How can I become more self confident?

Try and believe in yourself no matter what anyone else may think. Also try and find something that you're really good at or something that makes you stand out from the rest of everybody else :)

The best self confidence is in the term itself, yourself. You have to be confident in yourself first and for most before anyone else can. So be positive and trust in yourself in everything you do. It will go a long way.

Telling yourself that you 'can' achieve things may help. Stay positive and try not to look at the negatives.

We have to love ourselves. We are human beings. And every human has his own problems and issues. So love yourself. Love your brain, your body and so on...

I followed the approach of "fake it 'til you make it" when it came to confidence, but that's a lot easier said than done. Focusing on the qualities you like about yourself will help you bring them out in your daily life. It's much easier to strengthen your strengths than eliminate your weaknesses. Remember to surround yourself with people who love and care about you.

You cannot be more self confident without knowing yourself. Don't try to be someone you're not, and understand that no one is perfect, that we all have flaws, and that that is just one more part of what makes us human. Understand that you are who you are, and that you are unique. :)

Doesn't it seem unfair that some people seem to be so confident while others are so shy and seem to fumble? I'll let you in on a secret confidence is a skill much like any other and practice does make progress happen. Self confidence comes from a core belief that you are worthy and that you can handle whatever life throws at you. A beautiful thing about confidence is that the more you invest in yourself the more you gain without even being fully aware. The best way to build on it is to narrow down the areas you specifically want to focus on. Whether it's public speaking or being more outgoing, really it all comes down to practice, taking risks and putting yourself out there. Start small. Start with dipping your toe than your whole foot and so on. Don't believe me that it's that easy? Remember back to something that used to terrify you, that you never could imagine yourself doing on your own. Now think about how you conquered it, and how confident you feel with it now. That skill is easily transferred to every other aspect in your life. Practice, risk taking and remembering that you can handle anything that comes your way, win or lose.

Think about goals that you want to achieve. Like: gaining weight in muscles, improve your skills in whatever you like to do the most, learn to play an instrument, learning a sport or martial arts... set a timeline for it. For example 3 months. Spend your spare time on them. Improve yourself. Every time you work on it, look at the mirror and compliment yourself. Admire who you are. Smile to people around you. Feel proud of yourself. Keep adding good things to your life. If you can't subtract something bad from yourself, add something good. Those good things will eventually substitute the bad things.