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Be true to yourself. Live your own life - not the life others have decided is best for you. You'll never gain your own respect and feel good about yourself if you aren't leading the life you want to lead. If you're making decisions based on getting approval from friends and relatives, you aren't ... Views: 860
Self-esteem is a value that you unconsciously place upon yourself. It is based upon choices that you make throughout your life and you will find that it fluctuates. The main reason why psychology experts have failed to increase self-esteem through many different approaches is because self-esteem ... Views: 860
Most Christians go to bed every night with I John 1:9 on their minds: "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (KJV).
It's a beautiful passage except for this: it makes SIN-focused. As I say in another of these in ... Views: 859
What is your personal currency? What do you feel you have to offer to the world at large, and is that offering given the value, validity and respect it deserves? Are you happy to be a girl? When you judge yourself as we all do, how do you measure up? Are you an equally treasured part of society? ... Views: 859
Wherever you are in life, no matter how much money or how big a house you have, chances are you feel that there is some circumstance or another that is holding you back from where you want to be. If you feel this way, you are not alone. In fact, it is far rarer to not feel this way than to feel ... Views: 858
How do you express your self-worth? Are you going after your passions? Are you achieving your goals? How would you make your life better? These are some of the questions I have been pondering during the past couple of years as I wrote my latest book. I gathered insightful comments from women ... Views: 858
Many people do; some of them are introverts, the others are extroverts.
The basic definition of an introvert is of someone who is very sensitive to external stimulation and needs to withdraw periodically because our energy is depleted by too much stimulation, whereas an extrovert is someone ... Views: 857
Can you relate to setting goals and not achieving them? Have you ever been frustrated by trying to set goals when you know in your heart that you will never reach them? You even say to yourself, “Who am I kidding? I will never accomplish this goal.” That’s why I’m here to tell you that goals are ... Views: 857
When you want to grow as a person in any aspect of your life, you need to first focus on boosting your self-confidence. Without a high self-worth, you won’t be able to motivate yourself properly or even feel as if you are capable of achieving any goal that you may set.
And garnering a greater ... Views: 856
Do you spend your days feeling like you aren’t really living up to your potential? Are you frustrated by the feeling that the way you are today isn’t who you really are? Many people don’t realise it, but your Authentic Self can, and probably has, become buried over the years under old emotional ... Views: 856
Why is overcoming low self esteem important? Well, we all suffer from low self esteem at one time or another, in one area of our life or another. The problem is that some people suffer from low self esteem all the time, and to the point where it begins to affect everything they do, robbing them ... Views: 856
It seems that the UK is fast becoming a nation of sole traders.
At a time of cut backs, redundancies and limited options, more and more people are deciding to use their skills to go it alone.
Being self employed can be very liberating, but at the same time the associated ‘Jack of all ... Views: 856
During my eventful tenure with one of the largest Indian corporate "Bajaj Auto Ltd", i learned the most rewarding lesson of my life."Utilization of Time ", and such a huge concept was explained in few minutes by the Boss of my immediate Boss ( Mr DVP).
It dates back to late late eighties , ISO ... Views: 856
A number of years ago I had the chance to meet a DJ and producer, and I ended up seeing them perform afterwards. This was an incredible night and a time in my life that I will never forget.
At the time it was surreal, I couldn’t quite get my head around how this was taking place; I didn’t ... Views: 856
Although there can be moments in just about everyone’s life when they act as though another person is an extension of themselves, there are some people that act in this way practically all of the time. This could be seen as the difference between not having a disorder and having one.
The ... Views: 855
The other night, whilst I was at a friend’s, I ended up watching a film called ‘Night School’. This is a film with Kevin Hart in and, like most, if not all, of his films, it is a comedy.
At the beginning I thought that the film was a bit stupid, but as time went by, I gradually got into ... Views: 855
I’d like to start by asking a real simple question. How many of you truly love what you do for a career? Does it excite you, does it motivate you, or does it inspire you to do the best you can? I wish all of you could respond with a ‘Yes’ but I know that isn’t the case. ... Views: 855
Recently, my friend Wendy Robbins asked me how I would advise someone who had just been faced with a difficult obstacle. For example, what if you've been laid off, or you've just had a parent die? Whatever the circumstance might be, how do you regain confidence so you can move forward ... Views: 855
- My close observations and beliefs. -
For at least a decade, about 90 percent of people have been coming through our doors to conquer not only a voice repair but, as experience shows, first and foremost, to acquire a new and improved lifestyle…
Our Toronto prominent newspaper, The Toronto ... Views: 855
A few days ago I came across a post that had been shared on a social media site that went into how ‘the world is increasingly designed to depress us’. This was something that had been written in a book and the page that this had been written on had been shared.
It went on to say that ... Views: 854
It’s that day when you have to give your dreaded presentation, the day you have been anxious about for weeks and now it has arrived and you are all of a sudden standing up in front of some sort of audience hoping that you will not fall apart. People are always looking for ways to either overcome ... Views: 853
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”- Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was right on when he said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” It is the beginning of the end.
A major source of ... Views: 853
My two year old daughter asks me for ice cream about one hundred times a day. You think I'm exaggerating for effect, but I am really not. She starts when she first gets up in the morning, requesting it as her breakfast. (I say no). She asks mid-morning, several times. She asks for it as an ... Views: 853
Kids are required to grow up in a positive manner to be a person with self-confidence and power. Bringing up kids in shy manner would surely make a character with introversion, unassertive in approach and verbal communication, and above all would not posses the grit to confront difficult ... Views: 853
Happiness and peace of mind seems to be on many people's minds. After all, happiness and peace of mind are two elements that make for a life well lived. The challenge though is being clear enough to stay focused on principles that allow us to avoid getting pulled into the trap of "common ... Views: 852
When it comes to improving oneself, there are a lot of different methods; and for an individual to develop certain aspects of his life, he needs meditation and self improvement. These aspects can be about his thinking, overall health, controlling vices, and other areas that need to be ... Views: 852
There are several ways on how to act confident.
Being confident about yourself does not only allow yourself to feel good, it also allows you to gain respect from others.
SOME TIPS ON HOW TO ACT CONFIDENT:
1. Ask questions. Asking questions will help you know more about things. It is ... Views: 852
Earlier on, whilst I was out shopping, I saw an image of a famous athlete with the words “stay humble” written on it. This is someone who is at the top of their game and is known all over the world.
It is clear that this person realises how important it is for them to keep their feet on the ... Views: 851
If you are looking to attract a healthy relationship with someone who is looking for what you are also wanting, but you find your current reality different to what you desire, then this article is for you
For most people the dating world seems confusing, frustrating and downright annoying! You ... Views: 851
What is self confidence?
Self confidence is to believe in what you can accomplish.
It is often interchanged with self esteem; however, they are very different from each other.
You lack self confidence if you often doubt your abilities.
An example: you are tasked to sing in front ... Views: 850
Job search is a tough competition our new generation is facing today. Everyone needs a job to survive and the way to be hired is to compete and standout. You have to exert an extreme effort to look for the right job in line with your chosen career. The number of job openings is less than the ... Views: 850
Actions, like those made by one with confident body language, speak louder than words. And when people say “action”, they mean more than just hand gestures or nodding of heads or showing a facial expression.
When people say “action speaks louder than words”, it often means communicating ... Views: 850
The world's best golfer, Tiger Woods uses his imagination to help him consistently produce the highest level of play ever achieved in his sport.
Before each tournament, Tiger uses his imagination to visualise playing perfect golf and winning the event. Each day before he sets foot on the ... Views: 849
You may be familiar with the movie based on the book Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde. The premise of the story is that people who are on the receiving end of a good deed, in turn, pay that forward by doing good deeds for three other people, thereby creating a chain of good deeds that ... Views: 849
Although most people think that behavior change usually is difficult and does not happen overnight, I disagree. About 24 years ago I developed the first in a series of interventions that literally do produce rapid and permanent change. The primary one, the Lefkoe Belief ProcessTM (LBP), ... Views: 848
Confidence is must to achieve success in your life. You need the courage to face your fears and to conquer them. Believe in yourself – faith in yourself means trust in yourself.
Self Confidence is closely related to self esteem. It is an external behavior that stems from a high self ... Views: 848
The Major problem that most people facing when comes to public speaking is the unnecessary stress created from their fears such as fear of loss, fear of the unknown, fear of embarrassment, fear of losing faces… these are the major causes of all the needless pressures that hinders their ... Views: 848
Do you find yourself dragging your heels some days feeling you’re not good enough? Do you ever tell yourself you can’t do something – maybe a speech, a project, studies, a 10km run? If this is happening to you then the answer may be low self-esteem. You are not alone - There are very few people ... Views: 848
Every person at one time or another has a drop in their confidence in themselves. We doubt decisions we’ve made or doubt our abilities to do something well. However, you should know there are some things you can do to help boost that confidence when it takes a dive.
Try to focus on what is ... Views: 848
Even though someone will be a human being, it doesn’t mean that they will be able to just be. As a result of this, they will be a human being in name only; they won’t actually be able to act like one.
Ergo, instead of being able to do nothing and to feel comfortable doing nothing, they will ... Views: 847
Just because a man’s early years are behind him, it doesn’t mean that what took place during this time in his life is no longer affecting him. This may have been a time when his father was physically there, but emotionally absent.
What this means is that even though his father was around at ... Views: 847
Where self-control is more of an abstract concept, a mental exercise, self-discipline is a physical, actionable concept. Self-discipline is the basis of self-control and therefore without discipline no measure of self-control alone will bring you the success you desire. Has there ever been ... Views: 847
You've picked out your favorite guitar from the shop. You've brought it home and given it a name. We all have names for our guitars, right? Now you want to learn how to keep your baby in good condition forever.
Think of your guitar like white wine, conditioned properly it'll taste better in ... Views: 846
A few weeks passed since I last saw Gideon. I as busy with writing, lecturing, laundry, cooking, cleaning and all the other things that seem to make up a part of my rather typical, single parent life. Today, I thought, I’d take a break from everything. No writing this weekend. No special ... Views: 846
Many people struggle with the idea of promoting themselves. I am no exception. The thought of boasting about my skills or accomplishments makes my stomach churn. But I can tell you that keeping a low profile and hoping your boss will approach you one day with a huge promotion and big, fat ... Views: 846
Which stories do you choose to feed?
You’ve heard that what you focus on expands. But do you realize that your brain loves to collect evidence to support that story you are focused on? Whatever story (and we all have stories) runs through your mind, your brain actually works to collect ... Views: 845
When I was walking past a few shops a number of weeks ago, I saw that there were plenty of people on their Smartphone’s. As it wasn’t busy, these people were busy using their Smartphone’s.
I ended up wondering how many books people like this could read if they didn’t use their phones as ... Views: 845
Think I'm talking about the Oprah factor? No, not this time. This particular O factor, which can be a challenge for practically every woman in business, is critically important to your success. What is it? It's Organization - with a capital O!
Now I know it stands to reason that organization ... Views: 845
Just because someone is a perfectly imperfect human being, it doesn’t mean that they won’t believe that they have to be more-than human. What this can result in is the need to be perfect and to never make a mistake.
Through being this way, one can experience an extreme amount of pressure ... Views: 844
In 2020 we are faced with very real threats to our health and financial security that many of us have never experienced and never thought we would. This has been a rapid unexpected and unwanted change that we must deal with. Fear prevents us from thinking clearly about what we can do to minimize ... Views: 844