365 STEPS TO SELF-CONFIDENCE
Look out for self-help groups, talks and courses on confidence in your
area (eg adult education courses, university extra-mural departments,
assertiveness training etc). Enrol for one of these at the next available
opportunity.
If there’s nothing suitable locally, write to me for details of the
audiotape based home study course, the DLP Audio Programme.187How are you getting on with the tools and techniques you have
learned?■ How much time do you allocate to building your confidence each
day. How can you increase it? The more time and effort you invest,
the more rapid your progress.
■ How are you getting on with the I-T-I-A Formula©and the Four
Step Method? What benefits have you gained so far?
■ What improvements have you made using affirmations?
■ What affirmations are you currently using?
■ How do you feel now about the incidents you reframed?
■ How quickly and deeply do you relax when you use the Five Deep
Breaths or Differential Relaxation techniques? Keep practising.
■ How quickly can you calm yourself when you need to? Keep practising.
■ How well do the triggers, ‘One. Two.Three. Relax. Relax.’ and ‘Cool,
calm and confident.’ work for you?
■ How effective is the clenched fist energiser ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’?
■ What other anchors have you installed for yourself?
■ What more do you need to do?188