Chapter 13
Cultivating Confidence: Strengthening Your Self-belief with Creative Visualization
In This Chapter
Recognising your value as a person
Practising good eye contact and body language
Speaking in public with conviction
Handling past mistakes and moving on
One single issue seems to underlie all the problems that many people experience on the path of personal improvement: lack of self-confidence. This affliction so often holds people back from behaving in ways that can enrich their lives.
Usually you develop confidence in response to the skills you acquire. For example, when you first learn to drive with an instructor or parent, you drive slowly and hesitantly because you don’t yet have a feeling for the dimensions of the vehicle, and therefore you don’t know what you can and can’t do with it. But after a few lessons you almost feel that the car’s exterior is an extension of yourself, and you become more confident with your speed and steering.
The same system of confidence coming from practice applies to all new skills you acquire: your initial lack of confidence is a natural ...
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