Embrace new things - learn a language
Does being able to speak a foreign language improve your confidence? Of course, it does! Even native English speakers are constantly battling with irregular verbs in order to speak English with confidence :-). The long list of ‘exceptions to rules’ doesn’t help either. This post is not just for my foreign readers – many of whom come from Japan, India, Indonesia and other places. I think there’s a lot here for my anglophone friends as well – even though this is a slight diversion from what we normally write about here.
After teaching English and Literature at leaving-exams level in secondary (high) school, I trained as a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) teacher and have since taught English to students from all the main world-wide languages. However, even I sometimes have to double check my writing and speech for grammar mistakes.
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How many times have you heard the term, work with what you have? Has it become a cliche, or do you apply it to your life on a regular basis? Intellectually, I know I should work with what I have, but I have to confess that sometimes I let pride get in the way and lose precious energy and time worrying about what I don’t have. The same works for self-confidence. Do you worry about your inability to speak in public or do you work to enhance the inherent talent you have of consoling your friends on a one-to-one basis?
I didn’t plant sunflowers last year. We’d moved house recently so I was busy trying to get the house in order and missed my chance the get the seeds sown in time. However, yesterday I went to a field to play cricket with my family and noticed a tiny yellow weed growing out of the dry, patchy grass.
I took a close-up picture of it on my mobile phone – no fancy cameras, no trick photography – just a phone photo. I noticed that this little weed looked as grand and as beautiful as my previous years’ sunflowers.
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Have you worked so hard at achieving something only to end up with nothing show for it in the end? Have you considered there are more ways than one to achieve your goal? Confidence is a shy companion. No matter how much confidence you build up he can seep gradually into the background if you keep getting knock-backs in your life. A person bubbling over with confidence can be a dribbling wreck – a shell of a person if everything they tried their hands on in one year has gone to mush. Like we said, confidence is a shy creature.
even in a maze, there are more ways than one to get to the goal
I live on a busy street in a small village. About 5 minutes away from us, there’s a huge housing estate and everyone who lives there has to travel on my road to get to the city centre for work during the morning rush hour. In addition, I live a stone’s throw away from a large secondary school. Each morning the traffic outside our house is manic as parents try to drop off their kids to school, driving slowly so as not to hit any of the hundreds of kids who amble on the pavement (side walk) on their way to school. The only thing that makes the morning rush bearable is the beautiful line of large trees which stand on the side of the road opposite our house.
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I’m confident the following quotes will bring insight to you. They are some things I’ve learnt over the years. I have to keep them in the forefront of my mind, or life gets stressful and full of anxiety and un-fulfilment. I wanted to share them with you to help you on your journey to self-discovery and self-confidence. These quotes will definitely be a big plus to your happiness levels!
happiness and confidence does not come from existing only for (or by) yourself
Be content to say, ‘I don’t know’ from time to time. The day you know all the answers is the day your life becomes a mere existence.
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Where are you leading your life today and what steps are you taking to get to where you want to be (now you know where you want to go)?
Are those steps leading you away from your goals? Decide on the first step – the very first one – you need to begin your journey and take it today!
See other confidence quotes on this site.
Confidence quote by ~ A.M.G
The presence of hundreds of methods for building self-confidence and the information overload we’re all experiencing in this era have left many people confused about the best ways to build self confidence.This article will explore 5 of the most effective methods there are, which can work for almost anyone.
A guest post by M.Farouk Radwan
One of the best ways to build self-confidence is to learn new skills. Anxiety attacks when you find yourself unsure of your ability to do a certain task. This usually happens when you lack certain important skills required to get the job done. Once you manage to learn that skill and master it your self-confidence will become higher.
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