Boost Your Self-Confidence

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"Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her."
-Lao Tzu

What we've seen is that the journey of success is often a journey of self growth. We consistently telling people that you cannot pour into others what you do not pour into yourself first. One of the areas of personal growth that we see either holds people back or can accelerate someone forward is self confidence. Self confidence is really about trust. Trusting yourself, your abilities and your judgement, but it is also about trusting those around you. This is why the old saying of 'you are who you associate with' is so directionally related to how you view yourself. We work diligently to not only  continue to boost our self confidence, but to also empower others to do the same.
We want to discuss with you the ways that we continue to build our self confidence. There are many ways, honestly, to do so, but for us these 5 areas have been critical in developing a winner's mentality and environment:

1. Monitor your input- What are you reading, listening to and watching? A lot of people don't think about what they are putting in their brains on a regular basis and the fact of the matter is that your input equals your output. We've chosen to be very cognizant of our inputs. We are also very intentional about what we read, what we listen to and what we choose to watch. It all really does matter. 
2. Check your association- It is so important to surround yourself with people you trust and respect; with people that both challenge you and lift you up. Becoming aware of your environment and also understanding the value of networking, are both important components of your growth.
3. Stretch your comfort zone- The best way to overcome fear is to face it. By doing something that scares you every day and gaining confidence and more mastery from every experience, you will see your self confidence continue to grow. We focus on doing something every day to grow your comfort zone. 
4. Invest in serving others- We've found the best way to grow yourself is by serving others. There's no better way to build your own self confidence than empowering others to grow. We've always been really focused on keeping servant leadership a core value in our life. 
5. Create healthy boundaries- Learning how to say 'no,' teaching people how to honor your boundaries and setting personal standards, are all ways to boost your self confidence. Understanding that we control our calendar and time is critical to our self development.

We hope this helps to perhaps reflect on ways that you can continue to grow yourself. You are enough. Once you believe that, you'll start to create more success in all areas of life.

Desire to inspire,
Brandon & Amanda