Can you improve self confidence with a smile?

Everytime I see this photograph it makes me smile, which is why I’ve included it today. Reading my free book “How to improve self confidence“, one quote I liked was Have you ever tried to smile and think of a negative thought? Usually the result is that one of the feelings will win out. Try […]

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Free self improvement products

“How to access 77+ high quality self-improvement products for free” update – this site has now gone…. Well I was skeptical myself when I came across this site. But it was a link from an ezine that I trust, so I registered, and (having waded through a few sales pages!) found the free products. These […]

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Using positive feedback (praise)

Many years ago, when I first worked in a mental health team, the manager had a simple method of quality control. Whenever we discharged someone the team assistant would send out a letter asking for feedback and comments on how they had found the experience and whether the intervention helped. I’m sure this is common […]

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Manipulative behavior – indirect aggression

I hope you like the new theme – I’ve spent most of the weekend “tweaking” rather than getting down to 1001 other things I had planned! Indirect aggression – I find this the most interesting of behavior types as I know its a style I have been guilty of drifting into from time to time. […]

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Are you a bully?

Aggressive people can be surprised if anyone suggests that they should learn to be more assertive. Because, unlike passive people, they may actually be getting what they want. Getting what you want by being a bully may work in the short term, but longer term it leads to anger, fear and resentment in others. We […]

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The Big Swim

Back from a lovely vacation, back to work, and today – the Big Swim. I had mentioned in a couple of previous posts that I had set myself a challenge of competing the 1.4 mile swim between two piers in Bournemouth, on the South Coast of England. Linked to that was raising £150 ($300) in […]

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Great self confidence – by stripping?

Well, I’ve heard it all now. The other day I read an article in “The Times” called Ooh, naught but nice which was basically about being taught how to do a striptease! The writer explains one of the reasons for having the lesson is “to boost my body confidence.” As for her teacher, a professional […]

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Passive behavior

Following on from my series on saying no, I last gave a definition of assertiveness, and mentioned the three other behavioral types – passive, aggressive and manipulative. When we think of unassertive behavior, we tend to focus on passive. Passive behavior is acting in a way that does not meet our needs – saying “yes” […]

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