that you are aware of your confidence rating makes you ready to take further
action and work towards eliminating the negative effects of low confidence
levels and work towards building your self confidence.
Here are some more questions you may
answer.
1.
Have you
accomplished anything in the past?
2.
Are you
the one to go ahead and break the ice at a new place or wait for someone else
to initiate a discussion?
3.
Do you
feel you are well respected by others?
4.
Do you
think you have the potential to succeed?
5.
Are you a
happy and loving person?
6.
Are you
satisfied with your career graph?
7.
Are you
satisfied with your skills and qualifications?
8.
Do you
feel in control of your life?
9.
Do you
imagine yourself to be more successful five years from now?
10. Do you feel that you are a worthwhile person?
If you happen to answer most of these
questions with a NO, you have LOW self-confidence levels.
However, a YES is never decisive and a NO
is never final. One needs to constantly maintain the good points and work
towards converting bad points into good points. And the good news is that it is
very much possible. It’s important that you honestly answer the questions
above, since only when you realize the present status of your self-confidence
would you be working towards building self-confidence or maintaining and
increasing your present levels.
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