Building confidence to start a business

Building confidence enough to start a business of your own is one of the first steps towards taking your small business aspirations from dream to reality.

In this section you’ll find tips and hints on building business confidence, how to maintain self-esteem, how to identify your strengths and why it is important to communicate this confidence to your prospects by portraying a professional image.

Whether you’re a new soloist or an old hand, building and maintaining robust confidence, even in the face of challenges, is essential to creating the business you’ve always wanted.

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Building confidence articles

• Starting Out

  Using fear to build confidence

  Even the most confident people feel an element of fear when they step outside their comfort zone. Think of someone successful. That person has felt fear too, but they faced their fear and gave it a go anyway. You can use fear to build confidence too!

  • Published 07 May 08
  • Lucinda Lions
  • 12 Comments

• Starting Out

  Building confidence by earning confidence

  It’s been said that your business’ earning potential is directly related to how confident you feel. There are plenty of tips around these days on how to feel instantly confident but I’d like to suggest a more robust approach to building confidence.

  • Published 20 February 08
  • Mark Moore
  • 6 Comments

• Starting Out

  Why a professional image is important

  The image we portray sends an important message to our clients, as well as influences how we feel about ourselves. Therefore, as soloists, we too need to consider our professional image and how to dress for success.

  • Published 23 November 07
  • Sue Currie
  • 15 Comments

• Starting Out

  How strength of conviction helped me win business

  Self-awareness, integrity and being true to yourself are all characteristics of a successful soloist who can win business. This was proven to me recently after I successfully played what I call the "strength of conviction game".

  • Published 25 April 07
  • Linda Anderson
  • 10 Comments

• Starting Out

  How to build self confidence

  Whether you're a new soloist, or an old hand, knowing how to build self confidence and maintain it at a healthy level is important.

  • Published 14 July 06
  • Barb Clews
  • 5 Comments

• Starting Out

  How to identify your strong points

  In part 1 we talked about the importance of knowing your strong points to make business choices, market yourself and maintain your focus on success and balance. Now let’s look at how to identify your strong points and use them to your full advantage.

  • Published 08 December 05
  • Ellen Jackson
  • 1 Comment