Self-Confidence and NLP

Self-confidence is an emotional and mental state of mind which responds to our need for self-acceptance and recognition. It’s among the oldest and most studied concepts in psychology. It is used to describe a positive perception of one’s self and one’s abilities. Hence, self-confident people generally have a better knowledge of what they are able to achieve and are more likely to be successful in what they attempt. They are also more likely to accept and learn from their mistakes.

Self-confident people are able to do what they feel is right and don’t expect the approval of their peers. This also triggers a confidence boost from their boss, employees, customers, friends, and relatives as they are more likely to trust someone who appears self-confident.

The first step to building self-confidence is learning to know who you are and what your strengths are. Recognizing that you are allowed to be imperfect will help you gain self-confidence. Accepting yourself as you are is the key to building self-confidence. But improving self-confidence also requires that you start taking risks and giving yourself credit for your accomplishments. This is very simple advice that will help you develop self-confidence. You may also find many books that claim they can help you gain self-confidence; however, not all of them are reliable.

A lot people suffer from low self-confidence or are only able to gain self-confidence in one or a few areas of their lives because they constantly look for other people’s approval and are afraid that they could fail. A lot of factors like childhood traumas can explain why some people cannot enjoy the wholesome life a self-confident individual does. These people do not always know how to gain self-confidence. However, gaining self-confidence can now readily and effectively be done with hypnosis and NLP.

As we have seen before, low self-confidence and social phobia can be caused by bad experiences or subconscious fears which are sometimes hard to overcome with self-persuasion only. Hypnosis and NLP are able to get to the subconscious part of our brain and change belief systems to boost self-confidence. They are effective tools that will help you face your fears and believe in yourself to develop self-confidence.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming has been used to build confidence for decades and has shown significant results. Communicating with the subconscious is a lot easier with the tools that NLP provides. It is possible to replace your negative thought patterns with positive ones to boost self-confidence.

To Your Success,

Marla Brucker