Spoiler alert – Confidence isn’t something you’re born with; it’s built through taking action, even when it feels scary.
End of this weeks blog 👊
Only joking, if only getting more confidence came that easy after reading one inspirational quote. All of us would be the most confident humans on the planet!
But alas, that’s not the case. Most of us are not walking around feeling confident about ourselves. Most of us are actually walking around with large amounts of imposter syndrome running through our minds, making us feel like we aren’t qualified, skilled or good enough.
Maybe you’re one of the lucky ones and you do feel confident in areas of your life. But that’s probably a confidence that comes from doing that task/role for long enough that you could do it in your sleep. A lack of confidence usually shows itself more towards the start of anything, or even as far back as thinking about doing something new.
You walk into an office on day one in your job, do you feel confident? Probably not. You walk through the gym doors and stand in a new gym class on day one, do you feel confident? Probably not again. Maybe you started playing an instrument, like Tom one of our Founders (pictured above), you didn’t pick up the guitar and feel confident about playing it on day one, but look how confident Tom is in this picture now, playing in his first gig in front of an audience!
The truth is that before we do anything, we don’t feel confident or good enough to do it. We need to start, and do something for long enough to learn it inside and out in order to feel confident.
So of course when we, at Quirq, tell you to start personal branding, to step into the online spotlight and not only show your face, but also share your opinions and expertise too, that’s going to feel scary.
You’re not going to know where to begin, or what to share, or how to create content or images of yourself, you won’t know who you’re speaking to or what you want to say. You’ll have no confidence to start personally branding, until you start, and learn, and get better over time. Personal branding is no different to anything else you’ve done in the past, you need to do it to get good at it and to gain the confidence to put yourself out there to the world.
We wish there was a magic confidence pill, maybe at Quirq we’ll invent one and we can give them to all our clients as a supplement alongside our personal branding services 😂
But as there isn’t a magic pill, so how can you get over the fear and gain confidence to start personal branding:
Just do it (sorry nike, but you do have a great tagline there):
While it feels scary, and unknown, and you won’t be perfect at it, just get it done. Post that image of yourself, film that video you’ve been putting off because you don’t like your voice, write that vulnerable post telling the world how imperfect you are and what you’re learning about yourself. Do it, then repeat, until it feels more comfortable and you gain more confidence.
Write down your fears:
When you write your fears, hesitations and lack of confidence down, you get it on paper (or tablet/laptop/phone if you’re not old like me), you get to look your fears and lack of confidence straight in the face. You get to look at what’s holding you back and dissect why it is, and learn if those fears are valid or if they’ve come from past experiences or learned behaviours, which can then be changed.
Think about past confidence:
Think about things you’ve done or achieved in the past that at first you were scared or nervous to do. We’ve all achieved so much in our lives, even when, at first we didn’t think we maybe could. Past experiences can teach us that new doesn’t mean we can’t, it simply means it’s new, and we’ll learn. Again write down all your past achievements to give yourself a confidence boost, and write them down no matter how small you think those wins were.
Ask for help:
If you were scared to go to the gym and had no confidence in walking in on your own, you’d book a PT, or class, or ask a friend to go with you. Do the same with your personal brand! Ask the professionals in the personal branding space to help you create your personal brand (cough cough hello that’s what we’re here for). Let us create you a great personal brand strategy so you have a direction for your personal brand, let us create your personal brand content plans so you know what to post, let us create your personal brand content and engage with your audience if you need help with that. Let us be your confidence, before you have the confidence in yourself. Once you see us create an incredible personal brand for you, you’ll soon get more confidence in your own abilities and your self worth will sky rocket!
So, all thats left to say is to stop waiting for the perfect time to start your personal brand, get it started, or reach out and ask for our help and we’ll get the ball rolling for you.
There’s a whole world of opportunities out there, especially now our worlds have been opened up through social media. It’s time to start putting yourself out there online and reaping the rewards that come with visibility, it’s time to stop hiding behind the comfort of your screen and start showing up on it.
We believe in you, we know you are more than good enough to have a personal brand, let’s get creating you one. Reach out and lets have a chat about your goals and see where we can help you achieve them through your personal brand.
