Stress The Slave of Confidence

Stress

The Slave of Confidence

Always be yourself and have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and try to duplicate it.                Bruce Lee

It is confidence in bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures.                                                     Oprah Winfrey

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability one can build a better world.                                         Dalai Lama

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.                                                                     T. Harv Eker

Stress is a phenomena that needs a frontal attack with confidence in one’s efforts. Confidence is not a button off and on process nor it can be obtained overnight. It is the product of determination, deliberation, decision, duration, discussion and understanding. It reflects one’s strength of character and purity in thinking.  It requires:

1. Sincerity with your own self, courage to talk to oneself.

2. An analytical assessment of self - merits and weaknesses;  

   opportunities and threats i.e. SWOT analysis.  

3. Correct knowledge of financial and other resources.

4. Exact knowledge as to what is the cause of stress.

5. Action, performance and delivery

What should be the level or merits of action? Results can be achieved only with dedication, devotion and integrity coupled with confidence in one’s own self.  

The Bhagavad Gita-The Song of God, The Sermon from the Lord Krishna to dejected and depressed Arjun in the battle field of Mahabharata, in Chapter 2 Verse 47 prescribes the nature of action as follows:

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते  सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि।।2.47।।

Meaning

“Our right is for action alone, never for the results. Do not become the agent of the results of action. May you not have any inclination for inaction.”

Leaving aside the spiritual aspect; message is clear that an individual has the right to act; control over doing and the dictum is as you sow so shall you reap; harder, determined, dedicated, devoted is action sweeter are the fruits. Halfhearted actions do not bear any fruits they are just perfunctory to show to others that you are doing something. Results of action depend on many thing besides one’s action: it is the environment, circumstances, opportunity, team work, leadership, choice, time etc etc. Action breeds confidence and courage; in action brings doubts, fears, lost opportunities and a depressed sense “Why I did not do it”. So stand up and act.

The X factor, the unseen, also called the luck, plays its own role sometimes. So play the game well do not bother about goals that will help you to increase your concentration. An excellent play has excellent results. If one concentrates on the goals his game is spoiled and so the results. Put all your energies physical, financial, mental, knowledge, skill, experience in action. See only bull’s eye not the bull. All these thing will increase your level of confidence, your “I can do it” attitude, the most essential ingredient of delivery.

Confidence is built as above; otherwise it becomes over-confidence a seed of defeat and failure. Confidence created by devoted and dedicated efforts is the important stepping stone for a colourful performance. Have faith in yourself.

Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities, arrogance is when you think you are better than others

and act accordingly.

-Stewart Stafford-

One important key to success if self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

-Arthur Ashe-