How to Overcome a onfidence Crisis

Written by Caterina Rando


As a business success coach I have worked with many people who consider themselves successful and who are considered successful by their peers. No matter how much you earn, how fast you find yourself onrepparttar right track, or how often people compliment and congratulate you and your work, you can have a confidence crisis. Even people with high self-esteem and self-confidence can suffer from a confidence crash. Sometimes, things happen that knockrepparttar 130906 confidence right out of us.

A confidence crisis can be caused by normal life transition such as getting a new job, moving to a new city, starting a new business, or starting a new relationship. Life's losses can also cause confidence to sink -repparttar 130907 loss of a relationship,repparttar 130908 loss of a job,repparttar 130909 loss of a big client,repparttar 130910 loss of a dream we come to realize will never happen.

At times, our confidence is already shaky as a result of a transition or loss and a single incident like missing a deadline, getting a bad haircut, or spilling coffee on a document can send us storming out ofrepparttar 130911 confidence cafe.

When you crash, it is usually because your daily diet of life has not included enough confidence causing foods. Confidence is like Vitamin C. You need it in your diet. Your body can only store it for a short time before it needs some more. You have to take responsibility for planning your confidence meals and making sure you have large enough portions.

When you have a confidence crisis, don't despair, don't reach forrepparttar 130912 bottle of bourbon orrepparttar 130913 bon bons. Instead, start to use some of these confidence-boosting techniques. Begin with at least two, then add a third and a fourth. You will gain a lot more than confidence - you will learn to love, honor and appreciate yourself more and more.

Keep a Journal Keeping a journal is a great way to process, and clarify your feelings. Forcing yourself to write everyday also forces you to take time for daily reflection. Daily reflection can help you solidify what you know, what you have learned, and what you still need to pay attention to.

Show Gratitude Practice gratitude - be thankful for what you already have and put your attention on allrepparttar 130914 blessings you already possess. Keep a gratitude section in your journal. Everyday write down five things you are thankful for. This will help you feel richer and stronger in character and that translates into confidence.

Use Affirmations Affirmations work. Write a list of statements that say what you want and how you want to be in life such as, "I get more confident everyday" "new clients come to me easily", "I am an expert at what I do". State all affirmations inrepparttar 130915 present. Some people stand in front of a mirror and say them. I also encourage you to record them and playrepparttar 130916 tape over and over. Read your affirmations at least once a day.

How to Find Sustain and Share Happiness

Written by Caterina Rando


Happiness- you can’t beg for it or buy it or even barter for it. You can however create it and better yet sustain it. If you want to be happier long-term make creating and sustaining happiness a priority and applyrepparttar following happiness sustaining principals.

Choose it The old adage, "people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be" is true. Choose to live a life of happiness. When you are not ask yourself why and begin to irradiate your happiness block.

Be present now At any moment all we have is that moment. Putting our attention onrepparttar 130904 past andrepparttar 130905 future makes it impossible for us to fully experience this moment right now. One way to remind yourself to be present is to take a deep breath any time you notice you are worrying aboutrepparttar 130906 future or experiencing regret aboutrepparttar 130907 past. Yesterday is your history,repparttar 130908 future is a mystery. This moment is life’s true present to you.

Make your relationships matter Your deepest, richest, most profound happiness in life will come from Your relationships:repparttar 130909 people you love,repparttar 130910 people your meet who touch you andrepparttar 130911 people who’s lives you reach out to touch. The place where we often make mistakes is we focus onrepparttar 130912 results we want rather thanrepparttar 130913 relationships that enrich our life. Put your relationships first andrepparttar 130914 results you are pursuing second and happiness will rarely elude you.

Acknowledge others often Adding acknowledgement to a relationship recipe always makes it better. When we express our appreciation to others we are telling them that they matter to us and we are grateful for their contribution to our lives. Every one can take in much more acknowledgement than they are receiving now. Acknowledge someone you love for sharing their feelings with you, tell your long time friends how much they mean to you and acknowledge your partner for allrepparttar 130915 little things. When you acknowledge others you are also acknowledging to yourself how good your life is, that sustains your happiness.

Practice approval Part of what makes us unhappy is we do things we do not want to be doing. Going to a baby shower for someone your barely know, driving two hours to get there andrepparttar 130916 whole time wishing you were somewhere else. If you are doing things because of a sense of obligation or societal, family, or community pressure you will be unhappy.

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