The Charlie Brown Complex: Lack of Confidence.

How many people do you know that are suffer from the Charlie Brown Complex? 

And so the phrase Charlie Brown complex has been coined to refer to the lack of confidence in oneself. Which in turn lead to lack of contentment with self.

It always seemed that good ol' Charlie Brown could do nothing right...and he knew it, and believed that about himself deeply. Charlie Brown's lack of confidence in himself became his mantra. It didn't matter if it was doing a homework project, pitching in a baseball game, or trying to to kick that football, more times than not, he believed he was doomed to fail.

How many of us take on the same complex that Charlie Brown did...lack of confidence in yourself.

Leadership specialist, John Maxwell, states, "If there is one quality that would make you successful in motivating people or convincing people to follow your lead, that trait would be authentic confidence." 

Have you ever been confronted with low self-confidence? I think every one has at one time or another. 

I have found it is possible for a person to know where they are going, yet lack the self-confidence to convince others to follow along. Leaders who consistently lack confidence, in my observation, will not last long in leadership.

It has been said that, self-confidence carries a conviction; it makes others believe in us. A good leader with confidence has the ability to bring out positive changes in people. But what if you don't have much confidence in yourself, but desire to become more of a confident person. What do you do?  How can you become confident? 

Six steps to developing confidence (taken from Be a People Person, by John Maxwell):

1. Establish your worth according to God's value system. 
2. Focus on God and not your situation. 
3. Develop friendships with confident people (birds of a feather...)
4. Put a few wins under your belt. 
5. Find one thing you're good at and then specialize until you are special.
6. Begin to develop a knowledge of people and product (good people skills + competency = confidence). 

 

 

Comments

[Rachel Schwenke]

"You can't do anything right, Charlie Brown."

My favorite tip to add is to cultivate relationships with encouraging people. Charlie Brown was surrounded by discouragers.

Thanks Jamey for the post!

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"If there is one quality that would make you successful in motivating people or convincing people to follow your lead, that trait would be authentic confidence."

-- I really love this quote..nice post.

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