WHY WE LACK SELF CONFIDENCE

A lot of people struggle with self esteem, and for many reasons.  

Maybe we grew up hearing criticism from family members, teachers, or coaches. Perhaps we internalized and believed things about ourselves for so long that they're hard to change.  This stuff can run deep.

At the highest level though, the most common source of perpetually low self esteem in adults is not keeping your word to yourself.

If you keep saying you're going to work out, eat better, go to bed early, get your steps in, etc, etc. and you don't actually do it, you continuously let yourself down.  Each time this happens your self confidence takes a hit.

So how do we change this?  

We start doing what we say we're going to do when we say we're going to do it.

We become reliable.  Not just reliable to others, which is very powerful; but reliable to ourselves.  Each time we do what we say we're going to do is a small victory until eventually we're proud of the person that we are.

Start keeping your commitments to yourself and watch how your world starts to change.  I think you'll be pleasantly surprised :)