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Thursday, September 07, 2006

SELF CONFIDENCE III

SELF CONFIDENCE SERIES III

With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp.
Jim Loehr

You have gone through the above topic in this blog site.
Have you started practising the techniques given there ? Some of you might have started. Some are yet to start.

Now read out the following sentences:
I like myself.
I am eager to learn new things.
I take pride in doing a good job and being a nice person.
I can handle criticism without being too emotional.
I know what things I am good at, and those that I’m not.
It is okay if I win or if I lose.
Before I do something, I usually think “I can do it.”
I like to try to do things without help but, I don’t mind asking for help if I really need it.
Feeling good to read the above, then you can be sure that you are developing self confidence.

Reframe !

Thomas Edison spent a long time trying to create an incandescent light bulb – to create light from electricity. He is attributed with saying, “I have not failed, I have discovered twelve hundred materials that don’t work.” 1,200! Perhaps you feel you can reframe your failures as learning experiences – as a chance to find out what doesn’t work. But would you be able to do so 1,200 times? Know that failures will occur - and your confidence won’t be as shaken when they come. Use the failures as an opportunity to learn. Realise that every failure puts you that much closer to success. When we reframe our failure as a learning experience we reduce our fear and increase our confidence. Henceforth, there is no failures, only feedbacks.

Watch and model the successful people !

Next time, when you come across highly successful people, just watch them. What do you find ? How they walk ? How they speak ? What is their body language ?
Try to imitate for some days, till you get practice. See the difference in your actions.

Smile !

Smile a lot more. That doesn't mean putting a silly grin on your face! But smile when you walk down the street, when you meet people and generally be happier even if you're not feeling that way

Expose !
Know what you are good at and expose yourself to these opportunities at every opportunity - because you're good at it, you'll enjoy it and have more confidence.

Commit !

Whatever you do, do it with full commitment keeping in mind, you are in charge for that.
See the results.

Use Power Words !

Watch the other people’s conversation. Find out the power words, which gives you power. Start using them in your regular conversation. See that you are empowering somebody, at the same time, you are getting powerful.

Improve !

Improve your body language. Walk little faster. Confident people never walk slowly.

Speak little louder !

Self confident people while talking, they pronounce very clearly and louder enough so that the other person is able to hear fully. (Imagine how you are telling the telephone number to other person, check up whether the other person is asking second time ? ).

Be a front seater !

Wherever meetings or gathering are there, go and take the front seat. Low confident people avoid front rows.

Write down !
Just watch your words. Find out which words let you down. Analyse further, which negative thoughts make you upset and unhappy. Avoid such words and thoughts.

Use !
Write down ten different good phrases. Try to use it daily in your life.

Improve !
Improve your skills. When you improve your skills, you will get self confidence automatically.

Change !
There are two ways of facing difficulties. You either change or alter the difficulty or you can alter yourself to be able to deal with it.

Learn ! Next time, when some setbacks happen, don’t lose heart. Find out what you can learn from this.

- A.Shanmugasundaram
Trainer
VALUE PLUS (Soft Skill Trainers)
Chennai 92
98404 85595

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