Self-confidence 自信

  "When you believe in your capabilities and are free from fear or doubt,

 you enhance your confidence and allow for smoother movement execution."

That quote is from my book script, and I have been thinking about explaining what I mean in a manner that makes sense. Sometimes, we are victims of self-doubt and a fear of failure. In a world where everything seems better, more beautiful, and more successful, we too easily start doubting our abilities. 

If you wish to speak a foreign language, you must be bold and dare to make mistakes. 

You will learn from them, but most importantly, being bold means that your energy can flow freely and undisturbed.  You need that flow to form tones and sound confident. 

However, you may reach that energy flow only when you are without fear. If you hesitate and are shy about your abilities, that hesitation shows through your attempts, leaving the level of execution lacking internal energy and, for that reason, often incomplete. If the case is an attempt in a foreign language, you will not be understood, and maybe next time, you will hesitate even more if you dare to try again. 

That same principle applies to all skills—dancing, painting, running, singing, and even thinking. 

When we dare to step outside our comfort zone and allow the moments of awkwardness, 

that are quite typical at the beginning of any learning process, to happen, we learn and can execute the actions we aim to. 

When we look at anyone who has mastered their skills, we see effortlessness, ease, and beauty. 

We do not see those countless hours of training, sweat, hurt, failures, and pain. 

Mastering any art requires resilience, perseverance, and smart and balanced training. 

You are your best support, telling you that you can do what you aim to do. So, keep on going.

Fear will paralyze you if you let it, and you might end up in that vicious cycle of self-doubt. Unfortunately, the world is full of examples of fear in actions that aim at self-improvement. That fear and doubt may be internally inflicted and externally validated or externally inflicted and internally validated. 

For example, if you tell someone over and over again that they are clumsy and should be careful, eventually, their mind adapts and accepts that as a truth. What happens next is gradually increased carefulness in all actions. And that carefulness is often fearful, hence lacking the energy to support that action. That fearfulness shows as clumsiness and creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. That idea of being clumsy makes it less probable to take up anything new that requires learning movement patterns. That belief barely sustains the old ones. 

We should choose the words we use carefully. Instead of telling ourselves to be careful, we could try to use the words "to be in control." When we find that strong presence in all actions that creates internal support through extended structures and free flow of energy, the control we have over our actions is sure and solid, and our awareness at that moment is that carefulness. 

Self-confidence shows through in any action, and true self-confidence is beautiful and harmonious. When a person seems overly confident and arrogant, the energy flow has already been altered, and the beauty of the movement has diminished in its light. And that is mainly because, often enough, overconfidence masks self-doubt.

Balance of the mind and body in being and in all actions allows for smooth energy flow,

which translates into effortlessness in movement. It also looks beautiful in any form of art.

Translated into Cantonese with AI

當你相信自己的能力，並且不再感到恐懼或懷疑時，

你會增強自己的自信，並讓動作的執行變得更加流暢。

這句話出自我的書稿，我一直在思考如何以合理的方式解釋我的意思。有時候，我們是自我懷疑和對失敗恐懼的受害者。在一個一切似乎更好、更美麗、更成功的世界裡，我們容易開始懷疑自己的能力。

如果你希望說一種外語，你必須勇敢，敢於犯錯。

你會從中學習，但最重要的是，勇敢意味著你的能量可以自由而不受干擾地流動。你需要這種流動來形成語調並聽起來自信。

然而，你只有在沒有恐懼的情況下才能達到這種能量流。如果你對自己的能力感到猶豫和害羞，這種猶豫會表現在你的嘗試中，讓執行的水平缺乏內在能量，因此通常不完整。如果是嘗試外語，你將無法被理解，也許下次，如果你敢於再試，你會更加猶豫。

同樣的原則適用於所有技能——舞蹈、繪畫、跑步、唱歌，甚至思考。

當我們敢於走出舒適區，並允許在任何學習過程開始時出現的尷尬時刻發生，我們就會學習並能夠執行我們所追求的行為。

當我們看到任何掌握自己技能的人時，我們會看到那種輕鬆、優雅和美麗。

我們看不到那些無數小時的訓練、汗水、痛苦、失敗和艱辛。

掌握任何藝術需要韌性、堅持和聰明而平衡的訓練。

你是自己最好的支持者，告訴自己你可以做到你想做的事情。所以，繼續努力。

如果你讓恐懼控制你，恐懼會使你癱瘓，你可能會陷入自我懷疑的惡性循環。不幸的是，這個世界充滿了以自我提升為目的的行動中的恐懼實例。這種恐懼和懷疑可能是內部施加的，也可能是外部驗證的；或者是外部施加的，內部驗證的。

例如，如果你一次又一次地告訴某人他們很笨拙，應該小心，最終，他們的心智會適應並接受這一真相。接下來發生的事情是所有行動中的小心程度逐漸增加。而這種小心往往帶來恐懼，因此缺乏支持該行動的能量。這種恐懼感表現為笨拙，並創造了一個自我實現的預言。笨拙的想法使得學習需要移動模式的新事物的可能性降低。這種信念幾乎無法支持舊有的模式。

我們應該仔細選擇我們使用的詞語。與其告訴自己要小心，不如試著使用“掌控”的詞語。當我們在所有行動中找到那種強烈的存在感，通過延伸的結構和自由的能量流動創造內部支持時，我們對自己行動的控制是確定而穩固的，而那一刻我們的意識就是小心。

自信在任何行動中都會顯現出來，真正的自信是美麗而和諧的。當一個人看起來過於自信和傲慢時，能量流已經被改變，動作的美感在光芒中減弱。這主要是因為，過度的自信往往掩蓋了自我懷疑。

心靈與身體的平衡在存在與所有行動中允許平滑的能量流動，

這轉化為動作中的輕鬆自如。在任何形式的藝術中，它看起來也同樣美麗。