Designing Your Destiny - 7 daily habits that build confidence.

From this moment on, choose not to let your past dictate your future. What is gone is gone forever. Now is the time to move on, to do and become what you want: to be the best in any area that you choose, so you may design your own destiny.

Below you will find 7 simple tips that can quickly move you in the direction of manifesting your destiny to accomplish many great things in your life.

To join ranks with the most successful people in the field of your choice, or merely to achieve your dreams quietly, for yourself, you will need to take the journey toward a better, more enlightened future; toward a more empowered and motivated you, toward a life that you will design and achieve. You will live your life as you want it. And you will become that person you have been dreaming of becoming.

Invest in life in your life. No more wavering dreams, staring out the window and wishing and hoping. No more sleepless nights worrying about your future as you only see where you are now.

This time it is for real. What you are dreaming of will happen, and in abundance. From today, you will move forward in your life in a dramatic way. You will do what is required of you to accomplish your daily goals, big and small, and you will always expect to succeed at everything you do.

Embrace your unlimited power and build a life of excellence. Success is your one and only option. Fill all of your days with accomplishments, no matter how small you may think they are. It is important, at this point, to realise that most successes stem from your ability to feel certain that you can set out to achieve what it is that you desire. And for you to feel certain, you need to become confident.

One of the principle prerequisites to achieving almost anything in life is confidence. Confidence is an indispensable requirement to your success and further development or betterment, be it for your personal or professional needs. Confidence is the doorway to success and fulfilment. With confidence you will have the courage, strength and motivation to tackle and overcome all life's setbacks and challenges.

The great news is that confidence is a learned skill, and anyone can learn the skills to have awesome and unstoppable confidence. As promised, here are just a couple of confidence tips that I believe are easy to do and are extremely effective. By repeating the simple tips daily, they will retrain your thinking and become an automatic part of your new successful and confident habit. They will become your new way of life.

1. Challenge your thoughts Rethink the thought patterns that have been holding you back and stretch your mind to new unlimited heights. At the end of each day, put yourself into a confident and resourceful state of mind by jotting down in your diary or daily journal, all of the day's achievements, no matter how small. The mere act of writing them down reinforces the idea of success and confidence. It is extremely beneficial and motivating for you to feel the successes from deep within, so your mind acknowledges them as confident achievements.

2. Imagine Just before going to bed, take the time to prepare for the next day by going through your diary, choosing an outfit, and setting any alarms. Once you have done this, sit back and take a few minutes to imagine and visualise the entire day, from beginning to end. See it unfolding exactly how you would want it to be, in every situation. Believe that these things are really happening, feel the confident emotions that come from success, with the feeling that you have accomplished all that you wanted.

When you go to sleep, your unconscious mind will work all night on ways to bring about that which you have just visualised.

3. Pose There is evidence to suggesting that holding a power pose for just two minutes can lead to increased feelings of confidence, assertiveness, motivation and empowerment. During test studies, participants who held this pose prior to a job interview were seen as more authentic, passionate and enthusiastic by those interviewing them.

Try taking two minutes out of each day to hold this pose and see how your confidence levels increase. Here's how: - Stand with your feet hop width apart. - Place your hands on your hips (superman style)

- Push your chest out and breathe in deeply.

- Lift your head up, pushing your chin out.

- Hold for two minutes and feel the difference.

4. Learn Learning something new every day can really make a difference to your confidence, and your mental well-being as a whole. The best teachers are the ones who are also students - at Knixter we teach reiki, but we are always in a state of learning, as are our teachers, and so-on. Learning new things is a great tool for boosting your confidence and, generally speaking, the more you learn, the more experience you have of the world we live in, making you more adaptable and giving you a wider perspective.

So whether it be learning a new language, taking up a new hobby such as drawing, painting, dancing - put yourself out there and open yourself up to the thousands of possibilities this world has to offer!

5. Contribute

'The secret to living is giving. Do it when you don't have it and scarcity will leave your life' - Tony Robbins

Everything we do in life that serves as contribution, comes back to us - whether that be through feelings of happiness and service by volunteering at your local food bank, becoming a friend of a local park or by committing to a few hours a week (!) with your local Scout Group, or whether it is something more practical such as investing in your child's education or by paying for (and using!) a gym membership for yourself - contribution and giving is one of the keys to living a happy, more fulfilled life. The skills that you learn and the relationships you foster by contributing to your community will help to boost and develop your confidence! Have a think about what you could do to help out in your community, even being a part of a local community app (such as Nextdoor) or by giving away any unwanted food and household items on apps like Olio - there are many ways we can serve our community and help build a brighter, friendlier future for us and our descendants!

6. Exercise

The benefits of exercise have been widely studied and documented, and it should go without saying that incorporating some form of exercise into your daily routine is a huge step towards building a more confident and healthier you. What form that exercise takes is very subjective, for some people hitting a 10,000 daily step goal is really easy, others may struggle, so be careful not to set yourself up for failure by setting a goal that is too much for you. It is much better to make small steps and gradually increase than to exhaust and possibly injure yourself before you've even started! There are many ways you can exercise whilst having fun, like attending a Zumba fitness class or a 5 rhythms dance class. You can even combine one of the previous daily steps like meditation - taking a mindful walk in nature, really slowing down and becoming aware of the sights and sounds as well as the way your body moves - the way your feet touch the floor and the motion that goes through your heels and toes,ankles and legs.

You could contribute to your community by picking up litter on a daily walk in a local park.

Whatever you decide to do, commit to moving - every day!

7. Take Action

The key with all of the steps above, and with any project or hobby that you start in life is the need to take action!

It's important to make a plan, but it is equally important not to overthink things, taking immediate action is often the most important thing you can do, otherwise our busy minds can fill our time and find excuses not to do the things we often need to. 'The only impossible journey is the one you never begin' - Tony Robbins

So make a plan, maybe even write it down, then start straight away on building daily routines that will help build your confidence.

Truly make it your destiny to accomplish many great things in your lifetime by adopting a vital ingredient to success - confidence.

With confidence you discard worry, hesitation and fear. With confidence you rise above challenges and failures. With confidence you have unlimited motivation and unrelenting persistence. Do not underestimate the immense power of confidence.

I hope you find these tips and advice helpful. Go ahead, reap the rewards and accomplish many great things in your lifetime.

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