Comments on: 7 Vital Building Blocks of Confidence http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/ Strategies for Positive Change Tue, 22 May 2012 22:25:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Empower Yourself with Positive Self-Talk http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-26505 Empower Yourself with Positive Self-Talk Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:37:52 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-26505 [...] Next, find some way to reward yourself so that your expressions of approval are linked to tangible benefits. This will do wonders to build your sense of self confidence. [...] [...] Next, find some way to reward yourself so that your expressions of approval are linked to tangible benefits. This will do wonders to build your sense of self confidence. [...]

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-15702 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:48:26 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-15702 What an excellent comment and attitude Bryan. I have an enormous amount of respect for physical therapists. It is a healing art that involves a lot of areas beyond the physical. Thanks so much for sharing in the conversation. What an excellent comment and attitude Bryan. I have an enormous amount of respect for physical therapists. It is a healing art that involves a lot of areas beyond the physical. Thanks so much for sharing in the conversation.

]]> By: Building Exceptional Self Confidence In the Face of Challenges http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-13725 Building Exceptional Self Confidence In the Face of Challenges Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:23:17 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-13725 [...] self-confidence is an inner feeling of certainty about what we have to offer, and what we are capable of [...] [...] self-confidence is an inner feeling of certainty about what we have to offer, and what we are capable of [...]

]]> By: Does Failure Really Exist? http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-13707 Does Failure Really Exist? Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:01:31 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-13707 [...] you ever held back on doing something because you were afraid of failure?  Most people have!  Let’s face it; no one likes to fail.  None of us likes to feel like [...] [...] you ever held back on doing something because you were afraid of failure?  Most people have!  Let’s face it; no one likes to fail.  None of us likes to feel like [...]

]]> By: Bryan - Workouts Without Weights http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-9541 Bryan - Workouts Without Weights Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:01:06 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-9541 I am a physical therapist and frequently work with patients that are truly unaware of their immediate abilities and also their future potential. I have apparently been using several of your principles intuitively to assist my patients in realizing their desire for less pain, more movement, or just plain empowered mobility. What I have found in the physically injured is that, as humans, we rarely work on what's immediate and right in front of us. We measure our future by our past. This discourages us because hind sight is always 20-20 and we focus on the negative. While at the same time, we look into the future and imagine the ideal. Looking at those negatives will never get us to the ideal because each is fairly subjective. I use step 2 a lot. Focus on the here and now starting with something that you do have control over. Namely, for me as a physical therapist, the muscles of your body. My patients learn to control movements so that pain is minimized and that motion is maximized. The same can be done in all aspects of life. I am a physical therapist and frequently work with patients that are truly unaware of their immediate abilities and also their future potential.
I have apparently been using several of your principles intuitively to assist my patients in realizing their desire for less pain, more movement, or just plain empowered mobility.
What I have found in the physically injured is that, as humans, we rarely work on what’s immediate and right in front of us. We measure our future by our past. This discourages us because hind sight is always 20-20 and we focus on the negative. While at the same time, we look into the future and imagine the ideal.
Looking at those negatives will never get us to the ideal because each is fairly subjective.
I use step 2 a lot. Focus on the here and now starting with something that you do have control over. Namely, for me as a physical therapist, the muscles of your body. My patients learn to control movements so that pain is minimized and that motion is maximized.
The same can be done in all aspects of life.
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]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-9289 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:59:41 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-9289 Hey Rob, I also appreciate how good the mind responds when we give it some direction. Feed it a positive assumption and it will go to work finding evidence that that assumption is true. Not that many people understand this beautiful and powerful aspect of our mind. It loves to validate! You are one smart guy Rob. No wonder you are part of the team of highly qualified authors writing the Sharing Life Skills Newsletter! How's that for a plug? Hey Rob, I also appreciate how good the mind responds when we give it some direction. Feed it a positive assumption and it will go to work finding evidence that that assumption is true. Not that many people understand this beautiful and powerful aspect of our mind. It loves to validate!

You are one smart guy Rob. No wonder you are part of the team of highly qualified authors writing the Sharing Life Skills Newsletter! How’s that for a plug?

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-9288 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:51:04 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-9288 Hi Sibyl, confidence is one of those things that is cumulative. If we want to build or rebuild our confidence, jumping headlong into a sink or swim situation can easily backfire and leave us less confident than ever. Momentum is a powerful tool for personal change and step by step is really the name of the game. Hi Sibyl, confidence is one of those things that is cumulative. If we want to build or rebuild our confidence, jumping headlong into a sink or swim situation can easily backfire and leave us less confident than ever. Momentum is a powerful tool for personal change and step by step is really the name of the game.

]]> By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/7-vital-building-blocks-confidence/#comment-9287 Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:45:41 +0000 http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/?p=3599#comment-9287 Hi Simon, thank you for making those insightful distinctions. You are absolutely right and I especially like the thought that: "Sometimes it’s important to say and do less, and that takes self confidence." Also the one about a show of confidence or power is not the same as actually being confident or powerful. Excellent. Hi Simon, thank you for making those insightful distinctions. You are absolutely right and I especially like the thought that: “Sometimes it’s important to say and do less, and that takes self confidence.” Also the one about a show of confidence or power is not the same as actually being confident or powerful. Excellent.

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