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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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