Anyone who’s read Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” may be surprised to learn that the book was written almost a century ago. It was first published in 1936 and has since sold over 15 million copies. Not many (if any) books that are 100 years old resonate today with the same fresh …
We all, naturally, want to see our endeavors pay off. No one likes to work for the sake of working—it’s always to achieve something greater, to create, to leave a legacy behind. And while things as luck, talent, abilities, even our backgrounds matter to a point, certain personality traits, which we can largely nurture, and the decisions that we make, have the greatest say in our outcomes.
We rarely directly link confidence and happiness. However, a vast amount of research tells is that a rather deep friendship exists between the two. Namely, higher confidence leads to greater happiness.
For the next five days, I will be sharing my top tips on how to make 2018 your most confident year yet. Here’s my third confidence hack..
Lack of self-esteem often comes from poor body image. Poor body image comes from slaving to stereotypes. Believing in stereotypes means that we disregard our uniqueness. Think about it: would you rather be stereotypical or different than the crowd?
For the next five days, I will be sharing my top tips on how to make 2018 your most confident year yet. Here’s my first confidence hack…
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 …
Loving yourself means taking care of yourself. We often get tangled in the daily motions and forget to pay attention to the most important person–ourselves. So set some time aside to do one thing that makes you happy each day. One thing that’s only yours and yours alone. Try it- it’s a great feel-good enhancer …
Have you ever been criticized for being “too emotional”? And told that this may be hindering your chances of enhancing your career, or advised that “great leaders know how to keep their emotions at bay”? I have. And for a while there, it made me think that, to succeed, I need to strip myself of …
Our self-esteem determines how much self-respect we can ask of the world. It’s a silent but highly influential negotiator- one that we must learn to use to our advantage. It’s very simple really: The more we value ourselves, The more the world will reciprocate these feelings. So, Love Yourself. Accept Yourself. Don’t let anyone or …