One of my friends Ying, who is a coach now, has made seven transitions in her career. She was a consultant, a finical analyst, a startup entrepreneur, a business partner, a freelancer, a general manager. In 2018, she chose to become an executive coach.
When people asked her, were you scared to switch from one industry to another industry? Why you are so confident to move from one career to another?
Ying said, “I look back. What I see is someone pursuing her passion, following her heart, finding meanings in her life. She makes choices that give her energy, give her meaning and get her out of the bed everyday.”
Does this mean Ying’s life has been smooth? It is nothing like that.
Ying has many sleepless nights. And those nights also gave her many rewards to learn, to experience and to grow.
All those years of life experience has made who she is today.
Ying had times when she was intimidated by unknown, by the exposure of her vulnerabilities.
How did she handle these down times?
Ying told me during those periods that she bites her teeth tightly and asked herself to make one small step or one thing each day to make herself feel good about herself. She limited her thinking to make a small progress each day and focused on small wins each day. Surprisingly after a few days she saw improvement.
These began her cycles of upward spiral structural psychology. Whenever she has the churning stomach feeling, she asks herself quietly to go back to the spiral structure. And this has been her secret weapon and source of her confidence.
Confidence is an option we can choose to have.
Confidence is to face our vulnerability, admit, learn from others and move forward.
We are born with confidence. Confidence is us. Confidence is our potential. We have unlimited confidence in us. It’s matter of choice for us to be confident.
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