Test: What’s your secret confidence saboteur?

If you know you’ve got much to be confident about but still have regular wobbles, take our test to find out what confidence saboteur is undermining your self-belief.

You feel good about yourself if you do something

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Challenging
Useful
Scary
Impressive

After reaching a goal, you're most likely to think

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Others have achieved so much more
What's next
It was probably just luck
What if I can't keep this up?

At times you wonder if you

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Care too much
Think too much
Worry too much
Compare too much

People would be surprised to know you

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Never feel like you've done enough
Think too much
Worry too much
Compare too much

When you're feeling confident, you know it's OK to

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Do your own thing
Do things differently
Do much less
Do things in your own time

Your inner critic is most likely to say

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Don't rest on your laurels
Don't get too big for your boots
Don't mess this up
Don't think anyone is impressed

You'd feel better if you could just stop focusing on

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What might go wrong
What everyone else is doing
What else you could do
What you're no good at

Your confidence wobbles most when

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You scroll social media
You take on too much
You're in the spotlight
You're facing change

This year, you'd like to feel OK with

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Settling for good enough
Talking yourself up
Taking more risks
Not following the crowd

Your confidence grows when you

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See yourself as others see you
Accept you can't plan for everything
Stay in touch with your own values
Appreciate what you've already achieved

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If you know you’ve got much to be confident about but still have regular wobbles, take our test to find out what confidence saboteur is undermining your self-belief.

Personality Test

You feel good about yourself if you do something

After reaching a goal, you're most likely to think

At times you wonder if you

People would be surprised to know you

When you're feeling confident, you know it's OK to

Your inner critic is most likely to say

You'd feel better if you could just stop focusing on

Your confidence wobbles most when

This year, you'd like to feel OK with

Your confidence grows when you