Comments on: 5 Simple Ways to Build Self Confidence http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/ For People Pursuing Freedom Tue, 08 May 2012 11:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Fin http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9510 Fin Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:43:12 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9510 Matt, I agree with always having a smile. It's great how this can automatically rid ourselves of immediate doubt. Also, we should all be constantly doing things that make us truly happy, otherwise it's time you won't get back doing stuff you don't care about. Matt,

I agree with always having a smile. It’s great how this can automatically rid ourselves of immediate doubt. Also, we should all be constantly doing things that make us truly happy, otherwise it’s time you won’t get back doing stuff you don’t care about.

]]> By: Gail Kasper http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9441 Gail Kasper Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:31:10 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9441 Love the list, Matt! Thank you for sharing your tips! Through my journey of life, I discovered that one of the hardest steps to take in life involves personal evaluation and then making a decision that you need to change you, notably as you mention, building self confidence. I changed something big when I was at my lowest point by seeking therapy. What’s critical is that you take ANY step to do something different and explore new ground. Gail Kasper - Motivational Speaker and Author, www.gailkasper.com Another Day Without A Cage: My Breakthrough From Self Imprisonment To Total Empowerment Love the list, Matt! Thank you for sharing your tips! Through my journey of life, I discovered that one of the hardest steps to take in life involves personal evaluation and then making a decision that you need to change you, notably as you mention, building self confidence. I changed something big when I was at my lowest point by seeking therapy. What’s critical is that you take ANY step to do something different and explore new ground.

Gail Kasper – Motivational Speaker and Author, http://www.gailkasper.com
Another Day Without A Cage: My Breakthrough From Self Imprisonment To Total Empowerment

]]> By: jack foley http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9424 jack foley Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:38:35 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9424 Yea Excellent article.. it´s so true that action cures fear be a confronter in life.., this is the real way to wisdom - confront everything Yea Excellent article..

it´s so true that action cures fear

be a confronter in life.., this is the real way to wisdom – confront everything

]]> By: Peter Silverman http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9375 Peter Silverman Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:09:57 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9375 Great post. Thank you. Is it not all about belief? Someone said to me recently that if your dream does not make you feel good, then modify it until it does. The good feeling that accompanies the dream is your belief that that dream is attainable. Maybe you need to attend to the feeling that your intended dream will evoke in you. Maybe it is the feeling that you want and not the experience or thing of the dream. The dream of having money in the bank may really be evoking security. Security is what you really want to dream about. That will build your belief. Thank you. Great post. Thank you. Is it not all about belief? Someone said to me recently that if your dream does not make you feel good, then modify it until it does. The good feeling that accompanies the dream is your belief that that dream is attainable. Maybe you need to attend to the feeling that your intended dream will evoke in you. Maybe it is the feeling that you want and not the experience or thing of the dream. The dream of having money in the bank may really be evoking security. Security is what you really want to dream about. That will build your belief. Thank you.

]]> By: David Bueford http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9362 David Bueford Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:56:22 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9362 This subject always reminds of the 1939 film classic "The Wizard of Oz". The moral to the story was that each already possessed the attributes they were searching.. However because they lacked confidence additional affirmation was needed a medal of courage or a diploma for instance. Take the advice given in the blog and work on your confidence first. Without that you'll just be on a perpetual hamster wheel always moving but never forward. This subject always reminds of the 1939 film classic “The Wizard of Oz”. The moral to the story was that each already possessed the attributes they were searching.. However because they lacked confidence additional affirmation was needed a medal of courage or a diploma for instance.

Take the advice given in the blog and work on your confidence first. Without that you’ll just be on a perpetual hamster wheel always moving but never forward.

]]> By: jack foley http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9330 jack foley Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:42:40 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9330 Brllinat post.. yea life is all about confornting problems and not running away.. be a "confronter" and face everything, only way to live a fearless life.. Brllinat post..

yea life is all about confornting problems and not running away..

be a “confronter” and face everything, only way to live a fearless life..

]]> By: Amit http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9265 Amit Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:39:41 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9265 Thank you for this insightful article. If we take some time everyday to count our blessings, we will be much happier. Thank you for this insightful article. If we take some time everyday to count our blessings, we will be much happier.

]]> By: Dehlia http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9240 Dehlia Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:26:22 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9240 Writing stuff down always works for me, and then finding reasonable solutions to the problems. It brings those doubts into perspective, and then into do-able GOALS :) Writing stuff down always works for me, and then finding reasonable solutions to the problems. It brings those doubts into perspective, and then into do-able GOALS :)

]]> By: Jonas http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9238 Jonas Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:05:08 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9238 Hi Matt, I have an unusual one to add: Do loads of things that seem beyond your abilities or that seem daunting. We tend to exaggerate the negative effects of failure. Often failure can be fun, or we can get better and better from failure. We tend to assume that if something doesn't work out the world would end. But in fact, in general the world keeps on turning, life goes on, no matter what happened. As soon as you really internalized this, nothing can fluster you anymore ;) Jonas Hi Matt,

I have an unusual one to add:

Do loads of things that seem beyond your abilities or that seem daunting.
We tend to exaggerate the negative effects of failure. Often failure can be fun, or we can get better and better from failure.
We tend to assume that if something doesn’t work out the world would end. But in fact, in general the world keeps on turning, life goes on, no matter what happened. As soon as you really internalized this, nothing can fluster you anymore ;)

Jonas

]]> By: Personal Development http://steve-olson.com/5-simple-ways-to-build-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-9227 Personal Development Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:12:30 +0000 http://steve-olson.com/?p=545#comment-9227 Hi Matt, This is definitely a great list of things to do to build confidence. My favorite way of boosting confidence is visualization. I envision things as I would like them to be, play out conversations in my mind as I would like them to occur and I act, in imagination, as a successful and confident person. Because the mind can't really distinguish between visualization and "reality", those behaviors rub off on me and I feel more secure and confident each day. Thank you for an awesome post! Josip Barbaric Hi Matt,

This is definitely a great list of things to do to build confidence. My favorite way of boosting confidence is visualization. I envision things as I would like them to be, play out conversations in my mind as I would like them to occur and I act, in imagination, as a successful and confident person. Because the mind can’t really distinguish between visualization and “reality”, those behaviors rub off on me and I feel more secure and confident each day.

Thank you for an awesome post!

Josip Barbaric

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