3 Tips For Building Creative Self-Confidence

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”   - Arthur Ashe

If you have a creative dream, or goal, but it seems far away, or difficult to achieve, here are 3 powerful ways you can build your self-confidence:

1. Ask, “Why not me?” 

Let’s say you’re a writer and your dream is to get published. You’re discouraged because it hasn’t happened yet. It seems difficult, maybe impossible or far away.

Here’s a great way to keep the dream alive:

Visit your local Barnes & Noble bookstore, look at the thousands of books on the shelves, and ask yourself, “Hey - why not me?”

 As long as you have the talent, drive, and work-ethic, there’s no reason you can’t make your dream a reality the way others have.

2. Let Amazing Creators and Crappy Creators Motivate You. 

Let’s face it - there are Amazing Creators out there who make us think, “God, if only I were that good.” And then there are Crappy Creators who somehow achieve the  success we want. We think, “How the heck did this guy get published?”

Let both types of creators motivate you. Strive to be as good as the Amazing Creator - the best in your field - and at the same time, let the Crappy Creator make you realize what a star you already are. If he can do it, you sure as hell can!

3. Realize that even the greatest, most successful creative geniuses have self-doubt, but they create anyway.

Matisse said, “It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everyone else.”

So you’re in good company.

Life is short. If you have a creative goal, you have to go for it. Achieving a dream through hard work and visualization is one of the greatest, most rewarding pleasures of life.

And consider this: we need you to achieve your dream. Why? Because you’ll become one of those people who inspire and motivate us (because you will be an Amazing Creator, of course, and not the other kind.)

Would you like to add other tips to this list? Leave a comment!