I feel God, the higher power I answer to, has blessed me with some great talents and skills. I am humbled by those gifts yet still confident in myself because of them. That confidence comes from the fact that the highest being in the universe has equipped me for the world. God has given me my natural skills and has also blessed me with some great opportunities such as college to nurture and evolve those attributes.
The professional world or rather the commercial world demands confidence. We operate within a free market economy and a capatalist system that feeds the competitive society for which we live. To be successful, you have to have confidence. When you go out on a job interview, you have to walk in that human resource executive’s office with surety. Transfer to them that you know your niche and you know how to perform in it well. Exude humble self-assurance in the interview, make the company realize that they need you on their payroll.
In the movie, Wall Street, the antagonist, Gordon Gekko says, “It’s a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses.” The objective is to be on the winning side not the loosing. The less confident people tend to stand on the loosing side. We all have talents and skills and the aptitude to develop and use those talents and skills. If you don’t have the confidence neccessary to succeed today, you need to make the moves right now and put in the work to build confidence. If you work at something long enough, naturally you are going to find comfort in your ability to do it and gradually build confidence.
So my advice to those lacking confidence is to find where your potential lies. Work hard in the area where your aptitude is high. Get good at what you do. Perform to the best of your abilities in pursuit of greatness. And then you will find confidence.
