There’s a major flaw with this confidence building stuff.

See, the more you go out of your comfort zone, take action and stretch your confidence muscle the more confident you become.  That extra confidence makes it easier for you to keep going out of your comfort zone and take challenging action.

It’s a circular thing, action breeds confidence breeds action.  Or, if you prefer, confidence breeds action breeds confidence.

Once you’re on that circle and aware of what’s happening it’s all good and the circle continues to turn, but how the hell do you break into that circle to begin with?  How the hell do you take action when you’re not feeling confident enough?

The answer to this catch-22 is simple.  You take a leap.

It’s like jumping onto a moving train or leaping onto a spinning carousel – it’s looks bloody difficult and you might fall on your arse, but if you don’t make that jump you’ll never know what experience you could have.

There’s a point in time, sometimes just a split second, where you have to make the choice to jump on.

If making that leap of faith is something you want to do, here are 3 ways to make it easier.

1. Are you both scared and excited?  Fear is pretty much guaranteed, but are you also feeling excited about what might happen?  Some of life’s best moments come with both fear and excitement attached – if both are there you gotta jump on.
2. You’ve fallen on your arse before.  You’ve screwed up and looked silly before, and while it probably wasn’t your best moment you’re still here and are still going strong.  What matters is picking yourself up, not falling down.
3. Remember what matters.  Taking a leap becomes easier if you’re completely aware of what you’re jumping towards.  If what you’re jumping onto means something to you and has a personal relevance, it becomes a no-brainer.

It’s not easy to take action when you’re not feeling confident enough to take action, but that’s no reason not to do it.

So tell me, what do you want to jump onto?