Your confidence is perhaps your single largest asset, yet many advisors do not take the time to keep this muscle in shape.    

Approach life from a place of strength.  You have a certain amount of moxie about you.  Didn't you know?  You took a risk to start your own business.  You believed in yourself when perhaps no one else would.  You have a deep resevoir. Allow some of your strength to flow to someone else.

The secret to growing your confidence is to give it away.

• Give one of your co-workers a pat on the back for landing the latest deal (of any size).
• Call a new advisor in your firm and offer to have a single-session mentoring lunch.
• If you have support staff, pay out a larger than normal bonus.  Put some demand on your talent.  Some of us coast when we hit our magic number.  If you are doing that well, raise the bar on yourself a little higher.

You are far more talented than you realize.  Keep pushing yourself to greater heights in the same way that you would perhaps build strength -- add just a little more weight to the bar.  Fight complacency.  Fight the pull to put yourself and your practice on autopilot.  Put the money into that exclusive networking event.  Take the risk of joining circles that initially make you uncomfortable.  Hire the junior advisor to do the data entry on your plans.  

Remember that you, the small business owner, are the job creation engine of this country.  You have the power to create wealth for your clients and your employees.  You have been given the skills and the gifts to be in business.  It is a great responsibility, and you are more than up to the task!

 Thanks to Jason Owens