How to Keep Your Strengths from Becoming a Weakness
At some point you have probably had some type of personality assessment. There are about 100 different flavors out there. My favorite so far is the Strengths Finder. I took this test, and it illuminated my top 5 strengths: Learner Strategic Achiever Intellection...
Slight Change in the Schedule
I finished another class yesterday. I never like going into the last week of class with a large portion of my grade still undecided, but that is what I faced here. I should get my grades here in the next few days, so keep your fingers crossed. My academic advisor...
How to Keep Comparisons from Killing Your Confidence
Comparisons are great when you are shopping, but comparing yourself against others is a no-win situation. In this article I'll tell how comparisons used to wipe out my confidence. Plus I'll show you what you can do to break the cycle. I remember my first year as a...
Stick to Your Story
I was reminded here recently about the importance of sticking to one's story. Due to some scarcity thinking on my part I allowed myself to get taken off-center in my confidence. Stake your claim. Stick to your story. You'll be glad you did.
Confidence Blog – A Short History
I first had the idea for a confidence blog about four months ago. I was quite happy to find a good domain name in short order, so I took this as a sign from the heavens and decided to buy it. One of my primary intentions with the site is to use it as a means of...
How to Defeat a Shrinking Circle of Confidence
Build Confidence Through Layers
Insulate yourself against a large client leaving. Many of you have heard of the concept of a sales funnel before. This one is similar, but has a twist. Bare Bones Basics: If you are not keeping a list of your prospective clients, you are already losing money. I...
My Doctoral Pursuit
I started my doctoral journey in the fall of 2009. I can't believe I have finished 2 years already. I finished my 3rd year residency in October. It was 8 days of comprehensives. I am glad that it is over, and I would not want to repeat it. I still have a long way to...
I Probably Shouldn’t Be Telling You This…
I had this idea that I should start this blog on confidence with some sort of bold proclamation about what the blog stands for and what you'll get out of it. In a few words or so I'm supposed to introduce you to my method and convince you that I'm going to help...
Second Post – Draft
I have found that the thing that has helped me most has been time. I try to change my behavior over the course of reading one book. There are plenty of the How To genre of self-helf books that have really good content, and I have devoured a number of them. I love...