“Confidence and mastery combine to feed each other in a symbiotic way,” says Erik Luhrs – CEO of Make Your Business Boom. He cites studies that show that those who are confident in their abilities experience an increase in technical mastery and expertise because a confident mindset drives skill levels higher and enhances performance. Similarly, mastery of a skill automatically increases confidence. Combine both mastery and confidence and it is a recipe for success in any personal or business endeavor.
To become more confident and masterful, Luhrs recommends starting with a list or inventory:
• Invest some time to write down what aspects of business have been mastered. Then extend the list to personal life and include hobbies, relationships, or areas of knowledge or skill.
• Perform the same exercise regarding mediocrity, making a list of all personal or business areas that feel mediocre or lackluster.
• Taking this kind of inventory helps one to gain an overview or gauge of confidence and to identify where mastery prevails, where fears lie, and where mediocrity exists today.
• Going forward, refer to the mastery and confidence (or mediocrity and lack of confidence) list as a metric or benchmark to see what works and what needs more support and attention.
• Using progress as the fulcrum, leverage past fear and mediocrity to become a confident master of business and personal affairs. Then go forward and build a multi-million or billion dollar company, achieve even higher goals in life, and fulfill lifelong dreams and aspirations.
“Confidence is about trusting oneself and then putting that energy into action for a creative outcome,” Luhrs explains. “Mastery applies to learning and working toward the skills needed, creating helpful systems and making plans, and then controlling those tools and resources to accomplish what we set out to do while monitoring the results. Both come into play when setting and reaching goals, inspiring teamwork, communicating feelings and ideas, and executing leadership.”
Whether one is trying to master a household budget, control fear to make wise investment decisions, gain confidence to land a dream job, or become a leader who inspires teams in a Fortune 100 firm, these simple steps can deliver the winning edge derived from masterful confidence.
