I'm so convinced that confidence is the key to success, any type of success, and in this way we are all the same. We are also all different when it comes to confidence in what shakes our confidence and how "deep down" our belief in our abilities go.
I had a very challenging day yesterday. I spent 6 hours working on something that I don't enjoy. This is a vestige of an obligation from my past career, and the experience just reverberated through my entire day and evening. Things did not go well. It took me a bit to realize that I allowed it to tap into an old belief that I was not in charge of my life. A belief that does not support strong sense of confidence!
An annoying dig from my ex-husband put the icing on the cake. I started to doubt much of what I was doing, it went to my core. When I decided to relax by watching an episode of In Treatment that I had taped, there was Gabriel Byrne ranting about becoming a Life Coach so he could give "advise", tell one of his patients to get a dog. Oh no, Gabriel was turning on me too. No, no, don't say those things about coaches, that's not what we do.
Finally, I allowed myself to feel how I was feeling, let go of it being not ok, and when I was ready had a good talking with myself. I congratulated myself for living a life of integrity and honoring my commitments, not reacting to provocation, and living out my vision of contribution and making a difference to others through coaching. Time to move ahead with confidence, ultimately strengthened by having been shaken.
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