38 JUST DO IT: CONFIDENCE BUILDING ACTIVITIES
It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.
Sir Edmund Hillary
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Join a speakers’ club or enrol on a public speaking course. Speaking to
an audience is many people’s number one fear, but even if you never
intend giving a speech, attending speaking classes will do wonders for
your confidence.
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Take singing lessons. Join a choir or small singing group and sing in
public. Better still, do it solo. Alternatively, join a drama group.
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Take dancing lessons – disco, rock ‘n’ roll, ballroom, it doesn’t matter.
Use your body. Become more physically expressive. Bear in mind you’re
not doing it to impress, but to feel more at ease with the way you move.
Playing charades with family and friends, or better still, strangers, can
bring the same rewards.
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Take a self-defence course. You get a wonderful feeling of confidence
from knowing that you could deal with a physical attack if necessary.
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If you’re shy join a club or society that brings you into contact with
others. Choose one that enables you to pursue your favourite hobby or
something at which you excel. We all need contact with other people
and, no matter how shy you are, you won’t cure it by hiding away.
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