The “You are good as you are” mantra may not be the best way to go about boosting your self-esteem. Here are some good options to try instead.
Use the Nudge Theory to reach your goals, become more confident, and get a better ending for everything you aspire to.
What’s the myth: Almost every article online proposing tips and tricks on boosting your confidence has a variation of this hack—”Fake confidence to become more confident.” It’s the magic elixir that can solve your self-esteem woes. Why it doesn’t work: In a previous post, I wrote about this flawed advice and why it doesn’t quite …
Have you ever been caught up in the self-loathing spinning wheel when you allowed everything unfavourable you believed about yourself to come up to the surface, to the point that you saw yourself as the most unworthy or flawed person on the planet? “You are so stupid,” “You are ugly,” “You are a failure,” “You …
Confidence is… Knowing that you control your self-esteem. Not other people. Not fate. Not the excuses you tell yourself. You. Self-esteem measures how much a person generally likes or dislikes themselves. So you are that person who decides whether you love or not the man in the mirror, whether you want to treat them with …
Remember, lifting your confidence is not a task reserved only for the therapists. You don’t need others to tell you how much you are worth. You have all the motivation, the desire and the tools you will ever need—within your mind— to initiate your own journey toward finding your voice in the crowd. And with …
To have confidence is to believe that we can influence our fate; that we have control over our outcomes; that we can make a difference in our lives… Because we do! 💚⠀
Why do we so often fail to build an impartial self-image, and end up, instead, with a biased one? The simple version of what’s a rather complex and perhaps a very lengthy answer is that: the swayers are just way too many.
Confidence is… knowing that we are work in progress. That our final drafts are yet to be written by us. That the path to our better selves can often be messy, hectic, painful and aberrant. And that’s ok – as long as we keep moving, inching forward, evolving and learning how to embrace ourselves in …
Words are a powerful weapon in your confidence battle. Speak to yourself gently, be forgiving and understanding of yourself. And remember–your mind and thinking should be your best allies and helpers, not your biggest bullies.