My twin daughters are both learning to drive at present. I’ve only just recovered from helping my elder daughter learn, two years ago! If you drive, can you remember how strange it felt at first, how much concentration it demanded. Synchronizing gear and clutch, regulating your speed and direction, being aware of […]
Entries Tagged as 'self-confidence'
Changing habits
June 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Tags: self esteem · self-confidence · thinking
Procrastination at 50
June 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
My past weekend was quite chaotic, which partially explains the delay in this post. I hit the grand old age of 50, which is somewhat weird - mainly because everyone expects you to feel different. Age is just a number, and I’m sure all of us can find examples of people who act and look […]
Tags: self esteem · self-confidence
Motivational pictures and Chinese bottles
June 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments
Does your house or office have any of those commercial motivational/inspirational posters on the walls? Slick, vivid color “perfect” images with a nice quote or bland saying to match. For example a photo of “businessman’s hands” with the following:-
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is […]
Tags: confidence exercises · self esteem · self-confidence
Cyclone Nargis - what can be done to help?
May 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Unite for Human Rights
“Blogs get people excited. Or else they disturb and worry them. Some people distrust them. Others see them as the vanguard of a new information revolution. Because they allow and encourage ordinary people to speak up, they’re tremendous tools of freedom of expression.
Bloggers are often the only real journalists in countries where […]
Tags: self-confidence
Authority Blogging
March 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Sometimes my posts have veered off topic or had only a tenuous link to self confidence or self esteem. This post is more of a reflection on why I blog and how I would like to improve things over the next year. I started blogging at the end of March 2007. So as this […]
Tags: self-confidence
How to Look Confident
March 15th, 2008 · 12 Comments
Do you look confident? If I spotted you are a social gathering, what would your body language say - “Go away, I don’t want to be here” or “Come and meet me”? I’ve read different statistics, but its fair to say over 70% of our communication is transmitted by our body language.
So how do you […]
Tags: appearance · confidence exercises · self esteem · self-confidence



