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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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