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Difference between Interests and Abilities
              Interest is something you prefer to do and you enjoy doing it. It provides you a direction to develop your habits
              and skills. If you are interested in anything then motivation comes automatically. On your own, you will put extra
              time and efforts to complete an assigned task. Learning what you enjoy will help you develop your skills in it
              so that you can pursue it as a career in future. You may be good at playing guitar so give more time to it, enjoy
              exploring it and may pursue it as a career in future.
              Ability comes naturally without any effort. It is your talent that you acquire naturally. It is a key for your happiness
              in life. It enable you to do a particular task efficiency with full confidence and good results.


                       Self-Confidence


              Self-confidence in simple language means believing in yourself. It is respecting yourself by believing in your own
              abilities, strengths, and judgments. With your self-confidence you are more energised and motivated to take action
              and achieve your goals. You will devote your resources to try new things. If a speaker has confidence in his abilities
              he will communicate well on stage in front of his audience. Similarly if a student is prepared well, he will attempt
              his paper with full confidence.


              Steps for Building Self-Confidence

              Confidence helps you express the most beautiful version of yourself. A confident person is always focused in life
              and learns from his mistakes. If you compare yourself with others, you might struggle to concentrate and feel low in
              self-esteem. Instead of focusing on your work, you will be more worried about what others think of you. So let us
              now learn what steps we need to take to build our self-confidence:


                                     Step 1: Appreciate   For  example,  celebrate  the  achievement  when  the
                                     achievements &       team wins a competition. Articulate learning when
                                     accept failures      the team loses a competition.

                                     Step 2: Have a       For example, if you have  won bronze at an event,
                                     goal and take        set the goal to win gold medal next time and take
                                     steps towards it     action for it.


                                     Step 3: Always       For example, if you have lost a match, celebrate the
                                     look at the good     efforts of those team member who performed well.
                                     side and be happy    Talk to people who are confident and try to gain.


                       Qualities of Self-Confident Person


              Confidence comes with knowledge and attitude. It is an age-long process of knowing yourself. If you are aware of
              your tasks, there will be very less chances of failure and this force is big enough to motivate you.

              There are lots of other good qualities a self-confident person should possess to make his own identity in this world.
              Let us now study those qualities of a self-confident person:

                 • Hardworking: A hard working person is always more confident. He is aware of the fact that if nothing else, his
                hard work will be able to make him sail through the most difficult situation.

                 • Positive attitude: A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a
                catalyst and adds to the confidence of an individual.
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