In the development of self-confidence, one of the first steps you must take is to dispel the feeling that you cannot accomplish anything you want to.
- Fear is what stands between you and self-confidence
- A dominating quality that almost all successful people showed in the world is self-confidence.
Through the principle of auto-suggestion and concentration, you can place any thought or desire in your conscious mind and hold it there until it becomes reality
- “I know that I have the ability to accomplish all that I undertake” I will establish this in my everyday practice
- “I realize that my thoughts eventually reproduce themselves in material form and substance and become real in the physical state.”
- Therefore I will focus on the person I intend to be (transforming this picture into reality)
- “I am studying with the firm intention of mastering the fundamental principles through which I may attract to me the desirable things of life.”
- Through this, I am becoming more self-reliant and cheerful
- “I am mastering and overpowering the habit of starting something that I do not finish.”
- Plan and then let nothing interfere with it becoming reality
- “I have clearly mapped out and planned the work that I intend to follow for the next 5 years”
- “I fully realize that genuine success will come only through strict application of the Golden Rule principles”
- I will induce others to serve me through my willingness to serve them
- Courage over fear. Faith over skepticism. Love over Hate
- “I will learn to stand and express myself through clear, concise, and simple language and to speak with force and enthusiasm that will carry conviction.”
- Spirit of Service
Re-source: Reaffirm
The handicap of lack of self-confidence can be surmounted, and timidity translated into courage, through the aid of the principle of autosuggestion. The application of this principle may be made through a simple arrangement of positive thought impulses stated in writing, memorized, and repeated, until they become a part of the working equipment of the subconscious faculty of your mind.
First: I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose in life; therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.
SECOND: I realize the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually reproduce themselves in outward, physical action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality; therefore, I will concentrate my thoughts for thirty minutes daily, upon the task of thinking of the person I intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture.
THIRD: I know through the principle of autosuggestion, any desire that I persistently hold in my mink will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it; therefore, I will devote ten minutes daily to demanding of myself the development of self-confidence.
FOURTH: I have clearly written down a description of my definite chief aim in life, and I will never stop trying, until I shall have developed sufficient self-confidence for its attainment.
FIFTH: I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use, and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me, because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude towards others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself. I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory, and repeat it aloud once a day, with full faith that it will gradually influence my thoughts and actions so that I will become a self-reliant, and successful person.
This works for the glory and success of mankind. This can work either constructively or destructively. (Auto-suggestion)
craving from “Napoleon Hill’s Golden Rules” by Napoleon Hill
resource from “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill and Emerson’s essays on self-reliance
