Fly on the E-Commerce Cyberwall

Life skills = Business skills (Confidence, Part 2)
Another thought on confidence. We often face opportunities that require us to step out into areas that are outside our comfort zone. And when we do, the path of least resistance that is so easy for us to follow can easily lead us into rationalizing all sorts of reasons why we shouldn't take that opportunity and step out on it.

When we enter unfamiliar territory, we never can see all the way to the end of our path. So our self-protective instinct kicks in and finds reasons to decline.

It takes confidence to step out. Confidence leads us to believe that we'll be able to handle what we find out there once we get beyond those first few, visible steps. Confidence leads us to quiet that voice of rationalization that would hold us back.

But confidence is not a characteristic that is born into some and missing in others. Like muscles that grow stronger the more we exercise them, confidence grows stronger the more we turn to it. Keep taking small steps out of your comfort zone. Watch yourself successfully handle the situations that your rationalizing mind wanted to keep you away from. And you'll find your confidence growing able to handle even more.
Jeff