Did you know that if you drop a frog into boiling water it will jump out? If we touch something that is very hot or very cold our natural reaction is to pull away. Just like the frog we are averse to pain. However if you put a frog in a pan of cold water [...]
Confidence is possibly viewed as the most sought after personal skill that people can have. You look at other people in all sorts of situations and you think – I would love to be like them. They are so confident. They handle things so well. While I was on holiday I met a young woman [...]
How confident are you? Have you noticed that when you feel confident about a situation you deal with it better? Even in the trickiest situations if you feel confident you seem to be able to find the right words and ways of handling yourself. You are much more resourceful. A client once told me something [...]
What is reality? This question is puzzling me – it has been ever since I was told by my husband to “get real”! My husband is a man who calls a “spade a spade” whereas in his view I tend to call it a manual earth moving appliance. The “get real” comment arose after our [...]
Even the most self confident person is not confident in every situation. It is totally natural to be apprehensive in a new situation. Sometimes a confident person may feel real fear. However there do seem to be some common traits that the confident possess. One very common feature of a self confident person is that [...]