If you really think about it, most of us are constantly chasing after recognition, acceptance, prestige from someone we deeply care about or respect. Do you find that you are often seeking the approval your parents, your boss, a good friend or boyfriend/girlfriend? You will do almost anything you think they would like you to […]
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When you hit a point in your life or a particular situation where you lack self esteem you know the feeling… You immediately become withdrawn, fearful of every word, action or thought You feel like you are under a magnifying glass, everyone is looking and judging You wish you could shrivel up and escape this […]
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Many people assume that self-confidence just “happens” and that when they lack confidence, that’s “just the way it is!” Not true, building self confidence doesn’t just happen, it takes some work, the good news is that anyone can improve their level of self confidence rapidly. Self confidence… Is a conscious decision…you decide to be confident, […]
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One of the more popular videos from the wonderful TED Talks series – watch how any of us can learn the skill of self confidence and dramatically improve our lives in the process… What is the most profound thing you learned from this video? Leave a comment and let us know. My profound […]
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One of the challenges I had through the first 30-years of my life that I also see many others struggling with is the fundamental assumption that life should be perfect, clean, concise – that it should conform to certain fundamental rules and that you somehow exist within the confines of the four walls that define […]
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I get a kick out of people that lump other people (or themselves) into one bucket or the other: low-self confidence or healthy self-confidence. Why? As many studies have shown (and as we can easily understand if we think back over our own lives), self-confidence is a very dynamic concept. We may be self confident […]
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One of the most common challenges we have in life is social interaction…being able to be self-assured, self-confident and comfortable when speaking with other people be they friends, relatives, strangers in group settings or one-on-one. Many people see themselves instead as socially awkward or inept. In fact, for many people the desire to be involved […]
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For many of us, all that is standing between our dreams, goals and desires is low self-esteem. The frustration that develops from knowing what we want out of life and knowing that we have the ability to get there except for our lack of self-esteem becomes overwhelming to the point that we either give up […]
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We are naturally fed bad news, have to listen to those around us complain as they idle in despair and often sabotage our own thinking with worry, fear and anxiety…this all happens by default. So, we need to be consciously countering this natural tendency toward negativity and “cancerous” thinking by interrupting our thought patters, spending […]
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We all know what it’s like when you have situations in your life where you know you lack self confidence… You dread talking to strangers even though you are ok around your family and closest friends You clam up when you are around people that make you feel uncomfortable You can’t express yourself like you […]
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