28th April 2010
Confidence is a powerful asset to have in the workplace. People who are confident in themselves can expect to be given increased responsibility, leadership opportunities and ultimately more success.
But of course, confidence is to be distinguished from...
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28th April 2010
If you want to be more confident, you can be. Anyone can be.
The steps to build self-esteem are clear. But if it's so clear, why do so many people struggle along through life with poor self-esteem. Most of us know that our lives would be better with h...
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26th April 2010
Confidence and optimism are very closely related. People who are optimistic tend to have a strong self-image. They have a very positive, hopeful image about themselves and their future. This is a key part of confidence. Funnily enough, it's also a huge p...
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26th April 2010
A lot of people think that a confident person is someone who is completely free of anxiety. That makes sense, because it would seem that confidence and anxiety are the complete opposite of each other.
But it's not the truth at all. In fact, if you thin...
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26th April 2010
If you are serious about learning how to gain confidence, then you need to be aware of your "self talk". What is "self talk"? It's simply the things you say to yourself every day.
Most of us have thousands of thoughts per day. Many of these thoughts ar...
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26th April 2010
When bosses are looking for new employees and people are looking for prospective partners, there is one characteristic that stands out more than others? It's confidence. Confidence accentuates and makes all your other characteristics better. It's like add...
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26th April 2010
We live in a society where we want everything quickly, ideally yesterday. This might work with things like consumer items, but when it comes to self-development this is a very destructive idea.
The problem is that we are surrounded by marketing message...
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26th April 2010
If you want to learn how to gain confidence you need to learn how to deal with negative people. One of the first things you need to realize is that simply the act of wanting to improve yourself can cause waves of unease amongst your friends and family.
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17th March 2010
Confidence and anxiety are opposites, right? When we picture in our minds a confident person, we don't really think of someone who is anxious.
But the reality is that confidence is not the lack of anxiety. It is being able to manage your anxiety.
We...
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17th March 2010
Olympic athletes use visualization to improve their performance. They work on the principle that actively picturing the scenario and the desired result is a powerful way of conditioning the mind and body to perform at superior levels.
If it's good enou...
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17th March 2010
Can you spot false confidence if you saw it? Do you know what false confidence is?
Every day we see people who we think are confident. We think they are masters of their domain. We think that they are totally in control. But we are wrong! They are not ...
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17th March 2010
Part of being confident is resilience. People with high self-esteem aren't just confident when things are going well. They are able to maintain their positive outlook and self-assurance when times are bad too. If you are only confident when things are goi...
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17th March 2010
"I am a failure"
It's something many of us have said to ourselves in moments of despair and self-pity. Especially when things are going badly, we can feel like we have not succeeded in our lives. It can destroy our confidence.
The thing to remember i...
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17th March 2010
Going through tough times is a part of life. In fact, it is often the bad times in life that contribute the most to our self-development. They force us to confront our flaws and question whether we need to do things differently. Every bad situation contai...
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17th March 2010
Do you look at movie stars and think "Wow, I wish I was as confident as them!"
Funnily enough, most of those movie stars are actually some of the most insecure people. Their very livelihoods live and die on the perceptions others have of them. In many ...
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