Tackle Your Fears
Far is instinctive – but confidence can be programmed.
Confidence. The magical holy grail that will enable you to achieve all the important things in your life: that great* job, that wonderful** partner, that incredible leap of faith. * actually rather pleasant** actually rather pleasant Here’s what I believe: 1.) You’re not alone. Everyone – and that includes me – struggles with confidence, particularly
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Confidence is like a group of muscles, which you need to develop and strengthen. Let’s continue this excellent* analogy, for speaking confidence in particular: 1.) Conversations. A bit like running, in that they maintain overall speaking fitness and stamina. You may find that you’ve had fewer of these during the lockdown. 2.) Talking in meetings.
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In many video games and role-playing board games, you can choose what type of character to play as. For example, in a military or fantasy game, you will probably see these roles: Heavy/Warrior (AKA ‘Tank’): big, slow and powerful, you can deal out lots of damage, take lots of damage, but not a lot else. I see this
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It’s Showtime! The opening night of a show in London’s West End is scary for everyone involved; the most recent dress rehearsals may have gone OK, but now there are hundreds of actual paying customers (and some ruthless reviewers). Success tonight is vital if the show is to continue, and if so, it may run for many years