How I Built Self-Confidence After Years of Self-Loathing & Comparison

Your self-confidence is your ability to trust yourself. It’s not about being a b*tch to others to establish your highness.

Renuka Gavrani
Change Your Mind Change Your Life
8 min readNov 13, 2023

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For as long as I can remember, I have been underconfident, hiding and finding corners to stay away from people’s eyes. Not only that, I never had enough self-trust to make any decision on my own. If I had two options, I would spend an eternity yet wouldn’t be able to decide ‘which option to go with.’

Yes, my self-confidence was that low.

When college happened, I knew I had to build self-confidence. Looking at other girls who were just flawlessly themselves, I always wondered ‘Why cannot I be like them — breathing confidence?’

And that’s where the problem was — I wanted to be like them.

Your self-confidence, as the word itself suggests, is your ability to believe in your-SELF. And to believe in yourself, you must know ‘Who your-SELF is.’

Like most people, when I wanted to build self-confidence, I started searching on YouTube ‘how to build self-confidence’ and my God! There are thousands of videos on the same topic which show:

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Renuka Gavrani
Change Your Mind Change Your Life

I talk about slow & Intentional living - taking you closer to a happy life. I am a published author of the book 'The Art of Being Alone': https://a.co/d/531JIFq