I talk a lot about confidence, but what is it, really? Defining confidence may sound like a pointless, beard-stroking exercise, but I think that by clarifying it, confidence can be much easier to achieve. You could define your confidence as: I used to think that ‘I trust myself’ was a good definition, but now it feels […]
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Everyone’s the hero in their own story, and you’re just a bit-part. This is a good thing.
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I’m a ‘Support Class’ character. “What on Earth does that mean, Jon?” I hear you bleat. Well, your Myers-Briggs type may be helping you, but I floundered trying to choose mine because I felt I sat in multiple roles. Instead, I find it far easier to describe my training role as a Support Class, a
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Stressed? I find that – in a lot of situations – it can be very helpful to remember that ‘nobody cares’. However, this use of ‘nobody cares’ is positive. Instead of ‘you’re on your own, deal with it’, this use means (the far more helpful) ‘there’s no pressure.’ Examples: 1. You’re stressed about the presentation
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