IN BUSINESS
T he pathway to THERE are many pathways available to women who are wanting to strive and achieve their goals in business, regardless of industry or profession. Self belief is a vital factor in making the decision to progress, whether in higher education, job progression, leadership or even starting your own business. But how do we develop self belief and retain it in the face of challenges? Self belief can be learned. Discard your inner negative voice. When you start to doubt yourself, listen, ask yourself whose voice it really is? Understand that it’s not your true voice and start to challenge it, or better still, ignore it. Turn your weaknesses into your strengths. You can’t rest on your laurels
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and just assume there’s things about yourself that can’t be improved, take steps towards change. Take any negative belief you have about yourself and reverse it so that it becomes, in its place, a positive. Become your own motivational coach and surround yourself with people who inspire and drive you to believe in yourself. If you notice doubts rearing their ugly heads, think of what you’d say to someone you really believe in if they started showing doubts and give yourself that same advice. Self-belief comes not just by trying to convince yourself you can do things. True self-belief actually comes from developing the vision that you can achieve the goals that you set out to achieve.
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CHOOSING YOUR PATHWAY…From left, La Trobe Students, Saowanee Polpouk, Jess Ritchie, Mary Mallari, Shameela Qazikhil, Fauzia Islam and Kiran Kaur. Photo: Madeleine Caccianiga.