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Personal development starts with building confidence levels so that you are confident and secure in your current environment. You're then much better prepared to start using your mind to control how you think, because thinking can be hard work, which is why so many people avoid it. If you really want to learn about building confidence, and empowering yourself to lead a better and more fulfilled life, you will need to spend some to change your habits and how you react to the situations that are disempowering you. Making Change Easy The good news is that these changes you need to make to your habits can be very easy. I'm going to explain how you can identify what needs to change to help you overcome your limiting emotions, and exactly how to change them using some very simple mind control techniques. We use our senses to collect information, and our habits then tell us what to do with that data. What we need to learn about here is how we can make use of it, and what we did last time we experienced the same input. The first thing we do when new data is processed through our senses is to check if we have experienced it before, and if so, how did we react to it. If we have experienced it before, chances are we will repeat the exact same reaction and create the same feelings and emotions. It's our pre-programmed habitual way of reacting to that situation or environment. Our automatic habits like this can have a positive or negative impact on us, depending on the type of stored emotions we associate with them. The positive impact, like driving a car, allow us to perform certain actions without too much conscious effort. Have you ever driven somewhere then wondered how you actually got there when you arrived? That's an automatic habit. The negative impact is when we continue to experience debilitating and disempowering emotions over certain behaviours. One example being if you have a habit of feeling overly nervous and anxious when you meet someone new for the first time. Or if you habitually suffer stress and anxiety when trying to approach a potential date. These habits are making you weak and are unfulfilling. These automatic habits are controlling your life without you even realising it. You habitually react to certain situations in the same way every time without considering why you're reacting in that way. It's not your fault - It's just the way we operate as human beings. The good news is that with a little effort, we can change the way we react and form new habits that serve and empower us better. To get started on your path to controlling your habits reactions, you simply need to become aware of how you are reacting to these events and situations. Once you start to become aware of your reactions, start to ask yourself some questions like "how would I prefer to feel when confronted with this situation?" and maybe "why am I reacting to this situation in this way?". When you know how you want to react or respond, you can start to visualise the desired result. Visualise yourself responding in a positive way and feeling confident and in control. Once you know the end result you want, you might want to ask "what's the best way for me to start to feel that way, or behave that way, or react that way?" It may sound strange but this all hangs on you asking yourself some simple questions, and supplying some answers. To take control of your thinking process, you simply need to ask questions. To get better answers, ask better questions. When you react in a negative way, ask yourself why you are feeling that way, and how you would prefer to feel. Your feelings have a very strong bearing on what you will eventually do to overcome those inhibitions. Decide to feel good about something, look for how you can start to feel good about it, and remind yourself to feel good each time you start to feel bad in that situation. These simple techniques are very effective at building confidence levels and helping you take control of your life. Very soon you will form a new and empowering habits which eliminates the old one completely.
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Loren Luck is a personal development coach who loves teaching people how to build confidence. Here she talks about some simple techniques for building self esteem. She offers a free program teaching how to build confidence at magic-hats.com
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