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Leadership You Week 3
Confidence��How to Believe in Yourself and Your Ability to Lead
“One person with confidence is a majority.”
Anonymous
Confidence is Fragile: Handle With Care�
“Confidence is a fragile thing.”
Joe Montana
Confidence is Fragile: Handle With Care�
There is a great deal of natural failure built into virtually every sport: �
Confidence is Fragile: Handle With Care�
There is a great deal of natural failure built into virtually every sport: ��
Confidence is Fragile: Handle With Care�
Even the best athletes struggle with their game from time to time and need to repair, rebuild, and restore their confidence sometimes.
Solid Sense of Self
Ultimately your confidence must come from within. But you must be comfortable with yourself and accept yourself for who you are. Athletes who lack personal confidence do not make good leaders.
Solid Sense of Self
If you worry too much about the opinion of others, then you don’t have the courage to be an effective leader. Athletes who focus more on popularity than principles do not make good leaders.
Want to Perform Under Pressure
As a confident leader, you should want to perform when the game is on the line. They take intelligent risks without letting the fear of failure overwhelm them.
Want to Perform Under Pressure
Want to Perform Under Pressure
“I want to be the guy this team leans on in crucial situations. You always hear people saying, ‘I’d want to be in a foxhole with that guy,’ that’s what it’s all about.”
Brett Favre, Minnesota Vikings
Four Sources of Confidence
Hard work and great preparation are the foundation of confidence. Confidence is then something you earn by all of the quality training you put in.
Four Sources of Confidence
Four Sources of Confidence
Another great way to build your confidence is to take an inventory of all the strengths you possess as an athlete. The strengths are the weapons you do battle with. Stop being so critical of yourself. Take their comments to heart and force yourself to be proud of these areas-instead of trying to deny them or feeling embarrassed about them.
Four Sources of Confidence
Reflecting on your past successes is another excellent way to bolster your confidence. The ability is there physically; you just need to remind yourself of it mentally so that it will surface again when you need it.
Four Sources of Confidence
Finally, you can use the words and actions of others to help build our confidence. Use these compliments to remind yourself that you do have what it takes to be successful.
Rely Primarily On Yourself for Confidence
While all four sources can be used to build confidence, don’t put too much stock in other people’s praise. Why? Two reasons:
Rely Primarily On Yourself for Confidence
2. You might be in an environment where praise is not given very often. Take most your confidence from you preparation, strengths, and past successes.
Resilient Reaction to Failure-Optimism
A final way to demonstrate your confidence is how you react to failure. Martin Seligman says the primary key to overcoming adversity is how you choose to view or explain it. Successful people choose to view setbacks as temporary, localized, and changeable.
Resilient Reaction to Failure-Optimism
Resilient Reaction to Failure-Optimism
Resilient Reaction to Failure-Optimism
Chapter Three Summary
If you are going to be a leader, you must be confident in yourself as a player and as a person. Earn your confidence by putting in quality preparation and remind yourself of your strengths, past successes, and the praise you have received. Believe in yourself and your ability to bounce back from mistakes and losses.