Tips to Help With Confidence as a Student

Written By Colēgia

Confidence plays a large role in becoming your best possible self. A confident mindset makes all the difference when it comes to trust, potential, and your abilities. Improving your confidence is not only crucial for your education, but for life. Here are some tips to help with confidence as a student.

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Reading And Confidence

When building your confidence, establishing a reward system for yourself can help immensely. Reading is a great way to establish this as the more you read, the more confidence you will have in your literary skills. It can also help you feel more prepared and educated. Reading expands your vocabulary and boosts your communication skills. It may also be beneficial to set up a reward system where you give yourself positive reinforcement after you accomplish something. Even small achievements, such as meeting your daily exercise goal, should be celebrated and recognized. This type of system can promote positive habits. It’s also good to remember to start small for these kinds of things. A good example of this would be speaking during a class discussion, or approaching a professor or classmate after a lecture. Small accomplishments like these, help break the ice and slowly make you more comfortable in your environment.

“Even small achievements, such as meeting your daily exercise goal, should be celebrated and recognized.”

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A Positive Mindset is Everything

Raising your confidence is about more than small daily activities, it’s about your mindset. It’s important to recognize that how you talk and view yourself does have an impact on your well-being. Changing your inner dialogue will help change the narrative into one of improvement rather than failure. If you don't know how to do something, instead of saying, “I can’t do this” say “I need extra help with this topic”.

“It’s important to recognize that how you talk and view yourself does have an impact on your well-being.”

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Recognize Your Value

It is absolutely crucial for you to recognize your value outside of school. Your identity isn’t limited to school and your grades don’t define who you are as an individual. Once you realize and fully accept this idea, you will stop placing so much pressure on yourself and behave with more confidence. If your self worth isn’t measured by getting a low grade on a test, it gives room to take risks, make mistakes, and grow. Learn to not expect perfection from yourself, but rather, strive to be the best version of yourself possible. Don’t expect to do everything right all the time, and certainly don’t look to change yourself into someone else. A phrase we often hear throughout our academic life is “you are only competing with yourself”. Stop comparing yourself to other people who you will never be, and who will never be you. You are more than enough and deserve to be confident.

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