Drawing On Friends For Self Confidence (Part 1)

The very act of having friends can inspire confidence. You’re someone who is worth being around. Friends can bring so much more to your life, though.

You should be able to count on your friends for support. When you’re feeling low, they’re there to tell you about your good qualities and make you feel better about yourself. They can remind you of the times when you’ve lacked confidence in the past while telling you that they know you can bounce back once again. They can help you put it all in perspective and perhaps serve as a source of inspiration if they’ve faced their own struggles with self-confidence.

While it can be good to compare yourself to your friends for inspiration, you should never do so to the point that you start to feel bad about yourself. It doesn’t matter if you’re friends with a Nobel-prize-winning supermodel; there is no reason to discount your own positive qualities by making unnecessary comparisons. Your friends shouldn’t make you feel bad about things that they do “better” than you, either.

If you read these descriptions and find yourself thinking that you have friends that don’t fit these qualities, you may want to think about the role of these friends in your life. Are they having a positive influence on you?

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