In the last blog post we discussed how your comfort zones allow you to exist in a state of being that requires little effort and energy from you and cause you very little distress of any kinds. Unfortunately, living within the confines of you comfort zones also mean that you are not learning, growing or evolving as a person. People with confidence have a greater habit of stepping out of their…
Self-confidence is generated from knowing what you are capable of and one of the easiest ways to accomplish this is by telling yourself what you need to hear. If you are in the process of working on building your self-confidence than you definitely want to start applying the exercises in this blog post right away.
Too often in life we seek what we think we need in the form of reassurance,…
Have you been told that losing your job was a blessing in disguise? Did hearing that make you want to strangle to person who said it? Have you been in the dumps and depressed since losing your job? As losing your job and the ensuing process of finding a new job without success taken a toll on your self-esteem and self-confidence?
There are few things in life that are more difficult to overcom…
Do you have a friend or family member that lacks self-confidence? Are you wondering how you can help them? I know that when you love and care about someone it can be quite difficult and heart breaking to watch that person put themselves down and miss out on opportunities that come their way because of their lack of self-confidence. Hopefully you are able to get them to sign-up for one of The Loo…
I have a quick exercise for you.
Step 1. Grab a piece of paper and a pen.
Step 2. Make a list of what you are good at? You have 60 seconds.
Ready, Set, Go!
How many things did you come up with that you are good at, in 60 seconds? Ten, five, none?!?
Was this little exercise easy or hard for you?
Were you scared to admit you were good at certain things or were you proud to writ…
It seems in the past week that everyone I’ve encountered and been discussing confidence with have had one major issue in common; they are obsessed with what other people are thinking. Thinking and worrying about what other people are thinking about you is a sure sign you have low self-confidence. It’s also happens to be very futile and pointless.
What you clearly need to do in order to…
Self-awareness is a huge part to having true and impeccable self-confidence which is why we kick things off in week one of the Loop of Confidence Workshop with a discussion on “Know Thyself.” We really delve into what it means to “Know Thyself”, why it’s important, and how to learn to know yourself. At the conclusion of week one, participants have two exercises to complete: Exercis…
Here is the biggest irony to me about “the mighty fear of failure” that most people have – we all have failed at something at some point in our lives. Find me someone who has never failed and you’ll be looking at either the luckiest person alive or at someone who hasn’t been living. We are not strangers to failure so why be so afraid of it?
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.” T…
I received an email yesterday from someone who suffers from what I call “The Self-Doubt of Overachievers”. The beginning of the email reads:
Dear Ann,
Admittedly it’s little odd for me to find myself on your blog. Please don’t get me wrong, I’ve read the majority of your blog posts and I agree wholeheartedly with what you’ve written. I have, like you, failed, survived and…
The one little two letter word we all fear the most to hear is the word “No”. No is an English/Old English word indicating rejection, disagreement, refusal or making a negative response or exclamation. In most cases, it is the opposite of yes (Wikipedia).
No is one of the most negative word in the English Language. The word no is a major culprit in people never developing self-confidenc…
