Confidence. A trait that can not be inflicted on a person, but has to be worked at on your own. You can not wake up one morning and be confident. It's an ongoing battle of errors and successes that makes a person confident in their own abilities. I consider myself to be a somewhat confident person. Able to trust myself in getting a task done, and knowing that I can do anything I set my mind too. Sometimes, however, I doubt myself. As I'm sure everyone else in the world has done as well at one point or another.
In order to remain confident with the knowledge I possess, I have to look back on all my past achievements. Which directly relates to what Professor Barry said in regards to reminding yourself that you are capable. College is a challenging journey. So far, I have already noticed the intensity of homework assignments, the difficulty of tests, and the time consuming nature of studying. All that take determination to achieve. Throughout high school I was easily able to maintain a 4.0 grade point average. Based off of the first couple weeks in college, I am unsure if I'll be able to keep up the same grades. However, if I stick to recalling past achievements.. I can coach myself in doing the same thing in college that I did in high school. If I tell myself things like "you have done well in school for your whole existence", "work hard, and success will come", and "you are smart, you have the knowledge you need" I should be able to get the grades I want and achieve in college.
The main component of confidence that I need to focus on, is to not get down on myself on one bad test grade. Failures fuel success. They are the driving factors behind achievements. I need to remember to not look at my mistakes in a bad fashion, but to view them as lessons to learning ways to succeed. The ability to succeed lies within me, and my confidence level just needs to work on bringing it out.
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