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Doing What You Know Best

Doing What You Know Best

Find something you are good at doing, and do it. Finding a hobby in which you excel will help you because it relieves stress and builds confidence. You will then have an escape on those bad days when it feels like nothing is going your way.

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Take Baby Steps To Grow

Try to gradually overcome your tendency to feel insecure by introducing yourself to those situations slowly - as a sort of desensitization process.

If you have trouble in social environments, for example, ask trusted friends or family members to go with you and act as a buffe...

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Changing Your Perspective

Try to think of yourself in another light. Maybe you have trouble handling stress in the workplace, but are you a good mother, wife, or friend? 

Visualize the things that you like or admire and stop looking at yourself so critically. You are likely to be the...

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Living Without Your Safety Blanket

Make yourself step outside of your comfort zone by removing your usual precautions. 

If you typically interact through e-mail or shop online, try picking up the phone instead. Once you are comfortable doing this, take care of business in person. 

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Reward Yourself For A Job Well Done

For every goal you reach, have a planned reward. Focusing on the anticipated award helps to take the focus off of the problem ahead.

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Understanding What You Feel

Understanding What You Feel

Ask yourself why you have feelings of insecurity in the first place. Determining where those feelings originate helps you discover two vital things: 
  1. That your insecurities have a valid foundation and that you are not silly for feeling insecure; 

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Keep A Progress Journal

Buy a high-quality journal and write a list of the goals you want to accomplish in it. Include a list of the things that you find positive about yourself. Write down any compliments you receive and all professional or personal successes.
Every few weeks, g...

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Find Something You Enjoy

Find Something You Enjoy

If you dislike running or find weight lifting boring, then don't do it. Doing something you don't find personally enjoyable won't help you get back into anything.

Find something you like and start there. It will also help build your confidence and this goes hand in hand with motivation.

Build on what you know

When you have to learn something new, try to associate it with something you are already familiar with. Then you only have to learn where it differs. You'll also be able to apply greater context, which will help with memory storage and retrieval.

Hobby to business: questions to ask

Hobby to business: questions to ask

  • Will I enjoy doing my hobby on a deadline?
  • Will I enjoy doing this with constant financial pressure to perform?
  • Is this hobby my outlet for relaxation? Because, if it is, you're going to have to find something else to do to unwind.
  • Am I up for ...

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