 Dear students, as I have told you today we will talk on Confidence and I will share with you some of my experiences of last 40 years as a professor of psychology. Talking with young students like you, appearing for various kind of competitive examination like IIT, IMs, IES and other services. What I experienced that there are many student who have a very good knowledge, very competitive, very hard working, but they lack confidence level, they do not have the confidence on themselves and in that process unfortunately I feel very pity for them that they do not compete. They lose the track, despite having so much knowledge, despite being so mental, despite having good marks, despite having the desire to achieve strong, they are not able to do it. And this is what I have seen on a common thought, my experience is telling me that they do not have the confidence on themselves. Today I want to tell you some mantras, I thought I will share some of the mantras with you, which can really help you to build your confidence, once you build up your confidence I am sure success will be chasing you, rather than you will be chasing the success. There are ten mantras which I have framed for you, I will give you one by one. The ten mantras which I am going to share with you, which I have gained over my 40 years of experience, I am very hopeful that this success will be brought to you, success will be put into your mind, rather than you will be chasing the success. The first point is the preparation. You must have heard it, it is said that preparation makes a person perfect. You have to prepare yourself. You have to tell yourself that you can do it, you have the capacity to do it. And for that, systematically, prepare all your things, your syllabus, your lifestyle, your daily routine properly. And preparation will help you in building your confidence level to a large extent. The second point is seeking help. This is very important. We all think that I am competent, I have everything, I do not need help. Help is very important. The corner from which you can get help, grab that help, do not leave that opportunity. We do not go down from seeking help, we do not get down. With the help of the other perspective, the perspective of the other is also in front of us. We can understand it. Therefore, keep the mantra in mind in the second point. Seeking help is very important from others. From wherever you get it, do not let it go off, grab it. Do not do that opportunity. The third mantra is open to feedback. I am scared to get feedback. I think, yes, I do not know what to say, what to tell. Will you give me nectar feedback? No problem. If that nectar feedback is telling you, it is giving you information. You have to encash that nectar. Always be open. If you are open, you will be open to get feedback. In that, you will be self-disclosed. You will get help in understanding and disclosing about yourself. And that will also not only that. From here, you will get feedback. From there, it will help you in maintaining your relationship or not only maintaining, but building further relationships also. So, open to feedback. Always try to get feedback from your parents, friends, wherever you get feedback, from your teacher, take that feedback. Feedback will help you in building your confidence level. The fourth point, positive affirmation. Positive affirmation means that you need a positive stroke. Positive information you need. It will confirm you. The things that you think you are doing, it is important for you to take positivity. Build that. That will help you further. Again, this mantra, positive affirmation will also help you in going up the ladder and building up your confidence in a large scale. Fifth point, have a strong body language. Means, your body reflects. Your walk, your walk, your confidence level. You are walking. You don't have eyes. If you don't have eyes, it means you are lacking confidence. Open your eyes to the other person. Look into his eyes and gather information from him. And your body should be a built body. Strong. It doesn't mean that you should be 6 feet tall. You should be 6 feet tall. It doesn't mean that you should be 6 feet tall. It means that you will feel confident. Open your neck and present yourself in front of him. Your lifestyle will be your body. It will help you build your confidence level. My sixth point. Mantra is avoid perfectionism. This is a very dangerous sign. Many of us try to be perfect. I tell you, if you try to be perfect, then that will not help you in achieving your goal. Perfectionist people can never achieve their goal. Perfectionist means you reach to the saturation. It's over. You have reached the end. No, no. You have to gain a lot more to go up. So, avoid perfectionism. Perfectionism will help you basically degrading or lowering yourself for evidence. And hence, let it be a little bit lower. It will be lower. Definitely next time you will take it up. You will work hard. You will work for it. And that will help you build your confidence level. You will be very lucky. Seventh point. Seventh mantra. Appreciate your achievements. It's your achievement. You achieved it. Usually, what I see is that you must have seen that whenever someone congratulates you on your achievement, they say, you have done wonders. You did very well. It's a great achievement. What do you say? Are you trying to pull my leg? What are you pulling my leg? They are appreciating your achievement. They are helping you to achieve. Recognize that. Believe on your achievement. Enjoy your achievement. Feel happy for that achievement. That achievement will further help you in building up your confidence level. Then, my eighth mantra is self-compassion. Teach yourself in a gentle way. Don't be cruel to yourself. That means, what do we do? What do many children do? They lack confidence. They criticize themselves. They harm themselves internally. I can't do this. I don't have these resources. If I had this, I would have done this. They all use some defense mechanism. Don't use this defense mechanism. Manage self-compassion. Stop it. That will help you in building up your confidence. The ninth point, which is very important and significant, caring for your body. Take care of your body. Take care of your body. Do some proper diet. Have proper diet. Have proper physical exercise. Proper diet, proper physical exercise will also help you in building up your confidence level. Try it. You will enjoy it. So, body is yours. Take care of that body. No one else will take care of your body. You will have to take care of your body. My last mantra to build confidence is don't compare yourself with others. Unfortunately, we try to compare ourselves with others. Others are others. You are yours. Not only that, even our family member, even our teacher, we compare ourselves with our siblings. We are so close to them. Look at them. Look at them. Look at them. We compare ourselves with others. When we compare ourselves, we compare others and put them above us. Look at them. They are so close to them. What have we done? We have lowered ourselves. We have reached the level below. What happened to them? Your confidence level started to drop. My dear students, I am sure. I am very confident. I have used these mantras with my students. I have done in my counseling the mantras. And I find they really work very well. I am sure these mantras will help you to achieve your self-confidence level. Once you achieve your self-confidence level, I don't think there is anything on the earth which can stop you to achieving your life goal. Good luck. Thank you. Thank you.