Confidence – Dawn Lupul

Strength, confidence and self-assurance – these are the pictures I like of me

Judging by the number of books that are coming on the market, the effects of social media on a person’s well-being has become a huge issue.

Basically, people are selling their souls for likes.

It becomes addictive. When you see people engaging with content you created, and liking that content, the desire to have more of that approval becomes the result itself. The content is no longer important, it is trying to figure out what people are going to “like”.

Unfortunately, for young women this is turning into showing more of their bodies as they look for approval.

Where these platforms are great tools for educating, inspiring, and motivating others, they are turning into sites where egos are built up and then torn down. The situation is getting out of hand.

You need to be confident when you wear a hat like this! – Photo credit MrWillWong.com

Having confidence in yourself can mean the difference between accomplishing everything you want or never getting your dreams off the ground.

It can be elusive, easily swayed and is impossible to force upon yourself. But like any other skill, confidence can be learned.

Confidence grows when it is nurtured. It must be encouraged, coaxed along gently until it becomes an unshakeable force. Once you have confidence, you can achieve so much more than if you continue hiding under an umbrella of insecurity.

It is during our formative years that confidence either builds or never gets a chance to take root. Like a seedling just popping out of the ground, if it is squashed early in its development it may never recover, at least not by itself.