Facing Your Fears Builds Confidence

"To be fearless doesn’t mean you have no fears. It means you feel the fear and do it anyway."

It's never easy to face your fears. In fact, it will be the most terrifying thing you will face because you have been conditioned to be afraid of the unknown. But what if facing your fears can build your confidence?

A great example of someone overcoming their fears is Blue Ivy who is Beyoncé’s daughter. Blue Ivy joined her mother’s sold tour as one of her dancers.  

Her first time dancing was in Paris in front of 80,000 people. You can tell she was nervous and who wouldn’t be? An 11 year old girl who is performing for the first time ever in front of 80,000 people while her mother is one of the biggest superstars in the world? Yes that’s a lot of pressure for an 11 year old.  Here's a clip of her dancing for the first time on stage.

You can even see making a sign of the cross as she is walking on stage. Even though Blue Ivy felt all the nerves of performing, she was able to push through her fears and anxiety to make it happen. 

If you see her first performance and her latest performance, you can see Blue Ivy feeling more confident dancing on stage. You can see Blue Ivy owning the stage and giving her all to the crowd.

The first time doing something is never easy. You will feel fear, anxiety, and it’s going to be uncomfortable but when you have a support system who will cheer for you along the way it makes the difference in the world. 

For Blue Ivy, she had the audience, her mama and the dance crew supporting her along the way. If we had this kind of support for little girls maybe we wouldn't have to worry about why girls as young as 8 years old go through confidence issues.

Facing your fears is one the topics I share about in my book, The Tao of Self-Confidence and I also share some of the fears I had to overcome to get to where I am today. I know it could be the hardest thing to do but just imagine what you can achieve when you reach to the other side when you face your fears. It can literally be life changing for YOU!

I hope this story can help you see what it takes to build your confidence. This is daily work on yourself but the best part is that you don’t have to do it alone. Have the courage to seek support and your confidence can soar! I hope seeing this gives you that boost of confidence you need to forge your destined path! Keep moving forward, I’m always rooting for you! 🙌🏻

Sheena

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