How to get self-confidence is the central issue when tackling about the development of self confidence in an individual who, for long, have believed that his self-worth is deficient.
It goes without saying that those confident individuals can bear themselves better than those who have lower sense of the "self". They are the achievers, the people of the limelight, the center of the society. They walk straight, speak their meanings very well and influence people, both subtly and obviously. In short, they are those who care recognizable even from afar.
This document provides guidance for a homeroom module on developing self-discipline and understanding children's rights. It contains an introduction to the topic, learning objectives, and instructions for interactive learning activities. The activities are meant to help students explore experiences with lack of self-discipline, understand what self-discipline is and why it's important, identify good citizenship habits and limitations on children's rights, and apply these lessons to improve self-control. The document aims to guide students in gaining awareness of triggers for their behavior and developing the ability to control impulses through respecting their own rights and the rights of others.
This document is a module on self-discipline and emotional regulation for 8th grade students. It contains guidance for parents/guardians on supporting their child's learning. The module has six activities to help students identify ways to help their family and community, assess their own and others' self-discipline, learn steps to develop self-discipline like recognizing and managing emotions, compare their responses to situations with family members, analyze their emotional control, and reflect on building relationships through shared family duties. The overall goal is for students to better understand themselves and develop responsible behavior.
This document is a learning module that provides guidance for grade 7 students on career planning. It discusses factors that influence career choices such as family, peers, socioeconomic status, and media. The module guides students through various activities to help them identify their top career preferences and the skills required, influential factors, and plans for achieving their career goals. It emphasizes the importance of understanding how different factors relate to life and career planning.
Converted how to make an effective and useful personal statementZoom Abroad
The document provides tips for creating an effective personal statement for a UCAS application. It notes that personal statements are important for standing out and defining one's personality and approach. The tips include keeping the statement concise while providing evidence of enthusiasm for studying abroad, a clear understanding of one's preferred subject, and relevant knowledge and skills. Structuring the statement with an introduction, discussing what is liked about the course and extracurricular activities is also advised. Universities often choose 70% of their students based on these personal statements.
This document is a self-learning module for 7th grade students on developing effective study habits. It contains guidance on time management, study techniques, and maintaining a positive attitude. The module has interactive activities for students to assess their current study habits, create a study schedule, identify areas for improvement, and commit to applying new habits. The goal is to help students transition successfully to junior high school and achieve their academic targets for the year.
This document is a module on being mindful of influencers when choosing a Senior High School track and strand. It provides guidance activities for students to identify people and factors that influence their decisions, such as family, peers, media, socioeconomic status, and significant individuals. The module encourages students to understand themselves, seek guidance, educate themselves on their options, and consider the pros and cons of different choices. The overarching message is for students to involve themselves in planning their future.
This document is a module on decision making for 11th grade students. It contains guidance for students on making right and wrong decisions. The module explains that decisions affect one's life and activities. It provides exercises for students to reflect on past decisions they made and how those decisions impacted their lives. The module also lists several ways for students to determine if a decision may be right or wrong, such as considering facts, weighing pros and cons, consulting others, taking responsibility, and learning from mistakes. The overall goal is to help students improve their decision making skills.
Here are some key points about kitchen utensils, tools, and equipment:
- They are used for preparing, cooking, and serving food.
- Common categories include those for measuring, cutting, mixing, cooking, cleaning, and grinding ingredients.
- Examples are knives, cutting boards, spoons, spatulas, pans, colanders, blenders, can openers, peelers, etc.
- Proper use and storage helps ensure safety and extends their lifespan.
- Learning their names and functions develops important life skills for cooking.
This document provides guidance for a homeroom module on developing self-discipline and understanding children's rights. It contains an introduction to the topic, learning objectives, and instructions for interactive learning activities. The activities are meant to help students explore experiences with lack of self-discipline, understand what self-discipline is and why it's important, identify good citizenship habits and limitations on children's rights, and apply these lessons to improve self-control. The document aims to guide students in gaining awareness of triggers for their behavior and developing the ability to control impulses through respecting their own rights and the rights of others.
This document is a module on self-discipline and emotional regulation for 8th grade students. It contains guidance for parents/guardians on supporting their child's learning. The module has six activities to help students identify ways to help their family and community, assess their own and others' self-discipline, learn steps to develop self-discipline like recognizing and managing emotions, compare their responses to situations with family members, analyze their emotional control, and reflect on building relationships through shared family duties. The overall goal is for students to better understand themselves and develop responsible behavior.
This document is a learning module that provides guidance for grade 7 students on career planning. It discusses factors that influence career choices such as family, peers, socioeconomic status, and media. The module guides students through various activities to help them identify their top career preferences and the skills required, influential factors, and plans for achieving their career goals. It emphasizes the importance of understanding how different factors relate to life and career planning.
Converted how to make an effective and useful personal statementZoom Abroad
The document provides tips for creating an effective personal statement for a UCAS application. It notes that personal statements are important for standing out and defining one's personality and approach. The tips include keeping the statement concise while providing evidence of enthusiasm for studying abroad, a clear understanding of one's preferred subject, and relevant knowledge and skills. Structuring the statement with an introduction, discussing what is liked about the course and extracurricular activities is also advised. Universities often choose 70% of their students based on these personal statements.
This document is a self-learning module for 7th grade students on developing effective study habits. It contains guidance on time management, study techniques, and maintaining a positive attitude. The module has interactive activities for students to assess their current study habits, create a study schedule, identify areas for improvement, and commit to applying new habits. The goal is to help students transition successfully to junior high school and achieve their academic targets for the year.
This document is a module on being mindful of influencers when choosing a Senior High School track and strand. It provides guidance activities for students to identify people and factors that influence their decisions, such as family, peers, media, socioeconomic status, and significant individuals. The module encourages students to understand themselves, seek guidance, educate themselves on their options, and consider the pros and cons of different choices. The overarching message is for students to involve themselves in planning their future.
This document is a module on decision making for 11th grade students. It contains guidance for students on making right and wrong decisions. The module explains that decisions affect one's life and activities. It provides exercises for students to reflect on past decisions they made and how those decisions impacted their lives. The module also lists several ways for students to determine if a decision may be right or wrong, such as considering facts, weighing pros and cons, consulting others, taking responsibility, and learning from mistakes. The overall goal is to help students improve their decision making skills.
Here are some key points about kitchen utensils, tools, and equipment:
- They are used for preparing, cooking, and serving food.
- Common categories include those for measuring, cutting, mixing, cooking, cleaning, and grinding ingredients.
- Examples are knives, cutting boards, spoons, spatulas, pans, colanders, blenders, can openers, peelers, etc.
- Proper use and storage helps ensure safety and extends their lifespan.
- Learning their names and functions develops important life skills for cooking.
This document provides guidance for students on improving their study habits. It contains six sections:
1. An introduction explaining the importance of developing effective study habits for grade 8.
2. Interactive activities for students to evaluate their current study habits, learn effective habits from family members, and create a weekly study plan.
3. Tips on making studying a habit, including understanding learning styles, setting SMART goals, and establishing a study zone.
4. A review of effective study habits from previous sections.
5. Directions for students to set academic goals, identify effective and ineffective study habits, and modify their habits and weekly plan for grade 8.
6. The overall aim is to help
Here are the key points I learned from this module:
1. Food processing is a method that extends the shelf life of fresh foods by transforming them into products. It helps preserve the color, taste, and nutritional value of foods.
2. Salting is a common food processing method known as curing. It uses salt to draw out moisture from foods like meat, fish, and vegetables to prevent spoilage from microorganisms.
3. There are two salting methods - wet salting uses brine or pickling solutions while dry salting coats foods in dry salt and allows juices to drain away. Making salted eggs is an example of wet salting using a brine solution.
Livelihood.bread and pastry production.module 1.porrasRenatoLimBaylasJr
The document discusses different tools and equipment used in baking, including preparatory tools like graters and rolling pins, measuring tools like measuring cups and spoons, mixing tools like mixing bowls and electric mixers, cutting tools like pastry blenders and kitchen shears, baking pans like cake pans and muffin pans, ovens like deck ovens and convection ovens, and other equipment like bread toasters and double broilers. It provides pictures and descriptions of each tool or piece of equipment and their uses. It also classifies the various baking tools and equipment into categories such as ovens, measuring tools, mixing tools, and others.
The document provides directions for completing 12 journal entries corresponding to 12 chapters in an Emotional Intelligence textbook. For each chapter, the student is prompted to answer questions from the textbook and provide their responses in this document. For the sample Chapter 1 journal entry, the student discusses initially feeling scared about their college workload but learning to stay productive over the summer to prepare. They recommend getting scholarships and visiting the college before attending.
This document provides several "magic formulas" for achieving success in exams and in life. It discusses the importance of having the right attitude, approaching exams correctly by understanding the syllabus and paper patterns, using the power of the subconscious mind by believing you will succeed, taking breaks between studying different subjects to maintain productivity, and taking short notes for quick revision. The overall message is that success comes from within through perseverance and believing in oneself rather than blaming external factors.
Glen Cooper argues that people can coach themselves through developing certain skills. He outlines a 7-step process for training oneself to be a self-coach, including developing discovery, dreaming, creation, sharing, planning, action, and adaptation skills. Cooper would focus on these areas over the course of coaching sessions to teach clients how to have productive internal conversations to set goals and build momentum towards accomplishments. The key is learning to ask oneself powerful questions to gain different perspectives and stay accountable to achieving what is important.
Mindfulness Workshop – A Grassroots Approach to Improving Self/Tech BalanceShihui Kong
This workshop is an experiment born out of my MA thesis at Hyper Island. Most of the exercises in the workshop contain experimental frameworks, created out of my synthesis of online research. I would love to receive any feedback that can help refine the workshop further. :)
Inspiration & Credits:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Cactus app
Tiny Spells newsletter
A conversation with Samantha
Hyper Island Toolkit
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Winter 2020 SyllabusEd Batista
This is my syllabus for the Winter 2020 section of The Art of Self-Coaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Course materials are archived at https://www.edbatista.com/the-art-of-self-coaching-course.html.
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Spring 2019 SyllabusEd Batista
This is the syllabus for the Spring 2019 section of The Art of Self-Coaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Course materials are archived at https://www.edbatista.com/the-art-of-self-coaching-course.html.
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Fall 2019 SyllabusEd Batista
This is my syllabus for the Fall 2019 section of The Art of Self-Coaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Course materials are archived at https://www.edbatista.com/the-art-of-self-coaching-course.html.
This document provides advice and guidance for adolescents on managing stress and being successful. It discusses the opportunities available today but also the distractions. Some key points made include developing a strong sense of self and identity during adolescence, finding positive role models, managing stress through meditation and exercise, studying effectively through scheduling and minimizing distractions, developing healthy self-esteem, and parents providing support through encouragement not pressure. Memory techniques like SQ3R are also outlined.
The document provides an overview and training manual for tutors at IgnitionTutoring.com. It outlines the company's mission to spark learning and create relentless learners. Tutors are trained on key concepts like growth mindset, neuroscience of learning, and providing ignition (motivation). Practical strategies are also covered, including teaching in "knowledge nuggets," praising effort over innate ability, asking questions rather than lecturing, having patience, using enthusiasm and charisma, and demonstrating intense focus.
This document provides an overview and exercises for evaluating and addressing procrastination. It begins with an introduction to the causes of procrastination, which can include lack of willpower, fear of failure, perfectionism, and poor time management skills. The document then provides a series of exercises to help the reader evaluate their strengths, weaknesses, skills, attitudes towards goals and time management. It suggests developing skills like assertiveness, stress management, and building self-esteem to overcome inner negativity and procrastination. The overall aim is to help readers understand the root causes of their procrastination and develop a plan to achieve their goals.
Choosing a career is a very crucial aspect of a learner’s decision making process. It could make or unmake their future. Deciding on what to pursue therefore need to be taken slowly and cautiously. As a teacher you have to help them prepare for that big day. You have to guide them in finding the right career path for them to trudge when they pursue higher studies.
This module will make learners realize that as they go along the way, they will find out that they do not have to make the decision alone. You have to make them aware that there will always be people who would help them out. The role of parents and other support system is given emphasis in this module.
This document provides an overview of a book on taking charge of your life. It includes a table of contents outlining 7 chapters that cover topics such as determining motivators, arranging goals, using time management, and avoiding procrastination. It also includes legal terms and conditions as well as a foreword introducing the concept of taking charge as the driver of one's own life. The first chapter examines the basics of taking charge and why it is important to be in control.
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Fall 2018 Syllabus Ed Batista
This syllabus outlines the course "The Art of Self-Coaching" taught by Ed Batista. The course consists of 10 weekly sessions focused on helping students continue self-coaching after graduation. Topics include change, attention, emotion, and self-development practices. Students complete weekly writing assignments and work in pairs/groups. Grades are based on attendance, assignments, and demonstrating personal learning and application of concepts. The course aims to provide tools for lifelong self-guided growth.
This document provides an introduction and overview of 7 steps to success: self-esteem, responsibility, purpose/goals, faith/optimism, adaptability, perseverance, and integrity. Each step is discussed in its own section with 2-3 paragraphs explaining why it is important for success and providing tips and techniques. The introduction discusses different models of success and notes that while money and luxury are often associated with success, most successful people define it more broadly in terms of living a fulfilling life.
This document outlines a career guidance module for grade 11 students. It discusses factors that influence career and life choices such as personal skills/interests, family influences, and social factors. Students do activities to explore different career clusters and professions. They learn how their own choices may be shaped by both internal factors like abilities as well as external influences from family, friends, and society. The goal is for students to thoughtfully consider their options after senior high and appreciate how various aspects of their lives guide important decisions about their future path.
Choosing a career is a very crucial aspect of a learner’s decision making process. It could make or unmake their future. Deciding on what to pursue therefore need to be taken slowly and cautiously. As a teacher you have to help them prepare for that big day. You have to guide them in finding the right career path for them to trudge when they pursue higher studies.
This module will make learners realize that as they go along the way, they will find out that they do not have to make the decision alone. You have to make them aware that there will always be people who would help them out. The role of parents and other support system is given emphasis in this module.
This document is an e-book about growing self-confidence. It contains an introductory page that discusses how self-confidence comes from within by knowing yourself and using that knowledge. It also warns that too much confidence can be a problem. The document includes a table of contents and 8 chapters that provide advice and strategies for building self-confidence through changing negative thoughts, taking risks, developing optimism, and overcoming the roots of low self-confidence from childhood. A disclaimer is also included stating that the information is for educational purposes only and the author takes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
The document discusses various fears that can undermine self-confidence, including fear of rejection, fear of losing a friend or loved one, and fear of failure. It also provides strategies for overcoming these fears and developing self-confidence, such as focusing on strengths, self-talk, taking risks, and learning from past mistakes. Developing self-confidence requires acknowledging abilities and making use of opportunities while avoiding perfectionism.
This document provides guidance for students on improving their study habits. It contains six sections:
1. An introduction explaining the importance of developing effective study habits for grade 8.
2. Interactive activities for students to evaluate their current study habits, learn effective habits from family members, and create a weekly study plan.
3. Tips on making studying a habit, including understanding learning styles, setting SMART goals, and establishing a study zone.
4. A review of effective study habits from previous sections.
5. Directions for students to set academic goals, identify effective and ineffective study habits, and modify their habits and weekly plan for grade 8.
6. The overall aim is to help
Here are the key points I learned from this module:
1. Food processing is a method that extends the shelf life of fresh foods by transforming them into products. It helps preserve the color, taste, and nutritional value of foods.
2. Salting is a common food processing method known as curing. It uses salt to draw out moisture from foods like meat, fish, and vegetables to prevent spoilage from microorganisms.
3. There are two salting methods - wet salting uses brine or pickling solutions while dry salting coats foods in dry salt and allows juices to drain away. Making salted eggs is an example of wet salting using a brine solution.
Livelihood.bread and pastry production.module 1.porrasRenatoLimBaylasJr
The document discusses different tools and equipment used in baking, including preparatory tools like graters and rolling pins, measuring tools like measuring cups and spoons, mixing tools like mixing bowls and electric mixers, cutting tools like pastry blenders and kitchen shears, baking pans like cake pans and muffin pans, ovens like deck ovens and convection ovens, and other equipment like bread toasters and double broilers. It provides pictures and descriptions of each tool or piece of equipment and their uses. It also classifies the various baking tools and equipment into categories such as ovens, measuring tools, mixing tools, and others.
The document provides directions for completing 12 journal entries corresponding to 12 chapters in an Emotional Intelligence textbook. For each chapter, the student is prompted to answer questions from the textbook and provide their responses in this document. For the sample Chapter 1 journal entry, the student discusses initially feeling scared about their college workload but learning to stay productive over the summer to prepare. They recommend getting scholarships and visiting the college before attending.
This document provides several "magic formulas" for achieving success in exams and in life. It discusses the importance of having the right attitude, approaching exams correctly by understanding the syllabus and paper patterns, using the power of the subconscious mind by believing you will succeed, taking breaks between studying different subjects to maintain productivity, and taking short notes for quick revision. The overall message is that success comes from within through perseverance and believing in oneself rather than blaming external factors.
Glen Cooper argues that people can coach themselves through developing certain skills. He outlines a 7-step process for training oneself to be a self-coach, including developing discovery, dreaming, creation, sharing, planning, action, and adaptation skills. Cooper would focus on these areas over the course of coaching sessions to teach clients how to have productive internal conversations to set goals and build momentum towards accomplishments. The key is learning to ask oneself powerful questions to gain different perspectives and stay accountable to achieving what is important.
Mindfulness Workshop – A Grassroots Approach to Improving Self/Tech BalanceShihui Kong
This workshop is an experiment born out of my MA thesis at Hyper Island. Most of the exercises in the workshop contain experimental frameworks, created out of my synthesis of online research. I would love to receive any feedback that can help refine the workshop further. :)
Inspiration & Credits:
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Cactus app
Tiny Spells newsletter
A conversation with Samantha
Hyper Island Toolkit
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Winter 2020 SyllabusEd Batista
This is my syllabus for the Winter 2020 section of The Art of Self-Coaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Course materials are archived at https://www.edbatista.com/the-art-of-self-coaching-course.html.
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Spring 2019 SyllabusEd Batista
This is the syllabus for the Spring 2019 section of The Art of Self-Coaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Course materials are archived at https://www.edbatista.com/the-art-of-self-coaching-course.html.
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Fall 2019 SyllabusEd Batista
This is my syllabus for the Fall 2019 section of The Art of Self-Coaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Course materials are archived at https://www.edbatista.com/the-art-of-self-coaching-course.html.
This document provides advice and guidance for adolescents on managing stress and being successful. It discusses the opportunities available today but also the distractions. Some key points made include developing a strong sense of self and identity during adolescence, finding positive role models, managing stress through meditation and exercise, studying effectively through scheduling and minimizing distractions, developing healthy self-esteem, and parents providing support through encouragement not pressure. Memory techniques like SQ3R are also outlined.
The document provides an overview and training manual for tutors at IgnitionTutoring.com. It outlines the company's mission to spark learning and create relentless learners. Tutors are trained on key concepts like growth mindset, neuroscience of learning, and providing ignition (motivation). Practical strategies are also covered, including teaching in "knowledge nuggets," praising effort over innate ability, asking questions rather than lecturing, having patience, using enthusiasm and charisma, and demonstrating intense focus.
This document provides an overview and exercises for evaluating and addressing procrastination. It begins with an introduction to the causes of procrastination, which can include lack of willpower, fear of failure, perfectionism, and poor time management skills. The document then provides a series of exercises to help the reader evaluate their strengths, weaknesses, skills, attitudes towards goals and time management. It suggests developing skills like assertiveness, stress management, and building self-esteem to overcome inner negativity and procrastination. The overall aim is to help readers understand the root causes of their procrastination and develop a plan to achieve their goals.
Choosing a career is a very crucial aspect of a learner’s decision making process. It could make or unmake their future. Deciding on what to pursue therefore need to be taken slowly and cautiously. As a teacher you have to help them prepare for that big day. You have to guide them in finding the right career path for them to trudge when they pursue higher studies.
This module will make learners realize that as they go along the way, they will find out that they do not have to make the decision alone. You have to make them aware that there will always be people who would help them out. The role of parents and other support system is given emphasis in this module.
This document provides an overview of a book on taking charge of your life. It includes a table of contents outlining 7 chapters that cover topics such as determining motivators, arranging goals, using time management, and avoiding procrastination. It also includes legal terms and conditions as well as a foreword introducing the concept of taking charge as the driver of one's own life. The first chapter examines the basics of taking charge and why it is important to be in control.
Ed Batista, The Art of Self-Coaching @StanfordGSB, Fall 2018 Syllabus Ed Batista
This syllabus outlines the course "The Art of Self-Coaching" taught by Ed Batista. The course consists of 10 weekly sessions focused on helping students continue self-coaching after graduation. Topics include change, attention, emotion, and self-development practices. Students complete weekly writing assignments and work in pairs/groups. Grades are based on attendance, assignments, and demonstrating personal learning and application of concepts. The course aims to provide tools for lifelong self-guided growth.
This document provides an introduction and overview of 7 steps to success: self-esteem, responsibility, purpose/goals, faith/optimism, adaptability, perseverance, and integrity. Each step is discussed in its own section with 2-3 paragraphs explaining why it is important for success and providing tips and techniques. The introduction discusses different models of success and notes that while money and luxury are often associated with success, most successful people define it more broadly in terms of living a fulfilling life.
This document outlines a career guidance module for grade 11 students. It discusses factors that influence career and life choices such as personal skills/interests, family influences, and social factors. Students do activities to explore different career clusters and professions. They learn how their own choices may be shaped by both internal factors like abilities as well as external influences from family, friends, and society. The goal is for students to thoughtfully consider their options after senior high and appreciate how various aspects of their lives guide important decisions about their future path.
Choosing a career is a very crucial aspect of a learner’s decision making process. It could make or unmake their future. Deciding on what to pursue therefore need to be taken slowly and cautiously. As a teacher you have to help them prepare for that big day. You have to guide them in finding the right career path for them to trudge when they pursue higher studies.
This module will make learners realize that as they go along the way, they will find out that they do not have to make the decision alone. You have to make them aware that there will always be people who would help them out. The role of parents and other support system is given emphasis in this module.
This document is an e-book about growing self-confidence. It contains an introductory page that discusses how self-confidence comes from within by knowing yourself and using that knowledge. It also warns that too much confidence can be a problem. The document includes a table of contents and 8 chapters that provide advice and strategies for building self-confidence through changing negative thoughts, taking risks, developing optimism, and overcoming the roots of low self-confidence from childhood. A disclaimer is also included stating that the information is for educational purposes only and the author takes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
The document discusses various fears that can undermine self-confidence, including fear of rejection, fear of losing a friend or loved one, and fear of failure. It also provides strategies for overcoming these fears and developing self-confidence, such as focusing on strengths, self-talk, taking risks, and learning from past mistakes. Developing self-confidence requires acknowledging abilities and making use of opportunities while avoiding perfectionism.
Self-Confidence for Success: How to Believe in Yourself and Become a Winner b...Cornel Manu
How much would you achieve in life if you would have unshakable self-confidence in your own powers? You would be unstoppable and you will be able to build exactly the life that makes you happy and fulfilled.
That's the purpose of this book: to help you tap into your inner potential with the key ingredient of self-confidence. Believing in yourself is a practice and something that you can train to grow. It doesn't matter how you felt in the past or how others feel about you, you can become the powerful confident person that you want to be.
No obstacles will look too big for you again and no dreams too hard to achieve. You will be confident to follow your own destiny and be the person you are meant to be, without being dependant on something that is outside of you. And all of this while you are happier and more loving with those around you.
I had troubles in my past with my self-confidence and I know how important it is for human growth and achievement. In fact, it's essential. Without believing in ourselves we cannot achieve great things and we are an easy prey of fears. Self-Confidence For Success is a great tool and guide for anyone that wants to become confident in their own strengths, and therefore become the person they are destined to be.
How To Be Confident In Any Situation, Your Trusted guide to Building Confidence and succeeding in anything,Boost your confidence, Improve Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, 25 Killer Actions to Boost Your Self-Confidence
Building your self-confidence doesn't have to be hard. This collection of tips will give you ideas on how to use self-talk, embrace your uniqueness, and other ways to give your self-confidence a boost.
The document provides tips for becoming more confident. It recommends not listening to self-limiting beliefs and negative thoughts, and instead focusing on one's capabilities. It also suggests getting outside perspectives to counteract memory biases and negative self-talk. Replacing negative thoughts with positive affirmations about accomplishments and being curious can help boost confidence.
The document discusses building confidence through acting with confidence, even if initially felt. It recommends facing challenges by taking risks and actions despite fear of failure or embarrassment. This trains the brain to build confidence over time through experience of success or managing perceived failures. Specific tips include practicing power poses, channeling confidence of role models, focusing on aspirations not fears, and mentally rehearsing challenging scenarios. The overall message is confidence allows achieving more than we think possible, so we must choose to develop it through brave actions.
There is nothing more crippling than losing your confidence.
Without confidence, everything gets harder. You struggle to concentrate. Tasks feel overwhelming. If you stay there, you’ll even find a more long-term emotional impact, where you might fall into depression or become bogged down in indecision. Without confidence, you lose all forward progress.
This is why it’s so important to reclaim your confidence after suffering a blow. For a fast boost, try these eight power-ups.
Do What Makes You Uncomfortable
When you take risks, you stretch yourself in surprising new ways. This is a powerful feeling. Why? It takes confidence to step outside your comfort zone. Trying something new forces you to act with confidence, whether you started out feeling it or not.
Find Your Purpose
Knowing what you’re destined to do is a fantastic feeling and fills a person with confidence. If you’re unsure why you’ve set a particular goal, or are questioning what you’re doing, you’re not likely to feel confident at all. Solidifying the goal in your mind is a rapid boost to confidence then.
Keep Trying
It’s normal to experience failure from time to time. This kind of disaster can easily destroy confidence. You regain this confidence when you get up and try again.
Learn Things
Knowledge truly is power. When you really understand something inside out, you tend to be very confident (at least in that area). Continually learning new things expands your knowledge base. As a result, your confidence extends in new directions as well.
Drop the Idea Things Have to be Perfect
When nothing is ever good enough, confidence falters. How are you supposed to feel sure of yourself when you’re feeling things are always unfinished or lacking somehow? By accepting things as they are, warts and all, you’ll find you’re relax more and even become more confident in what you’re doing because you’re telling yourself that what you have or are doing is exactly what you need.
Dress for Success
How we present ourselves to the world really can affect our mental state. Wearing what makes you feel good about yourself will restore confidence. A change in attitude is only a change in outfit away.
Trust Yourself
When you doubt your instincts, you’re telling yourself you don’t really know what you’re doing. This is why it’s so important to ‘go with your gut’ when faced with a challenge. This kind of trust instills confidence in your ability to judge a situation or outcome.
Look Forward
Confidence has a hard time standing up to ghosts from the past. When you get caught up in your previous failures or uncertainties, confidence falters. Instead, look forward to positive emotions. When you recognize your potential, you start seeing just how amazing you are.
How to overcome self limiting beliefs with 5 practical stepsIfeanyi Omoike
This document discusses overcoming self-limiting beliefs. It begins by explaining that self-limiting beliefs are self-imposed mental prisons that hinder one from achieving their goals. Common beliefs include not being good enough, smart enough, or from the right family. The author then shares five steps to overcome these beliefs: 1) assess the beliefs, 2) compare them to positive beliefs, 3) take positive affirming steps, 4) face fears, and 5) develop gratitude. Overcoming self-limiting beliefs requires facing hidden issues and replacing negative thoughts with empowering perspectives in order to maximize one's potential.
Self-confidence is a skill that can be developed through practice. To build confidence, one must believe in themselves and acknowledge their accomplishments while also focusing on strengths and practicing skills like smiling more. Regularly engaging in social activities, focusing on positives, and not letting others define you can help cultivate a stronger sense of self-confidence over time.
Self-esteem refers to how people feel about themselves and their level of competence. The document discusses that self-esteem determines how people interact with others and their goals, achievements, and satisfaction in life. Healthy self-esteem is related to traits like creativity, rationality, and honesty. The document provides tips for building self-esteem such as focusing on strengths, celebrating progress, and avoiding negative self-talk. Maintaining high self-esteem leads to benefits like confidence and respect for oneself and others.
Develop enough courage to win in any battle. You will discover the courage basics, know your strengths think positively, look at all points of view, have persistence, steps outside of your comfort zone and connect spiritually.
It is evident that learning how to overcome self-doubt and fear is one of the hardest challenges we may encounter in life. Just how good is our performance depends a lot on how much confidence we have in ourselves because insecurity is an unusual kind of inner torture that can sneak easily in.
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Table of Content
Introductory..................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1: A Step in Building Your Self Confidence........................... 6
Chapter 2: A Philosophy to Increase Your Self Confidence ............... 8
Chapter 3: Building Confidence and Self Esteem............................. 10
Chapter 4: The Roots of Low Self Confidence.................................. 12
Chapter 5: Thoughts on Improving Self Confidence ........................ 14
Chapter 6: What To Do When You Need to Boost Your Self
Confidence...................................................................................... 16
Chapter 7: Advises to Help You in Increasing Self Confidence ........ 18
Chapter 8: Get Self Confidence From Within ................................... 20
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Introductory
How to get self-confidence is the central issue when tackling about
the development of self confidence in an individual who, for long,
have believed that his self-worth is deficient.
It goes without saying that those confident individuals can bear themselves
better than those who have lower sense of the "self". They are the
achievers, the people of the limelight, the center of the society. They walk
straight, speak their meanings very well and influence people, both subtly
and obviously. In short, they are those who care recognizable even from
afar.
Sometimes, self-confident people are very much loved by the society. It is
maybe due to their charisma or they are, by nature very amiable. However,
there are those self-confident individuals who, just by leaving makes the
room lighter.
These are two very dissimilar display of self-confidence. One, destroys a
person's credibility and the other intensifies his personality. And obviously,
you would not want the consequences of being too confident of yourself that
the people no longer view you as effective, instead they see you as
annoyance to their daily affairs.
Self-confidence comes from within. Outside stimulation may help but it
would all still boil down to knowing yourself and using that knowledge to
gain confidence.
To get self-confidence, you must realize that your limitations must not limit
you and your attributes must not destroy you. Instead, use all these factors
to develop a personality that would be productive for you and all those that
surround you.
"Know thyself!", says the Oracle at Delphi. Though this might have been said
thousands of years ago, it is undeniably true that we still can use the
wisdom it says.
Know yourself and get confidence. Recognize though that knowledge comes
nowhere but inside you. Thus, you have to accept the reality that unless you
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embrace you flaws and perfection, the demons of low self-confidence would
stay forever lingering in your being.
There is a great risk in knowing too much of yourself though if your
foundations of self-control is not much too developed. You would be exposed
to your imperfections and since control is not yet yours, it is possible that
you will be eaten by your own flows. This condition is closely intertwined
with thought rumination wherein you seem to go around in your circle of
thoughts about your losses and failures regardless of your achievements.
Another danger of having no control of yourself while trying to get self-
confidence is that you might get too confident that you would forget the real
value of having the sense of self. As we have mentioned earlier, over
confidence is just as dangerous as having no confidence at all. This would
send you back to failures or worse to eventual downfall.
Knowing yourself is one factor that may either be dangerous or productive.
Self-awareness often times help people realize how wonderful their creation
was. They learn to give worth to their capacities and attributes that are
obviously as special as those that may be found with other people. We are
all unique and that is a fact. Our marks of unique can be seen through
closely looking at our capabilities and our incapacities. Our uniqueness is
manifested on the natural gifts that add to our greater self-value. Our
uniqueness can be seen though our potentials that we may either ignore or
maximize at will.
All these are truths that would stay hidden to you unless you have learned to
contemplate on your being and be aware of who you truly are.
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Chapter 1: A Step in Building Your Self
Confidence
Everything has to start somewhere. Unless you start revamping your
self-confidence, you will have to agonize endlessly with the very
thing you are fearful of- low self-confidence.
Our self-confidence is the accumulation of all our reactions to the
experiences that life brought us, the manner by which we were guided by
the older people in our environment and how we and the society view us.
Many factors are contributors to our personal understanding of confidence.
One determining factor is how well we expect ourselves and the
circumstances of our lives should be. Many tend to fall into the trap of
creating unrealistic expectations. In the process, their losses are becoming
too painful that they eventually suffer the effects of creating lower self-
confidence.
Others, on the other hand, lean more on playing safe and thus create more
achievable goals that are easier to attain. And because achievements add
largely to the development of self-confidence, these people benefit from
knowing that they are somehow capable of doing something.
You may already have heard the phrase - "it’s all in the mind". And to many
psychological and emotional conditions, we can actually say that everything
is all in the mind. They rooted and develop from the mind and so, the
antidote might as well come from the same source.
You can always condition yourself to feel the way you want or to feel the
way you don't want. You can suppress emotions and in the process, help
emotions materialize. Say you want to feel hatred of yourself over not being
good enough. If you make yourself believe in that hatred and you truly are
convinced that you are not good enough, you will only get two products-
one, genuine hatred and two, lower self-esteem.
The majority of us are caught unaware with our words. We sometimes fail to
check ourselves of the things we are registering in our subconscious mind.
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You may not have deliberately said it recently but since you are used to
hearing yourself mumble- "I am a looser", or "I'm not worthy of anything",
your subconscious self might as well believe that these are the facts.
Even now as we speak, many out there believe in these statements.
They are not mere words. They are for real and they will actually dig deep in
your subconscious mind, which will then be integrated into your being. If you
believe in these then there is no way that you won't believe in their direct
opposite.
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Central to building self-confidence is one's belief in himself. Whatever you
set your mind to believe will all be taken as factual. Thus, you only have to
manipulate the values that you would like to acquire. Otherwise, no amount
of waiting can make you change. The motivation must come from you.
Suggestions may come from outward sources but in the end, it will be you
and yourself that will set out to do the battle.
Changes must begin from you. You may start with talking to yourself using
positive statements like "you are great" (for you truly are a great individual
waiting for your talents to be tapped). Or "you are beautiful" (because
believe in this or not each one of us were created beautifully to give glory to
our Maker).
You can’t stay long in your madness over having low self-confidence.
Somehow, you have to change your perspectives and live a different life that
looks forward to better things.
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Chapter 2: A Philosophy to Increase Your
Self Confidence
Everyone takes pride with all the things that we possess. May it be
the achievements that we had, or the present living that we were
able to produce, each one of us has become an achiever on our own.
Many of us may have denied this truth though. But you see, it is obvious-
everybody is capable of doing anything only if we give our hearts into it and
we set our minds in doing it. No one is deprived of the capacity to enjoy
life's successes. Only those who deprive themselves of these gifts are the
sufferers. Are you among them?
Leave your answer hanging then whisper it to yourself. Whatever the output
is, see to it that you would change things for the better.
If you can say that you are confident enough then good! But don't settle
yourself with what's enough. There will always be gaps and you should cease
the opportunities for improvement.
If, however, you answered no then don't tarry. Wasting your life to
senseless whimpers of negativism would obviously cause you to regret
everything at every moment you depart.
How painful it would be to know that you were equipped with everything you
need to achieve but dared not use them.
There was once a young eagle who happened to be raised in village of
chickens. He was oriented to chicken living and was raised to believe that he
is one of them. For long, he has been watching the eagles hover in midair
with their display of magnificence.
For each time that he stands in awe of these airborne eagles, he wishes that
he was born like them. He dared not to spread his wings though yet every
day, his heart cries for soaring the heights eagles soar. He failed to discover
his potentials and real self and thus, he died a chicken- ever longing to
become one of those to which he truly belongs.
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Every one of us is an eagle. We are all capable of flying to the maximum of
our potentials. Unless we spread our wings and dare to discover our real
self, we will forever be bounded by our failure to transcend heights and
become the real people that we were meant to become.
Now, if we would only realize the eagle that is sleeping within us then we
could have all lived a life of happiness and contentment.
We were all born entitled with achievements and successes. The Universe is
too good for us that she took time to secure everything that we would need
to soar. Don't waste this very opportunity by putting loads in your back so
you would be delimited and thus, incapable of flying.
Be like an eagle who has unearthed himself from the mud of being a
chicken. Chickens are meant for slaughter. In the same way, if we choose to
be chickens then we would have to accept the reality that our purpose would
be defeated. That is, to give glory to the Universe who has kept us in her
arms and fed us with everything we needed.
Be like an eagle and live a life free from the damaging culture of the
chickens. Be like an eagle and make yourself benefit from the confidence
you can get from being a mighty creature.
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Chapter 3: Building Confidence and Self
Esteem
Optimism! It all lies in our positive perception of our personality, the
events occurring around us and life itself. So long as we believe in
the goodness that we may have in life, we are bound to enjoy it the
way every man should.
Unfortunately, many of us cannot grasp optimism from a life that is muddled
with miseries, morbidity, and struggles. Of course, life's pleasure would not
be appreciated if it were not equaled with unhappiness. Pain cannot be felt if
all we know is joy. Tears would lose its worth if we always experience
happiness. Confidence would not be recognized if we do not fall flat on our
face sometimes.
Life is a gratifying privilege and we can make everything we want from it.
We have to start early in building our foundations so that we won’t have to
loose precious moments that shall never pass by us again. A moment that's
gone is gone forever but your light won't even lose its value long after you
have gone.
With optimism in life we would be able to recognize the fullness of our
potentials. Everyone has an equal chance for recognition yet many of us fail
to share with the limelight because we surrender even before the battle
begun.
If you would want to share with what the world offers, you must be brave
enough. Nothing should stop you from living your life, not even the
miserable demons of low self-confidence.
Those who braved life are those who are confident enough of themselves.
Sometimes, we just have to take risks so that we might discover what lies in
our road. Taking risks though requires lots of faith in yourself. Without this,
you would be like a warrior who has lost his armor.
From birth, we were equipped with all the skills that we will use in the later
stages of our lives. One such skill is the ability to face challenges and to face
them with faith, both in ourselves and to Him who has created all of us.
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All of us had an equal chance to develop our sense of self, even when it feels
like our fellow is much blessed than us.
We normally have the common notion that life is unfair when in fact, it is
not. We all have our shares of blessing and our shares of challenges. It just
lies in our perception of things and the manner by which we handle things.
The same thing goes with self-confidence and self-esteem. Many of us think
that the man we are looking up to shared much of life's blessings because he
can bear himself better, he can face the public better and he is much
eloquent and more confident than most of us. Remember that before he
even got there, he has to face challenges that contributed to his self-esteem
and self-confidence. All of us can be that man, only if we believe in ourselves
enough.
We just have to find our own enlightenment to be able to achieve the
building of good foundations for our self-esteem and self-confidence.
Changes must come from within before we can accept the assistance that
comes from outside. Realization of how valuable you are and how beautifully
you were created cannot be helped by outside reinforcement if you, yourself
do not want to accept this one simple truth.
Go on, help in the discovery of yourself and that is among the most
wonderful venture you will take in life.
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Chapter 4: The Roots of Low Self
Confidence
There is no single factor that we can consider as the pool from which
low self-confidence comes from.
In fact, it is the accumulation of mishaps and lacks in the past that we are
failing to unearth and give due remedy. It is the outcome of our failure to
recognize who we truly are and what are the hampers to our own growth.
Low self-confidence is obviously delimiting. It would send us stomping on
our endowed capacities and instead, take our failures as early defeats. It
would confine is in our comfort zone where everything is safe from potential
humiliation and further mistakes. The comfort zones will then make us
believe that we must not go out from its four corners because out there,
disappointments and losses await.
But even when we tell ourselves how harsh and messed up things may get,
we must still not surrender to the inner critic that thrives inside us. We must
at all rate, defeat it and show off ourselves to the world.
Low self-confidence develops during our childhood. Unfortunately, many of
us have parents, teachers, friends and enemies who are keener to our
deficiencies than with our talents. They would tell us of our mistakes and kill
our inner drives. These may not actually be said direct on our face but their
actions and sneers are enough to convince us that we are losers.
Perhaps you live under cold critical eyes that know nothing of imperfection.
Or maybe you are the underling of a brother who achieves in school, thus
the intense focus on him and frequent disregard for you. Probably people do
things for you when they feel like you can’t do things on your own.
These are subtle triggering instances that would all contribute to your
eventual loss of self-confidence.Because of such poor models and lack of
attention given on you, you would soon find that you are really incapable of
doing things when in fact you havegifts beyond your own reckoning.
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Your belief on their beliefs would then send you blaming yourselves for all
your failures. And at times, you would even convince yourself that you are
also responsible for the failures of those people you have close contact with.
As a child, sweeping statements will be a commonplace for you. You will
convince yourself of how stupid you are even without the reinforcement that
comes from the warped people surrounding you.
And as the process goes on, you would learn to ignore the blind negative
accusations that other people throw at you. And to add up more miseries on
your already-piled up problems, you would learn to accept that there is
nothing more to life but defeats and failures.
Your faith in yourself by now is much too weakened. Therefore, you would
not try to resolve your conflict on sense of self and would not dare plan how
to get around this self-tormenting course of life. Solutions and helpful people
would come to you though. However, your reactions would either be to push
them away or totally disregard them.
Continue at this phase and you would soon discover that salvation from low
self-confidence is presenting itself to you but you are all too muddled in your
own world that it would be way to impossible to cure the problem. Unless, a
life changing miracle would cross your way.
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Chapter 5: Thoughts on Improving Self
Confidence
Don't be fooled. Even the most confident people have their
insecurities and the most competent are flawed.
Though we may have dreamt of being the perfect persons we see in other
people, we have to understand that nothing can be perfect. The things we
would want to happen in our lives don't necessarily happen the way we want
them to be however tactful our plans were. The very things we want to
attain will not pass by us so long as we won't work towards achieving them.
It takes effort to make things happen though.
And the self-confident people have acquired their attributes not out of luck.
An author once said that the most beautiful people do not just happen. They
must know hardship, they must know suffering, they must know defeat,
struggle and loss before they truly understand the depth of their worth.
Everyone is built for recognition, for achievement, for fame. The capacity to
be confident of oneself was not given by random, it lies in all of us. Like with
all other things we are in equal standing with that of the fellow sitting next
to us. The difference though lies in our personal treatments of the
capabilities that we were endowed with.
Initial development of self-confidence roots from our childhood, the fashion
by which we were reared, the opportunities that honed us to be the persons
that we are and our reactions to the challenges that were given to us.
At a very young age, we already know how it feels to be humiliated or
encouraged. At a very young age, we are already capable of giving
interpretations with the way things happen to us. If at childhood we failed to
react positively due to reasons like lack of or improper guidance, poor
models and insufficient knowledge, it is likely that the succeeding phases of
our lives will become dependent with how the things went during these ages.
But with age comes maturity. And maturity arises from the experiences we
are encountering. Experiences, as we know them, are among the great
teachers we have. Failure to take advantage of the experiences we
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encounter will only send us back to the same circumstances until we are
able to spot where we have gone wrong. Therefore, we have no excuse that
we were not given the chance to improve with each experience.
You see, improving self-confidence is just a matter of becoming mature. If
you will become complacent with the idea of setting back to lack of
achievement and recognition then you will fail to comprehend that life is
more than mediocre living.
Everyone can improve self-confidence regardless of how we were in the
past. What only matters are now- the present. If you would take stock of
yourself and believe that you have the capacity to be anything and
everything you want to be, you are sure to be a step higher towards
achieving self-confidence.
There are lots of ways that you may take to help you improve your self-
confidence. The keys are to have the positive attitude that anybody can do
anything and adaptation of the belief that you can be anybody and you can
be anything you set your mind to be.
If all else fails, remember the moments when you felt good because you
were able to achieve something by feeling good about yourself. That way,
you will be encouraged to become a better person you always wanted to be.
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Chapter 6: What To Do When You Need
to Boost Your Self Confidence
Small differences make great changes. It all boils down in a single
idea that would recreate your self-image.
Remember when you were so confident of having done something then
someone commented on how bad things went? Remember when you were
struggling to finish your work satisfactorily when someone said you would
never make it to promotion?
Remember when you set out to run a mile and people scrutinized you for
having such goal? Remember all those times. They all rooted from
pessimistic commentaries that were of no use but to destroy the positive
spirit in you that says " you can".
Self-confidence lies near to positive thinking. If you think positively of
yourself and take stock of all positive attributes you have while considering
the worth of those you lack then you can at least make yourself believe that
you can actually do and can make things happen.
Positive thinking is not being overly hopeful of something that is
unachievable. Central to boosting self-confidence and positive thinking is the
setting of realistic goals that you can reach for while not delimiting your
capacities.
Normally when we set out to do something we tend to over calculate things
and plan to achieve things beyond our present reach. This, we say, would
encourage us to work double time. But the point we are missing is that once
we fail our expectations and the expectations of the crowd that is watching
us, we will be discouraged to try things again.
You see, on our initial tries it is not bad if we would set achievable goals
rather than confidence boosting-unrealistic goals that would leave us
dismayed.
When you really need to feel good about yourself, remember that self-
confidence is largely controlled by the hormonal balance in our body. Thus,
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you can alter your mood by stimulating yourself to do so. Say, if you have
this vivid memory of having been able to achieve something or you once had
"cheerleaders" who pushed you to achieving greater things, you can surely
use them to manipulate your emotions. If not, then remember the moments
when you really felt happy about yourself. Controlling the reins of your
moods and emotions can contribute to your overall confidence.
At one point of our lives, we all have been our own critics. Undue criticisms
don't only make us vulnerable to negative thoughts, they also affect us
overall personal perspectives.
Have you noticed how we criticize ourselves without even realizing that we
can’t utter those very things to other people? We are harsher to ourselves
than we can imagine. Thus, with every negative input we receive from this
critic, we are left upset and unconfident. It is like tearing the walls that we
have built for long in exchange for a few unjust remarks that we rarely need.
Avoid using sweeping statements about yourself because these are the very
things that would eventually strip you off your good self-image. Recreating
the comments, you give to yourself will have a huge impact on your self-
confidence.
In the end, destruction comes from within us. Other people may argue that
we are affected by external pessimism. True, yet this would only affect us
once we allow entry towards ourselves. Thus, you only have to create
barriers from negative inputs while strengthening your underlying
foundations.
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Chapter 7: Advises to Help You in
Increasing Self Confidence
Confidence is the stuff of life that we are all made from. The
difference just comes with our understanding and acceptance of
things.
Some people are just keener at recognizing themselves and their capacities
than others.
It all lies on our perception of ourselves, our understanding of possibilities
and our capability to put our understanding and perception to good use.
Like being rich, we think that self-confidence is something that all others
have except us. You see, life was created equal and it is meant to be equal.
Inequality just comes with our notions of what we already have yet fail to
recognize and what others have that we crave for.
Don't be harsh with yourself. Don't deprive yourself from the enjoyment of
life. Take stock of yourself and refrain from making excuses such as looking
at your neighbor's fences while blinding your eyes from the gold mine that is
present in your own grounds.
All has a beauty that no one can take away save ourselves. We were all
gifted with talents and skills and beauty and wonder along with the gift to
use or disregard them. But once we recognize our potentials, we will find
that life has more to offer than mediocrity.
We have to understand though that there are a couple things that we are
limited from. But these are compensated by the fact that we carry the
potential of excelling on other things. Only we have to find our veins and
fortes.
Our understanding might be limited with our past experiences. Yet this does
not negate the fact that we can widen our perception towards ourselves if
we just push one step higher towards creating positive images of who we
truly are. Remember that our improvement and our downfall our dependent
on how we choose to carry things. It doesn't mean that when your fellow
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achieves far better thing, he takes these achievements from your own vaults
of potentials. It just means that he was able to recognize his capabilities and
put this discovery on his own advantage.
Generally, self-confidence and the manner by which we increase them are
achieved only when we dare to do things that we first thought are way out
of our own capacities. We sometimes fail to recognize that simple things can
help in delivering to us the glories of confidence.
We can achieve the development of our confidence is a multitude of ways.
Activities like developing your verbal skills through writing and public
relations will help largely in increasing your sense of self. Most of us have
the fear of facing the public. Yet once we get over this fear, we are likely to
discover more of our capabilities later own. You may also find reinforcement
of self-confidence from cultivating your innate talents.
Say you are fond of combining notes and poetry, or you have the natural
tendency to get involved with music, you can help save yourself from low
confidence by redirecting this interest to more useful activities. You can
perhaps write music and allow others to appreciate your compositions or get
involved with poetry and develop the genius in you.
There are endless possibilities, you just have to be open to them. Remember
that the only being that would stop you from developing is yourself and the
only being that would spar you towards your own happiness is also yourself.
Decide- will you be your greatest enemy or your greatest help?
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Chapter 8: Get Self Confidence From
Within
How to get self-confidence is the central issue when tackling about
the development of self confidence in an individual who, for long,
have believed that his self-worth is deficient.
It goes without saying that those confident individuals can bear themselves
better than those who have lower sense of the "self". They are the
achievers, the people of the limelight, the center of the society. They walk
straight, speak their meanings very well and influence people, both subtly
and obviously. In short, they are those who care recognizable even from
afar.
Sometimes, self-confident people are very much loved by the society. It is
maybe due to their charisma or they are, by nature very amiable. However,
there are those self-confident individuals who, just by leaving makes the
room lighter.
These are two very dissimilar display of self-confidence. One, destroys a
person's credibility and the other intensifies his personality. And obviously,
you would not want the consequences of being too confident of yourself that
the people no longer view you as effective, instead they see you as
annoyance to their daily affairs.
Self-confidence comes from within. Outside stimulation may help but it
would all still boil down to knowing yourself and using that knowledge to
gain confidence.
To get self-confidence, you must realize that your limitations must not limit
you and your attributes must not destroy you. Instead, use all these factors
to develop a personality that would be productive for you and all those that
surround you.
"Know thyself!", says the Oracle at Delphi. Though this might have been said
thousands of years ago, it is undeniably true that we still can use the
wisdom it says.
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Know yourself and get confidence. Recognize though that knowledge comes
nowhere but inside you. Thus, you have to accept the reality that unless you
embrace you flaws and perfection, the demons of low self-confidence would
stay forever lingering in your being.
There is a great risk in knowing too much of yourself though if your
foundations of self-control is not much too developed. You would be exposed
to your imperfections and since control is not yet yours, it is possible that
you will be eaten by your own flows. This condition is closely intertwined
with thought rumination wherein you seem to go around in your circle of
thoughts about your losses and failures regardless of your achievements.
Another danger of having no control of yourself while trying to get self-
confidence is that you might get too confident that you would forget the real
value of having the sense of self. As we have mentioned earlier, over
confidence is just as dangerous as having no confidence at all. This would
send you back to failures or worse to eventual downfall.
Knowing yourself is one factor that may either be dangerous or productive.
Self-awareness often times help people realize how wonderful their creation
was. They learn to give worth to their capacities and attributes that are
obviously as special as those that may be found with other people. We are
all unique and that is a fact.
Our marks of unique can be seen through closely looking at our capabilities
and our incapacities. Our uniqueness is manifested on the natural gifts that
add to our greater self-value. Our uniqueness can be seen though our
potentials that we may either ignore or maximize at will.
All these are truths that would stay hidden to you unless you have learned to
contemplate on your being and be aware of who you truly are.