Comments on: How to Amp Up your Confidence Just Before a Competition

By: potrish78

potrish78 — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:43:57 +0000

Family and friends play an important role in any competition that you want to join in. If you have the support of your family and friends, this is more than enough to boost your confidence. Their support will give you enough courage to keep yourself from failing. Invite your parents or your closest friends to cheer for you during the contest as this will stimulate your will-power to win the competition. Don’t forget that a competition is supposed to be fun. You should be able to enjoy what you’re doing. Winning is just a bonus. The most important thing is that you have given your best and that you have enjoyed the competition. So that when you fail, you would still be able to smile and lift your chin up. Remember, not everyone can qualify for a competition. That alone is already an achievement.

By: cathy

cathy — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:30:49 +0000

Practice and Prayers. Two letter P’s that will go a long way. It’s a sure thing that you already have what it takes to be in that competition because you wouldn’t qualify otherwise, so sharpen up your skills and make sure it’s a good-to-go. And while sharpening those, also sharpen your expectations. I mean, ready yourself to whatever may come out of the competition. Remember, it’s just a competition. It may be a gauge to how much you know but will never be a gauge to how much you are as a person. What matters is that you played it clean and you did all your best, and the rest, it’s already in God’s will. Prayers, so that you will not competing alone. There’s someone more powerful than you are that is doing some of the job for you. Win or lose, the important thing is the experience. Also for me, winning is not all about winning as it is, sometimes winning also is about how you accept losing.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:33:38 +0000

Practice. Practice. Practice. It is always best to ready yourself before a competition, knowing that you have practiced well enough days before would help boost up your confidence. If that doesn’t help, talk to your coach/teacher/professor, ask for advice, a little pep talk wouldn’t hurt. And remember, you wouldn’t be in this competition if you were not qualified, and if the pressure of representing your squad or school gets to you, remember that they are counting on you and make that a fuel to your fire. Do not let that get you down, rather build upon that, if they have confidence in your abilities, then you should too. Also, do not be cocky, be fair and humble, be a sport, do not belittle the other competitors. Remember that they are also qualified to be in the same contest/competition as you are, so most likely, they have also practiced and have the same anxieties as you have.