Dr. P-Evil
11th October 2010, 07:18 PM
I had an itch to write, so here it is.
Confidence is so fragile, not because of it's make up, but in who's hands we put it in. An egg in my hand is much safer than an egg in the hand of a 3 year old.
this post goes out to anyone who wishes they had more confidence, but gets stuck.
1. you have an ability to forgive and understand others, why not yourself? you like flawed people, you need to like yourself and give yourself the same fair treatment.
2. go after what you want in life. talk yourself into why you should be doing something rather than talking yourself out. why? see #3
3. if you can't predict the incredibly bad things in life, you can't predict the incredibly good things either. just live and see what happens.
4. bottom line, you define your worth. rejection is a part of life, not all 6 billion people on this planet can dig you. once you take the power of success and failure to define your identity, then you are free. if you let other people hold your confidence, of course it's gonna break.
5. i have always struggled with the idea that confidence leads to cockiness and that leads to being a douche bag and somehow 'keeping it real' is some sort of virtue. that's like clipping an eagle's wings because you don't want it to burn up in the sun if it flys too high. that's laziness in responding to feedback from failure and not learning from it. if you get lazy, then yes you will be a douche bag. however, even if you are a douche, then see #1 - douche bags are forgiven all the time.
6. hakuna matata- what's in the past is in the past, so don't worry about it. look for ways to learn from your past rather than carrying it on your back.
starting a new job where i will be doing some major cold calling in the beginning, so i write myself a note that pyschs me up before calls and gets me to a higher energy level of ' fuck it, let's see what happens!'. so that is the genesis of this post.
Confidence is so fragile, not because of it's make up, but in who's hands we put it in. An egg in my hand is much safer than an egg in the hand of a 3 year old.
this post goes out to anyone who wishes they had more confidence, but gets stuck.
1. you have an ability to forgive and understand others, why not yourself? you like flawed people, you need to like yourself and give yourself the same fair treatment.
2. go after what you want in life. talk yourself into why you should be doing something rather than talking yourself out. why? see #3
3. if you can't predict the incredibly bad things in life, you can't predict the incredibly good things either. just live and see what happens.
4. bottom line, you define your worth. rejection is a part of life, not all 6 billion people on this planet can dig you. once you take the power of success and failure to define your identity, then you are free. if you let other people hold your confidence, of course it's gonna break.
5. i have always struggled with the idea that confidence leads to cockiness and that leads to being a douche bag and somehow 'keeping it real' is some sort of virtue. that's like clipping an eagle's wings because you don't want it to burn up in the sun if it flys too high. that's laziness in responding to feedback from failure and not learning from it. if you get lazy, then yes you will be a douche bag. however, even if you are a douche, then see #1 - douche bags are forgiven all the time.
6. hakuna matata- what's in the past is in the past, so don't worry about it. look for ways to learn from your past rather than carrying it on your back.
starting a new job where i will be doing some major cold calling in the beginning, so i write myself a note that pyschs me up before calls and gets me to a higher energy level of ' fuck it, let's see what happens!'. so that is the genesis of this post.