You’ve taken the plunge into the practice of positive affirmations but nothing seems to be changing for you. What’s up with that? Is it just a bunch of hocus-pocus, mumbo jumbo? Don’t abandon your mala beads just yet. Positive affirmations do work in a very profound way. So let’s take…

The Question crossed my path: “How Can I Be Better Than Everyone Else?” I spend an entire day on this — what I call the “Everybody Else Syndrome” — during my Clearly Confident Workshop. Here’s a SUPER abridged version of the concept. Reason #1 — The Short (but deeper) Answer Is: There’s more to why you feel this way. …

Your “About” page is the most visited page on your site. Your visitors, your audience, your prospects want to know everything about you — without having to hear everything about you. Visitors want to know: who it is sharing a story, advice, review, product or service (personality / voice /…

I consider myself pretty lucky — and there’s not an instance that I don’t “recognize” that luck! However, I don’t really think there’s such a thing as being born lucky. That would mean God chose some to be more blessed than others. And that would make no sense. God created…

Your response to arrogance is an indicator of YOUR confidence What’s the difference between arrogance and confidence? I’d offer that arrogance is an outward display of an inward need to be validated. Whereas confidence is an inward surety outwardly sharing respectfully. There’s an energy from arrogance that’s intense, pushy and…

Productive procrastination — the art of effectively putting off what should be done. Guilty. I was returning “Keep Going” by Austin Kleon to the library book drop. The title itself should have been a message. It was half read, which made me wrestle with wanting to keep it. It was…

Feeling good past the time it takes to mumble mantras in the mirror would be wonderful! Simple enough. Except not so much when it involves maintaining consistent confidence. We humans struggle with maintaining confidence because deep down we really don’t believe in ourselves. Sad, I know. Consistently practicing confidence-building actions develops consistent confidence. What a concept, huh! Try these:

Oh, there’s just nothing more euphoric than feeling confident!! Unfortunately, it’s not something you can pick up in the supplement aisle. For most, self-confidence seems a struggle to maintain. One moment “we’ve got it”, the next we’re questioning our sanity. Why is that? And more importantly, what can we do…

I’m sure THAT day in my toddler world wasn’t supposed to go the way it did. Or was it? If things went differently, would I have the confidence I have today . . . in God? In the flash of one badly planned moment, I learned the hard lesson that…