Everyone has limiting beliefs about certain aspects of themselves, and sometimes as leaders it’s important to realize that a lack of confidence is just a fleeting moment in our view of ourselves.
Do you have these moments of self-doubt? Do you falter and stumble?
One of the toughest things I attempt to teach my high school girls basketball team is a "I Can Do it" attitude. I try to build their confidence level so that anything they might face in the course of their high school experience is not overwhelming. How do they deal with others who laugh at them and put them down? How do they deal with haters? How about when set-backs occur? How do they overcome adversity?
My daughter played four years of high school basketball and one of the greatest outcomes from that experience is that her view of what she could do and become changed dramatically. She went from being a little introverted and quiet to being a supremely confident and outspoken individual. It wasn't an overnight shift, but something that occurred over time as her coaches subtlely helped her to build her self-confidence.
How do your children learn self-confidence? Where did you learn it from?
Barry Deutsch
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