Posts Tagged ‘confidence’

Getting to Good Enough

Do you strive for perfection? Do you spend hours obsessing over the tiniest details of your life until they’re exactly right? Do you feel uncomfortable when everything in your life isn’t “just so”? Are you prepared for every eventuality, even the most unlikely?

In short, are you a perfectionist?

There are times when perfection is called for, of course, but allow me to suggest to you that most

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March 21 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: confidence, getting_things_done, perfectionism, procrastination | 38 comments»

What’s Stopping You from Getting Started (and What to Do About It)

If you’re like most people, you have a lot of projects on your back burner that you hope to get to someday but aren’t quite ready for. Writers call this a “one-day novel” — as in “one day I’m going to write that novel.” Of course, that one magical day never comes.

Perhaps too there are a few things on your list that have been sitting there… » Continue

January 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: confidence, focus, project, starting, time | 21 comments»

Build Your Platform: How to Show You’re the Right Person for Any Job

We all deal with the problem of needing to build support for our ideas. Maybe you’re trying to sell your boss on a new program, maybe you’re trying to get a loan or grant to start a small business or to undertake a research project, or maybe you’re just trying to get a job. What do you have to do to convince your audience, whoever they are, that… » Continue

January 9 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: competence, confidence, credibility, leadership, platform | 7 comments»

10 Quick Tips To Boost Self-Esteem

Lyndon Antcliff cuts to the chase with these quick tips to improve your self-esteem.

It’s a personal commitment to change the way you see yourself. Lyndon goes in the right direction because it’s simple. There aren’t any big secrets out there about self-esteem and self-confidence, you just have to realize what you’re really worth - and that’s a lot.

2. Help others out.
Nothing makes you feel a warm glow than when… » Continue

July 11 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: confidence, self-improvement | 9 comments»

Lead, Follow, and Get Out of the Way

Leadership seems to be on everyone’s minds one these days. Educators talk about “teaching leadership”, religious and charitable organizations host “leadership development” programs , businesses invest heavily in “leadership training”. But what is leadership, exactly? And how do we practice it?

Leadership is about bringing out and mobilizing the best in the people around you. It’s about helping a group of people work
together towards a shared goal or set… » Continue

July 10 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, confidence, decision, leadership, project | 20 comments»

Why You Need To Be A Toastmaster

I came home for Christmas break last year and the first word’s out of my parents mouth’s were “You look taller, have you grown?”

Only six months had passed since I last saw them, and I hadn’t grown one inch. I was sure of it.

I thought nothing of it until a few days later when I realized what had happened, I’d become a more confident person.

Confidence can do… » Continue

July 3 2007 | By Brian | Tagged: Communication, confidence, toastmasters | 11 comments»

The Art of Humble Confidence

To be confident or not to be confident, that is the question. I’m not sure about you, but I’ve been a bit confused about all this discussion about the subject of confidence. Do you really need to be more confident or should you try to be more humble? I think the answer is both – you just have to know where to use it.

East VS West… » Continue

May 15 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: Communication, confidence, conversation, humble | 3 comments»

The Five C’s of Champions

Taking inspiration from great sporting clubs, Ian McKenzie walks through 5 ways to develop what he calls ‘the heart of a champion’.

They’re simple, but not necessarily easy to develop properly. You probably show these traits to some extent, but the key is really working at them; the 5 C’s:

Character
Conviction
Control
Composure
Consistency

Five Keys to Developing the Heart of a Champion - [Ian'sMessyDesk]… » Continue

May 9 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: characteristic, confidence, control | 6 comments»

The importance of enthusiasm

Mark McGuinness, a business coach at Wishful Thinking, sheds some light on the importance of enthusiasm in the workplace. Many supervisors (and workplaces) stress the importance of “confidence.” Mark is convinced that “enthusiasm” is far better to promote than confidence, “I think the word ‘confidence’ creates more problems than it solves. I usually advise clients to change the word to ‘enthusiasm’.”

1. Confidence is about you -… » Continue

February 12 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Communication, confidence, enthusiasm, workplace | 2 comments»