You may have seen business opportunities like this online… “Let me teach you how to make $90,000 in three months” and “How I turned $100 into $100,000 in only one week!” These stories may be true, but the implied message is that the person responding to the offer is guaranteed to have the same success as the person making the offer. The reality is that this may not be the… Continue reading
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
How To Increase Your Self-Confidence
Often, we are taught that self-confidence can be built by focusing on how we walk, talk, shake hands, and make eye contact. But these are only outward signs of confidence, and they can be faked. The answer to obtaining real self-confidence is to practice self-efficacy. Note that I said you will need to PRACTICE self-efficacy. Self-confidence is a state of BEING. Self-efficacy is a state of DOING. The only way… Continue reading
Doing Your Best Vs. Winning
My son had a flag football scrimmage game today and, quite frankly, his team got squashed. Their defense was horrible, and their offense could barely move the ball. If they did move it, it was usually backwards!
Afterward, my son and I were talking about the game and he said, “But Dad, I played my best!” He said it in a tone that suggested there was nothing else to… Continue reading
