NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY(NIT)

RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Assignment on Value Education

Topic:-Self Confidence

GUIDED BY: SUBMITTED BY:

Dr. Heena Chawda Ma’am Saaraansh Mishra
Faculty:-Value Education & Information Technology
Psychological Counsellor Roll No:-21118087
 INDEX
1. What is Self Confidence
2. Types of Self Confidence
Low self confidence
Optimal self confidence
Over confidence
3. Causes of Lower Self Confidence
4. Steps to overcome low self confidence
Self Acceptance
Self Belief
Self Esteem
Self Analysis
5. Examples of Great Personalities who used Self Confidence as
a tool for success
6. Conclusion (Tips to maintain an Optimal Self Confidence)
 What is Self Confidence?
Self-confidence means trusting in your own judgment, capacities and abilities. It's about valuing
yourself and feeling worthy, regardless of any imperfections or what others may believe about you.

Having a healthy level of self-confidence can help you become successful in your personal and
professional life. It can play a role in your motivation to pursue your goals and affect how you present
yourself to other people.

Self-confidence also brings about more happiness. Typically, when you are confident in your abilities
you are happier due to your successes. When you are feeling better about your capabilities, the more
energized and motivated you are to take action and achieve your goals.
Types of Self Confidence

1. Low Self Confidence

2.Optimal Self Confidence

3.Over Confidence
 Low Self Confidence

Low self confidence is when someone lacks confidence about

who they are and what they can do. They often feel
incompetent, unloved, or inadequate. People who struggle with
low self-confidence are consistently afraid about making
mistakes or letting other people down.

Staying in your comfort zone, fearing failures and avoiding

taking risks are the some of the effects of low self confidence.
People with low self confidence tend to be hypersensitive.
They have a fragile sense of self that can easily be wounded
by others. Some people with low self confidence know that
they judge themselves too harshly, whereas others hold onto
their negative beliefs so strongly that they can feel like facts.
Low self confidence affects many people, and may make you
more vulnerable to struggling with other mental health
problems.
 Optimal Self Confidence

Optimal Self Confidence is a state when:-

•You have the courage of conviction to decide on your life
purpose and plan for making it happen
•You make decisions swiftly and confidently, assured that you’ve
done your best with the available evidence
•You don’t obsess over external expectations and rather than
people-pleasing, stay true to your internal compass
•You aren’t overly fearful of failure, knowing that it’s an inevitable
part of life and an engine for growth
•You’re happy to surround yourself with like minds, who share your
vision for life and provide integral emotional support

Optimal self-confidence means being so convinced to achieve

goals that a person himself strives hard to achieve the goal. Every
successful person must have this kind of confidence to achieve
high level of performance. The regular and systematic training and
support from the society makes a person confident to perform well
in any field of his life.
 Over Confidence

Overconfidence refers to a biased way of looking at a situation. When

you are overconfident, you misjudge your value, opinion, beliefs, or
abilities, and you have more confidence than you should given the
objective parameters of the situation.

Overconfidence bias can cause people to experience problems because

it may keep them from properly preparing for a situation or may cause
them to get into a dangerous situation they are not equipped to handle.
Over confidence makes you egoistic and irritating. It creates a sense of
superiority complex in oneself which makes him look like he is stubborn
and arrogant. Because of the overconfidence bias, people will often take
ethical issues lightly. They simply assume that they have good character
and will therefore do the right thing when they encounter ethical
challenges. In fact, studies show that the overconfidence bias causes
people to overestimate how much, and how often, they will donate
money or volunteer their time to charities.
 Causes of Low Self Confidence

Low self confidence in a person can be a result of the following:-

•Unsupportive parents, careers or others that play an influential role

in their life
•Friends who are bad influences
•Stressful life events such as divorce or moving houses
•Trauma or abuse
•Poor performance at school, universities or at work places
•Setting an unrealistic goal and then after failure regretting for the
same
•Mood disorders such as depression
•Anxiety
•Bullying or loneliness
•Ongoing medical issues
 Steps to overcome Low Self Confidence
Self Acceptance Self Belief

Self Esteem Self Analysis

 Self Acceptance
Self-acceptance is defined as “an individual’s acceptance of all of his/her attributes,
positive or negative.” It includes body acceptance, self-protection from negative
criticism, and believing in one’s capacities.
It means accepting all facets of the self. It’s not enough to simply embrace the good,
valuable, or positive about yourself; to embody true self-acceptance, one must also
embrace the less desirable, the negative, and the ugly parts of himself.
You can nurture your self-acceptance by engaging in the following tasks:
1.Celebrate your strengths
2.Understand that you (and everyone else) will make mistakes
3.Recognize the silver lining in negative situations
4.Develop self-compassion, particularly in difficult times
5.Stay positive through writing notes of affirmation
6.Don’t compare yourself to others
7.Surround yourself with people who accept you and believe in you
8.Help others—performing charitable acts allows you to see that you can positively
influence others’ lives
9.Write about what you are grateful for
10.Talk to others about how you are feeling
 Self Belief

Self-belief (or self-efficacy) is a person’s belief in their ability to complete

tasks and to achieve their goals.
Self-belief means that you should have enough self-confidence to change,
but not over-estimate your abilities, as that could become a fixed mindset
attitude.
You should be willing to grow and adapt but still have ideas about your
strengths and weaknesses so that you can work on the weaker areas.

Importance of believing in yourself are as follows:-

•Better overall health, because you can deal with stress and difficult emotions
better.
•More time for your families and friends, since you tend to set healthy
boundaries and leave work at the office.
•Better relationships thanks to healthy-boundary setting and ability to focus on
improving relationships.
•Improved performance at work through better ability to concentrate and
greater commitment to tasks
 Self Esteem

Self-esteem is your overall opinion of yourself — how you feel about your
abilities and limitations. When you have healthy self-esteem, you feel good
about yourself and see yourself as deserving the respect of others. When
you have low self-esteem, you put little value on your opinions and ideas.
When you value yourself and have good self-esteem, you feel secure and
worthwhile. You have generally positive relationships with others and feel
confident about your abilities. You're also open to learning and feedback,
which can help you acquire and master new skills.
With healthy self-esteem you're:
•Assertive in expressing your needs and opinions
•Confident in your ability to make decisions
•Able to form secure and honest relationships — and less likely to stay in
unhealthy ones
•Realistic in your expectations and less likely to be overcritical of yourself
and others
•More resilient and better able to weather stress and setbacks
 Self Analysis
Self Analysis is a systematic attempt by an individual to understand his or her own
personality without the aid of another person. It is a process where a person attempts to
know and understand oneself in order to explore possible changes which can be
implied in one's character, personality and motives.
Self analysis is the first step toward every goal, target or height of success the one
wants to reach. Because the journey starts within ourselves. Self analysis gives us road
map to become the kind of person we want to be. Because it opens a way to think about
ourselves and everything else which has made us what we are today. And when we
analyze ourselves we know everything about ourselves that needs to be changed or
improved within ourselves in order to grow.
Self analysis is catalyst to self improvement and self confidence. And both are
important for growth. It gives our mind clarity to think in right direction. We tend to focus
more on how to make a positive outcome with all the personality traits we have. Even
when we see negative sides in other's personality we try to reason those with our own
behavior that results in good communication in friend circle and work place. Self
analysis enables us to be mindful of our actions, words and motives. And mindfulness is
key to peace and happiness.
 Examples of Great Personalities who used Self Confidence as a tool for success

A small boy fifth among the seven siblings

was selling newspapers in a small village to
earn his living. He was not exceptionally
smart at school but was fascinated by
rockets. The first rocket he built crashed.
The missiles he built crashed multiple times.
But his Self Confidence in himself and the
get going spirit made him script the book
“The Space Odyssey of India” single
handedly. He was none other than :-
A school teacher scolded a boy for not paying
attention in Mathematics and said that he
would not become anybody in life. But his
mother had confidence in him and this led
him to develop a sense of self confidence in
himself. He went onto become one of the
greatest physicist of the world.
He is none other than the great:- Albert
Einstein
 Conclusion

After coming across the whole presentation you might have now understood that low self
confidence is not good as well as over confidence is also a demerit for us. The main thing in
life is to maintain an attitude of Optimal Self Confidence.

Here are a few tips to maintain an Optimal Self Confidence:-

 Get your things done timely
 Monitor Your Progress
 Do The Right Thing
 Exercise and Meditate
 Be Fearless
 Stand-up For Yourself
 Follow Through
 Think Long-term
 Don't Care What Others Think
 Do More Of What Makes You Happy