Gaining confidence is not a challenging task. Confidence is a characteristic that is extremely attractive, especially to the female gender. Confidence can take you further than you can ever imagine. For example, if you were to be interviewed for a job, a person who is confident, can easily get a job, but don't mix confidence wiht arrogance, because there is a fine line between them. For people who need confidence here are ways that could help you gain confidence.

Education

Ralph Waldo Emerson said "there is no knowledge that is not power" and he's right; power is knowledge. By educating yourself via reading current events, or going to college, you are setting yourself to gain the abilities to be more aware of what's going on in the world. By being aware of the current events, you are accumulating information to raise your ability to know and talk about interesting information. A person who shows confidence regardless of how ignorant others are, gains a lot of brownie points for the audiences.

Traveling

Meet someone who travels a lot; you will see that person has confidence. By traveling, you are going out of your comfort zone and meeting new and interesting people. By traveling to new places and meeting new people you expand your horizon and gain an insight of getting to know new things you have never known before. Let's be honest, someone who stays home all day isn't that interesting; they are boring and uneasy to talk to. When you travel, you see new things to enrich your mind, you see places that you probably could never imagine.

Meet New People

By meeting new people who learn about their experiences and you learn. Everyone has a different perspective in life, they may know things that you may not know. By talking to others you learn how others are and you learning their side of the story gain confidence by doing so. Also, by meeting new people you may make mistakes in terms of talking, and by making those mistakes, you learn from those mistakes, which is part of growing up and developing. You learn other people's stories and you unintentionally you develop your personality to be interesting and confident. Don't stay with your ethnic group or linguistic group, go out and meet people who you normally would not hang out with.

This article mostly targets ladies, because it's mostly ladies who seem to feel down and have low self-esteem due to how they look.

For the ladies, did you get rejected by a guy? Or did you not get noticed by a a guy who you like? Don't sweat it; if a guy didn't notice you then it's for a logical reason. May be he already has someone, or may be you didn't put yourself out there for him to notice. Well, if he did and he still rejected you then it's his loss, but don't ever think you are ugly. Remember this ladies, every woman is beautiful, but it takes the right guy to see that beauty. The right guy, who will think you are the most beautiful girl in the world will notice you without make up in your worst of days. I hope you don't pass up that guy, because that guy will treat you like a princess. We cannot all be attractive to everyone; one person may not find us attractive, but another person may find us to be models. It's all on how people think.

To fix this problem of you feeling ugly first, set your mind straight and think who are you first. You are a human being and you have the potential to do a lot. You are born in a way that makes you a unique person. I know you may feel like a social outcast sometimes but perhaps it's for the best. Outcasts are usually unique people who have hidden talents; their personality is unique because they don't occupy themselves with impressing other people.

If people want to be around you or be friends with you based on how you look, then those people are not worth it. Those people are superficial, and superficial people are never good people. Superficial people will always want something; they are selfish and their friendship is worthless.

Do not compare yourself with Hollywood Stars or models. These Stars have their own lives and their own path. If you are studying to be an accountant, do you really have time to keep up with your looks. You are better off taking care of education first than to worry about what people think about you. We all love attention, but there is a time and place for that. Hollywood Stars spend thousands of dollars in cosmetic work on themselves in order to look good. Do you have thousands of dollars for improving your looks? Not many of us do.

I had discussion with some girls who feel their nose isn't nice looking or their breasts are not big enough or they are not tall enough; my advice was too calm down. Physical appearance is a timely thing; physical image changes over time. Instead of focusing on your physical appearance, focus on developing your personality. Be confident on how you look and who you are.

There is a psychological term for a person who thinks he or she isn't good looking, it's called body dysmorphic disorder. It's basically preoccupation with minor or imagined defect in the person's appearance. This leads to stress, anxiety, and sometimes is leads to the person getting cosmetic surgery. Don't fall into that category. If you think you have this disorder, then please get some professional help.

How to Improve Your Physical Image

• First accept who you are and accept that you are fine the way you are.
• Eat a healthy diet, you need to eat well in order to look well. Don't starve your self.
• Exercise often, try to improve your body shape. Get in touch with a trainer or someone who is in body building or a health fanatic. 
• Be around good people and develop you personality. Your personality can define your appearance.
• Get in touch with the latest trends and go shopping.
• Dress good and look good.