This document provides information on building self-confidence. It defines self-confidence as doing what you believe is right even if others criticize you, being willing to take risks to achieve more, and admitting and learning from mistakes. Reasons for lack of self-confidence include negative life experiences, failures, and reversals. The document recommends ways to improve self-confidence such as using positive self-talk, finding the good in relationships, introducing yourself to strangers, seeing problems as opportunities, and surrounding yourself with optimists. It emphasizes learning to tolerate reversals and quotes that failure is just finding what doesn't work.