Confianza: ¡Cómo ganarla y mantenerla!

I am a Middle School English teacher and one of the first lessons I teach each year is this one. I've seen it transform and change students completely as I see them learn and change their perspective. I see them gain confidence in themselves as they realize that they can get out of their comfort zone and be leaders. 

Before teaching I was a news anchor for television and would often have to portray and show a confidence about stories that I didn't know much about. 

Also, I lived in Mexico for two years as a missionary and after only five months I was made a zone supervisor where I had to lead a group of 36 other missionaries in the state of Oaxaca. Many of these missionaries were from Mexico or spoke fluently in Spanish. I had only been learning Spanish for six months and was then asked to lead. Using many of the strategies that I learned in class, I gained the confidence to be an effective leader, despite what I felt was a huge barrier.