If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t."
- Oscar Wilde
It’s incredibly important to be confident - if you don’t have confidence in yourself, how can you expect anyone else to?
I suppose some might say thinking you’re the best is arrogant but I believe it’s an important characteristic to have and one that could determine whether you’re a creative success or not. Positive self-esteem is essential to confidence and creative growth. Excessive trust in your abilities could help you cultivate ambition and achieve more than you otherwise would.
Believing you’re the best doesn’t mean you don’t acknowledge your faults or your failures - that’s all part of what makes you the best anyway - and it definitely doesn’t mean you can't admire other people’s greatness. But confident creatives know they have it in them to be the best and believe, whatever they are creating, is awesome (even if it’s only a step on the way to greater things) - you should feel the same way too.
- Rory McIlroy
No two creatives are identical; no one creates like you create. While you can admire the success and acknowledge the achievements of other creatives in your field, it’s important to believe what you’re creating is unique and better than all the rest.
There is no room for self-doubt; you must believe in yourself and have confidence in your creativity to be success. Know where your weaknesses lie and work on them, but don’t let the negativity creep in. Being the best doesn’t mean you’ve accomplished everything and you have no work left to do - if you’re the best one in the room, you’re in the wrong room. Go stand next to other creatives that challenge your creativity and inspire you to do greater things.
To be the best you must believe you are the best.
What a great post! Very inspiring but logical all at once. You go Sophie :) x
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ReplyDeleteI need to keep this post bookmarked, it is perfect for me at the moment. I've always believed in the phrase "Fake it 'til you make it" because confidence just isn't something that comes to me at all naturally in business. I'm forever comparing my store to others, especially if I've had a little dip in sales, but I know I just need to believe in what I'm doing because self doubt gets me nowhere. Thank you, Sophie!
ReplyDeleteI do the same with writing at work! I'm always comparing my latest work to someone else's and scolding myself instead of praising their success. We gotta be nicer to ourselves :)
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Wonderful inspiring words! Perfect for a Tuesday morning...
ReplyDeleteIt is good for me at the moment, I like to keep this post bookmarked.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful post, thank you so much for writing so beautifully. I think I speak for a lot of people when I say I really needed to read that!
ReplyDeleteTessa at Bramble & Thorn
Thank you so much for this post. I needed this.
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Just gonna print this off and stick it everywhere in my flat.
ReplyDeleteThis is so inspiring. I love that Oscar Wilde quote. It is incredible how your own confidence can change the way others see you. Also I agree with Erin, I should have pop-ups of this post.
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OOOOOh I needed this. Thank you. If you are the best one in the room, I'm in the wrong room. I need that. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for these beautiful words. This was so incredibly inspiring! I really needed it, and so I bookmarked it on my computer. Such a great post.
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I am going to tweet the Oscar Wilde quote rn because it is so true. Thanks for this post!
ReplyDeleteAwesome - thanks for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteSo glad it helped!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely believe in self-confidence - fake it until you feel it.
ReplyDeleteAwesome :))
ReplyDeleteSo glad it helped :))
ReplyDeleteI'm really pleased it helped - self confidence is something we all need to succeed.
ReplyDeleteI'm super pleased it helped :))
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading, Sophie
ReplyDeleteI definitely feel the same way. I used to be SUPER shy and I just faked confidence until I felt it. We have to have faith in ourselves and believe in our skills because we won't succeed without it. If we diss ourselves then we allow other people to and we let negative energy in.
ReplyDeleteIt's a really important thing to have - confidence in ourselves and our talents.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for reading, Sarah :))
ReplyDeleteI always really liked this Brian Clough quote on being the best: "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one."
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