365 Steps to Self-confidence: A Complete Programme for Personal Transformation - in Just a Few Minutes a Day
365 STEPS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE Initiate a conversation with at least one new person every day. If you’re nervous practise deep bre ...
Keep your options open! There was a buzz in the hall as the new graduates and their parents consulted the seating plan and made ...
The art of good communication can be summarised in four points: ■ Be a good listenerso you truly understand what others say to y ...
43 BE A GOOD LISTENER The Chinese verb to listen is composed of five characters meaning ear, you, eyes, individual attention, he ...
365 STEPS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE Don’t give the impression that you’re just waiting for a pause so that you can jump in. A conversat ...
‘So glad I’d listened’ A client told me this story. ‘I was travelling home on a bus when an elderly man, stinking of alcohol, sa ...
Standing up for yourself – assertiveness –means expressing yourself clearly, staying true to your needs and values, while at the ...
44 STAND UP FOR YOURSELF Too often our behaviour is dictated by obligation to others; in the process, we forget the primary obli ...
365 STEPS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE When you’re unhappy about something, how do you normally express it? Let people know in a roundabo ...
A few words of advice We get used to knowing a person in a certain way. As you become more confident there will be those who don ...
Even if you’ve never considered yourself to be assertive, mastering a few basic techniques soon starts to reap untold rewards. A ...
45 HOW TO BE ASSERTIVE This above all: to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then ...
365 STEPS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE If someone upsets or angers you, comment on the offending behaviour. Attacking a person’s character ...
Choose ‘kind’ Truly assertive people use their skills responsibly. They know when to ‘chill out’ and when to ‘come on strong’. A ...
Assertive people find it easy to say no when they mean no. They don’t worry about being seen in a bad light. They know that just ...
46 SAY NO WHEN YOU MEAN NO If we want to feet truly confident, we must break the habit of trying to please all people, all of th ...
365 STEPS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE Choose a scenario such as being invited to a party to which you don’t want to go, and mentally rehe ...
People lacking in confidence are often tempted to duck and weave when others try to talk them round to their point of view. ■Pau ...
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to go through life without ever being criticised? Perhaps, but this is not possible. Employers, spouses ...
47 COMPLIMENTS AND CRITICISMS What you think of me is none of my business. Terry Cole-Whittaker “ ” Ask yourself, how do you res ...
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