Happiness & Health, the Ultimate Guide

I’m quite sceptical of anything suggesting a route to happiness. I have often suggested techniques that might help, such as expressing gratitude on what is good in your life. “Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.” J.S.Mill And last week I discussed in Lets Celebrate that happiness can be a […]

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Looking for Happiness – Time to Celebrate?

We manage to fill our calenders with numerous opportunities to celebrate. Sometimes to mark personal achievement, milestones such as birthdays, or national festivals. But does celebrating make us happier? Last month following an unexpected and dramatic win over Scotland, the Welsh rugby team celebrated their victory at their team hotel. Unfortunately for one player, Andy […]

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Do clothes make a person?

Can you feel good, feel self confident, even if your clothes are rather shabby?  There is the argument that you should be proud of yourself no matter what you are wearing. Clothes should be a nice "finishing touch", but ultimately its the person underneath that either shines with confidence, or shirks in the shadows. To […]

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Can Gratitude Make a Difference?

The best time to appreciate something is when you suddenly lose it. Having been ill the past week with a flu type virus I’m suddenly aware how much I’ve taken my health for granted. Suddenly being incapacitated and in pain, lacking motivation to do anything much except feel sorry for myself, it hasn’t been a […]

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How to Find Fulfilment

One of my favourite posts is  How to Develop Will Power. As I say within it, will power is a somewhat overlooked characteristic within personal development writing. Its something we generally perceive as “difficult” or something we don’t possess. We can all conjure up times we’ve  given into temptation (and had that cake) or apathy […]

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Start Losing Control

Control is an interesting concept that affects our self confidence. If we don’t feel in control of a situation, for whatever reason, it is likely that our anxiety levels will increase. The lack of control doesn’t have to be real. We can conjure up in our imagination all sorts of scenarios where a future situation […]

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Is Optimism the Foundation of Self Confidence?

Are you an optimist? Do you naturally look on the bright side of any situation? Do you expect the best outcome – or the worst? The reason I ask is I have just read that "Optimism is the foundation on which all self confidence is built". Whilst I'm more of an optimist that pessimist, I […]

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Build Self Confidence Fast

This is a great video on building self confidence, albeit rather slick. Its worth spending the three and a half minutes to watch it. Sharon Melnick illustrates how people try to build self confidence by using indirect methods, rather than going direct. She focusses on work situations, but the ideas are applicable anywhere. Indirect methods […]

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