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•  Take the criticism in a positive way.
                 •  Use your strengths to improve on your weaknesses.
                 •  Feel confident by overcoming your weaknesses.

                 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 enables you to do a particular task efficiently with full confidence and good results. For example, An ability of a
                 person to bake a cake like a professional.


                         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 an 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.




                               Why is self-confidence important?




                         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 the
                                       accept failures      team loses a competition.


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






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