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tle to inspire us.</p><p id="e0ea">They can be a public figure, or just people we have come across in our own lives. My own role models include my two grandmothers who were strong, feisty women. They are no longer alive, but their memory still inspires me.</p><p id="4bb3">Role models remind us that success is possible. If they can do something, why not us? We can look to their story for clues, be inspired by the way they attack life, and remind ourselves that we can do it too.</p><h1 id="f6f0">Mentors</h1><p id="8425">The beauty of a mentor is that you can learn from someone who has been through the process. You are basically benefiting from their experience. In a work situation, this could be someone more senior, or in a role you desire elsewhere. A good mentor is someone who will be able to relate to where you are right now, and can tailor their advice to your situation. They can be formal, as in you create an agreement where they mentor you for a set time, or informal, where you ask questions as and when you need.</p><p id="b5f3">A mentor can help you build your self-belief not only through encouragement, but also showing you the way. A good mentor will tell their story and give you the breadth of their experience, but never press their path on you. In fact, knowing when to listen to your mentor, and when to do it your own way, is a massive step in building your own self-belief.</p><h1 id="4467">Sponsor</h1><p id="1f6e">A sponsor in the workplace is someone who actually can actually have an some impact on your career. They may be able to promote you, or put in a good word for you so that you get certain opportunities.</p><p id="f961">Their power is what builds you self-belief. If someone else believes in you to the point when they are happy to fight your cause, then your self-belief will sky-rocket.</p><p id="0e2e">However, it’s not a one way street. You’re in a great position to help your sponsor, advocating for changes and ideas they have

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, so that they know there is ground-roots support for them too. You still hold some power- yet another boost for your self-belief.</p><h1 id="3271">Unquestioning Supporters</h1><p id="840f">Hopefully you have more than one of these: people you know who have your back at all times. These are the people you can call at three am and know they’ll pick up. These are the ones who buy you a drink when you’ve been passed over from promotion, when your latest date ghosts you and when you need a boost. They won’t dissect what you do, say “I told you so” or gossip about your mistakes behind your back. These people are golden and having them on your team is invaluable.</p><h1 id="44f5">Challenger</h1><p id="537e">These people know you can do better. Sometimes, it can hard having them about. They will push you, and play devil’s advocate. This can be hard if our new idea is raw and vulnerable, and it’s often good to think things through in detail before presenting it before your challenger. Nevertheless, these are the people who can stop you making stupid mistakes or acting too rashly.</p><p id="c7a4">Don’t get me wrong. Challengers are not out to pour scorn on everything. They are often very logical people who can examine things objectively. They are more concerned that things are right than buffering up your feelings, and this is why they are so important.</p><p id="2b89">Every successful business has at least a few Challengers on its board, and you can too. It will make you sharper and help you move from talking and into doing.</p><h1 id="1c51">What About You</h1><p id="12f7">It’s invaluable to have these people in our lives, but we can also think about how we show up for others. Is there someone who can benefit from a bit of mentoring right now, or who might need some unquestioning support? Even stepping into these roles, and offering our help to others, is a lovely virtuous circle and once again, it helps build our own self-belief.</p></article></body>

The People Who Can Help Build Your Self-Belief

You want these people on your team right now

The people you surround yourself, and look to, day by day, can play a strong part in building up your self-belief. Here’s how…

Your Formula 1 Team

Everyone has a team around them to help them present themselves to the outside world. Your hairdresser, or barber, for instance: they are an integral part of your team. Your therapist, your doctor, the guys that look after your car, a gardener or cleaner too if you have them. These are the people who keep you going.

It’s not always a paid relationship either. The teenage family member who helps you programme the perplexing new piece of tech you bought on a whim. The friend who will check over your CV. That person who’s been writing your references for over ten years without a grumble. These are all on your team.

Once we remember that we have a whole team working behind us, invested in keeping us going, we feel less alone and more able to cope with whatever the world throws at us.

Role Models

Role models may be the people who are a few steps ahead of us in the game. They have literally done what we want to do, whether that’s got the boss position, started a business, or walked the Camino de Santiago.

Equally, however, they can be people who are doing something completely different, but we admire them for their qualities such as resilience, courage, kindness or creativity. Without our role models, we have little to inspire us.

They can be a public figure, or just people we have come across in our own lives. My own role models include my two grandmothers who were strong, feisty women. They are no longer alive, but their memory still inspires me.

Role models remind us that success is possible. If they can do something, why not us? We can look to their story for clues, be inspired by the way they attack life, and remind ourselves that we can do it too.

Mentors

The beauty of a mentor is that you can learn from someone who has been through the process. You are basically benefiting from their experience. In a work situation, this could be someone more senior, or in a role you desire elsewhere. A good mentor is someone who will be able to relate to where you are right now, and can tailor their advice to your situation. They can be formal, as in you create an agreement where they mentor you for a set time, or informal, where you ask questions as and when you need.

A mentor can help you build your self-belief not only through encouragement, but also showing you the way. A good mentor will tell their story and give you the breadth of their experience, but never press their path on you. In fact, knowing when to listen to your mentor, and when to do it your own way, is a massive step in building your own self-belief.

Sponsor

A sponsor in the workplace is someone who actually can actually have an some impact on your career. They may be able to promote you, or put in a good word for you so that you get certain opportunities.

Their power is what builds you self-belief. If someone else believes in you to the point when they are happy to fight your cause, then your self-belief will sky-rocket.

However, it’s not a one way street. You’re in a great position to help your sponsor, advocating for changes and ideas they have, so that they know there is ground-roots support for them too. You still hold some power- yet another boost for your self-belief.

Unquestioning Supporters

Hopefully you have more than one of these: people you know who have your back at all times. These are the people you can call at three am and know they’ll pick up. These are the ones who buy you a drink when you’ve been passed over from promotion, when your latest date ghosts you and when you need a boost. They won’t dissect what you do, say “I told you so” or gossip about your mistakes behind your back. These people are golden and having them on your team is invaluable.

Challenger

These people know you can do better. Sometimes, it can hard having them about. They will push you, and play devil’s advocate. This can be hard if our new idea is raw and vulnerable, and it’s often good to think things through in detail before presenting it before your challenger. Nevertheless, these are the people who can stop you making stupid mistakes or acting too rashly.

Don’t get me wrong. Challengers are not out to pour scorn on everything. They are often very logical people who can examine things objectively. They are more concerned that things are right than buffering up your feelings, and this is why they are so important.

Every successful business has at least a few Challengers on its board, and you can too. It will make you sharper and help you move from talking and into doing.

What About You

It’s invaluable to have these people in our lives, but we can also think about how we show up for others. Is there someone who can benefit from a bit of mentoring right now, or who might need some unquestioning support? Even stepping into these roles, and offering our help to others, is a lovely virtuous circle and once again, it helps build our own self-belief.