How To Achieve True, Inner Self-Confidence
From a very shy person.
I used to be a shy kid. My whole childhood — and adolescence — I struggled with meeting people and talking to strangers. I couldn’t bear to ask for something in a restaurant, let alone strike up a conversation with someone at a party.
Now that I’m almost 20, I’m glad to say that I no longer consider myself a shy person. I’ve been purposefully working on it for years after I realized that my shyness was just a symptom of my lack of self-confidence and self-esteem.
One day last year, after watching some videos by Charisma on Command on YouTube, I had an epiphany that led me to live what was probably the most confident day of my life — I walked with my head high and without second-guessing myself or obsessing about what other people thought of me as I passed by.
Okay, I still did those things. But, in truth, I was able to dismiss the thoughts even before they formed in my mind.
And yes, the feeling didn’t last more than two days. But the ability to garner the feeling did.
Without realizing it, I had reached a system that allowed me to enter into this confident mindset that existed in a different part of my mind, if that makes any sense. It was like finally having the key to a long-awaited treasure chest.
