Confidence Boosters #2

May 22, 2009

1. Know that it is ok to fail. A key to maintaining high self worth is to acknowledge that failure is part of life. If you’re not failing, you’re not growing. Take risks and learn from them if you fail. Failure is only acknowledged when you have stopped trying.

2. Learn a new skill. You’ll increase what you know, what you can talk about, and you will become a more interesting person. It will allow you to better enjoy all life has to offer and in turn will make you view each day as something new and exciting. Take a yoga/martial arts/painting/cooking/language/computer/music class, etc.

3. Exercise every day. There are literally thousands of positive reasons to exercise. It will decrease your bad cholesterol, increase your good cholesterol, lower blood triglycerides, decrease blood pressure, decrease stress, helps you lose weight, gain muscle, increase your self image, increase your self confidence, fend off heart disease, and give you more energy throughout the day. This run on sentence just touches the surface of the benefits of living an active life style.

4. Eat a top notch diet. You will feel better about yourself and have the energy to remain positive through the day. Eat to live, don’t live to eat.

5. Care about your appearance. Walk tall, shoulders back, head up, eyes forward (NOT at the ground). Look people directly in the eyes when you speak with them. Do not fear eye contact. Don’t stare like a statue though; you don’t want to look creepy either. Look away once in a while. When you adopt confident body language you will become more confident. When you adopt submissive and defensive body language you will be feel less confident. Changing the state of your body will change the state of your mind.

-Gary

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