Building Confidence With the Help of Someone

This is about developing confidence with the help of someone. Maybe it's a senior person, maybe it's a mentor, or maybe it's teacher,. What about just on your own? I guess self affirmation? Like, when i think of self affirmation, i think of primarily moses; was it steart varney? Is that how should be building up my confidence in myself? You know, start the cycle by focusing on the positive.