Confidence Skills

So What's the Big Deal with Confidence?

So What’s the Big Deal with Confidence?

Everybody seems to agree that believing in yourself and having self-confidence is key to success. Yet people have a very hard time explaining what confidence is. They will tell you "I feel confident" or "I don't feel confident" but ask them what confidence is and they will be hardpressed for an

02.25.2011 | Confidence Skills, Happy Life

The Change You Can Control

The Change You Can Control

Last Sunday I was visiting the Natural History Museum in London when I saw the phrase "The only thing that is constant is change" written on a plague. First coined by the Greek Philosopher Heraclitus, the phrase alludes to the unavoidable change the earth and its inhabitants are constantly experienc

02.24.2011 | Confidence Skills, Happy Life

Quick Tip: How to Hang On When Things Don't Go as Planned

Quick Tip: How to Hang On When Things Don’t Go as Planned

It's easy to be confident when things are going well. But what happens when even after your best intentions things don't turn out the way you expected? The answer lies in the way you choose to interpret the not so good stuff. Yes I say choose, because you do have a choice. Because, when somethin

12.13.2010 | Confidence Skills, Happy Life

Simple Way to Confidence: Escape the Vicious Cycle

Simple Way to Confidence: Escape the Vicious Cycle

Most of the times we say “I don’t feel confident” but do you know you can actually think and act yourself confident? Yes that’s right. You don’t have to wait until you feel confident to do something you want to do. In fact, psychology for a quite a while now has established that what

12.8.2010 | Confidence Skills, Happy Life