Without doubt, I know that girls lack confidence. So, how do we cultivate confidence and a positive self-efficacy -that “I can do it” attitude? The easy answer is competence. Confidence is the natural outcome of competence and skill development. The more girls put in the time and practice developing their skill set – whether it’s baking and cooking, ice skating and swimming, or computer coding and web design (or all of these skills), the more they experience that – with time and effort – they can get better at skills and they can do whatever they want. Competence yields confidence. Yet, even the decision to develop competence requires some preliminary confidence. After all, it’s pretty hard to try anything new if you don’t believe in yourself first! So, I want to break down confidence into 3 parts that can contribute to an overall sense of confidence and self-belief. Part 1: Beliefs and thoughts. If you talk to her for long enough or imagine a day in her life, you will see and even hear that her thoughts usually sound something like this: “I can’t do that – that’s too hard for me”. This is a core belief she may hold -…...