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8 Ways to Start Faking It

By David365 47 days ago from http://confident1.com

"Fake it till you make it" is an often used suggestion to build confidence. This post give an overview of eight ways to start faking it. It includes two rather embarrassing videos, to illustrate the point of practice and not worrying about what others think. But goes onto to say not to worry at all - worrying is like pouring

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How to Build Self Confidence Through Activity

By David365 59 days ago from http://confident1.com

This post looks at three articles that claim certain activities - karate, ballet and magic tricks - can help instill self confidence. Whilst the examples look at children, the issue is pertinent to all. Does engaging in activity help build self confidence, and how? Is it performing in front of others, or the self discipline ins

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Self esteem: Linked to depression?

By David365 67 days ago from http://confident1.com

Is there a link between self esteem and depression? The World Health Organization states that depression is the fourth most disabling condition in the world - due to be second by 2020. Depression isn't something you can "snap out of". Its a prolonged lowering of the mood. Self esteem is basically how we think about ourselves

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Tags: self esteem depression antidepressant mental health


Unhelpful Thinking - part 3

By David365 75 days ago from http://confident1.com

We are all guilty of thinking errors - unhelpful patterns of thinking that affect how we feel. These habits can badly undermine our self confidence and, in particular, our self esteem. Previous posts have looked at the first eight of these thinking errors. This post looks at how we "self blame" (always assume its your fault)

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How to Say No

By David365 82 days ago from http://confident1.com

You have the right to say no. If you lack self confidence or have low self esteem, saying no can be difficult. We want people to like us, and think agreeing to help will make someone like us. Unfortunately in reality it means we get used and abused, and subsequently lack the respect of others. This post gives examples of differ

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Can you take criticism?

By David365 88 days ago from http://confident1.com

Being criticized can be hard to take if you have low self esteem. This post looks at how to deal with criticism, how to respond depending on how true the criticism actually is. If true, it can be quite disarming to the critic if you smile, politely agree and then apologize. getting into a fight helps no one. Like assertiveness

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How to Deliver a Criticism Sandwich

By David365 96 days ago from http://confident1.com

If you have low self esteem, giving criticism is worse than receiving it. We hate upsetting or offending others. This post gives seven simple steps to delivering criticism. It revolves around using a "criticism sandwich" - or hamburger technique - to deliver. Basically you sandwich your criticism between layers of praise, but

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Lessons from the Olympics

By David365 102 days ago from http://confident1.com

Did you enjoy watching the Olympics? Did your countries athletes do as expected - were the billions well spent. This post looks at some of the highs and lows, but focuses on the British Cycling Team - who won seven of the ten track gold medals, plus one road race gold. The Team, particularly psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters worked

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Randy Pausch - Stories on How to Live

By David365 109 days ago from http://confident1.com

Professor Randy Pausch died last month. His last lecture, "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", recorded last year, now over 6 million views on YouTube - despite being 75 minutes long. This post reviews the lecture and highlights the "life lessons" that Professor Pausch flags during his lecture. As my blog is about self estee

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Gaining self confidence

By David365 117 days ago from http://confident1.com

Following on from last weeks post on risk, this post looks at having a graduated approach to taking on a risky activity. It also looks at pushing our comfort zone. This doesn't necessarily mean taking risks, but doing things that are more effort and go beyond what we would normally do. I also put out a call for questions on se

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Does taking risk build confidence?

By David365 124 days ago from http://confident1.com

Much has been said and written about how todays children are over protected. We don't let them out of our sight, we drive them to school. Councils cut branches off trees to prevent them being climbed and schools ban risky games. But do we need to take risks to gain confidence and build "character"? The post looks at experien

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10 Top Tips for Relaxation

By David365 127 days ago from http://confident1.com

Stress is all around us. Finding time and ways to relax is an important part of staying healthy and maintaining optimum performance. These ten tips are both simple and apply-able - its up to you to decide which ones to try. For example, practice mindfulness (being fully aware of the present moment) - or change your focus (look

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Self Confidence on Google News

By David365 145 days ago from http://confident1.com

Do you use Google/ig for your browser? Whether you use Firefox or Internet Explorer you can have Google/ig with its various plugins, news feeds or RSS feeds. One such is Google News, where you can keep up to date with top stories around the world - and use keywords to get stories in your field of interest. I have health, self c

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Achieve Goals

By David365 152 days ago from http://confident1.com

Do you use goal setting to achieve, to accomplish? Or do you find goal setting too rigid and prefer the Goal-Free living of Stephen Shapiro? This post reviews some of my past discussions on the topic, then goes onto look at the "compass approach". The analogy of a compass, as opposed to a map, may well suit many people. It g

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Tags: goals goal setting objectives goal-free self esteem self confidence


Changing habits

By David365 159 days ago from http://confident1.com

Do you ever consider how much of our everyday routine is managed by habits. We don't consciously think and give our body directions as we tie our shoe laces, drive our car - or even walk. Habits and routines help us perform better and save us from mental exhaustion.
But habits and routines can also make us rigid and can prev

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