Lecture 16
Building Self-Confidence
Aldous Huxley said that there is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that is your own self. If you succeed in doing this you become a person full of self- confidence.
What is self-confidence? This is also a feeling of reality in all enlightened people. It is a feeling of certainty about oneself. It is an innate belief that we are right and can do everything and anything if we put our mind to it.
It is believed that self-confidence is a positive self-image and it is a miracle force working within us. We all need this very much if we want to be successful in life. And who does not want to be successful except that lazy person tucked away at the corner of your street. To fill you with self-confidence require discipline and self- esteem and we all have these qualities within us. As with other human qualities this needs too to be activated carefully.
What would self-confidence do for us? It would assist us to unlock all the doors to an amazing future full of exciting new developments. It would give us a brighter life ahead and help us establish very rich experiences full of good values. It is natural for us to wake up every morning with a hope of achieving a better standard in everything we do and think. We would be able to achieve all these if we strongly believe in our talents, skills and knowledge. Our self-confidence would multiply our capabilities and abilities and certainly make us out shine all our competitors.
We have seen over the years that our personality can be transformed completely if we firmly believe that we are capable of higher achievements. We must have this feeling because it gives us satisfaction and credibility in our way of living. Our difficulty is that some of us have what we term as inferiority complex. We think that we are not worthy and lack the ingredients that other successful people possess. This feeling punctures and kills their pride and self– respect making them lethargic and despondent. This state of mind has to be changed and changed quickly.
Any person who is fond of belittling himself can never dehypnotize himself to watch himself at his best and visualize a positive self- image. Such people push themselves to failure and hardship. When they themselves say that they cannot reach their goals they fall into that trap and fail m