Dress With Confidence

If you’re going for a job interview, before you leave your house, make sure you are dressing for a successful outcome.

Making a good first impression is the key to the interviewer wanting to know more about you. If you dress with confidence your self esteem will soar before you get in the door! If you turn up in old ragged clothes or clothes which haven’t been ironed, then your chances of securing the job are just about nil.

I remember years ago when I worked in a reputable bookshop with a handful of staff, a girl came in looking for a job, and it wasn’t so much her appearance which turned me off, it was the fact that she was carrying a dog! Do you think she really wanted the job? I don’t think so.

Even if you don’t have money to spend on a new outfit, there’s no excuse for turning up and looking shabby. Remember to dress with confidence! Make sure your clothes are neatly ironed and presentable, your shoes are clean and your hair is tidy. You’ll have more chance of securing a job if you take the time and effort to dress properly and show that you are confident of securing the position offered.

So, the next time you’re trying to impress a potential boss, remember to dress with confidence. It’s your best chance of being chosen for the position.

Will The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Be Successful?

If you look at the faces of the competitors arriving in Beijing then it gives you confidence knowing that those young people will put their heart and soul into winning for their country.

All of these athletes have been training hard over the last 4 years so that they can attend what is to them, the greatest sporting event in the world. We can only hope that steroid abuse does not spoil the Beijing Olympics, as we have been made aware in the last few days that steroids are readily available over the counter in Beijing.

What a disappointment it must be to those athletes who decide to stay "clean", to be beaten by someone dosed up on steroids. It must shatter their self confidence in their abilities when they are beaten by someone who cheats.

We’ve been told that there are going to be thousands of drug tests taken, but they are not always accurate and the athletes have found ways of concealing their abuse, as was the case with US sprinter Marion Jones, who admitted to steroid abuse during the 2000 Olympic Games. If steroids can be bought over the counter as easily as a packet of Aspirin, then how can we possibly say that the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be drug free?

We can only hope for the sake of honest athletes, that the authorities are vigilant, so that our athletes can be confident knowing that they will win on their merits rather than being injected with performance enhancing drugs.

Let the 2008 Beijing Olympics begin!

Can You Really Expect An Abundance?

The answer is definitely "yes". Many people live their lives with that old adage, "I’ll believe it when I see it", firmly transfixed in their minds.

But the visionaries of yesteryear have always known that the overriding principle is, "I’ll see it when I believe it". What a difference it makes just by changing the wording. Everything we see in our physical world today, has been built largely by image-makers. Men and women who had self confidence and knew what they could do, and EXPECTED everything else to fall into place, regardless of what the critics had to say.

Think about the Wright Brothers. If they hadn’t had an image of an airplane in flight, and EXPECTED it to succeed, then we wouldn’t be flying all over the world today.

Thomas Edison invented the first light globe so that today we don’t have to spend our time feeling our way in the dark. He had an image in his mind, and even though he had many failures, he was persistent because he EXPECTED it to work.

There are three steps you can take to expect an abundance into your life.
1. Build the image in your mind
2. Turn it over to spirit, universe etc. Whatever you wish to call it.
3. Expect to receive it with all your heart and soul and that you will be rewarded for your faith

To expect an abundance, you have to get emotionally involved and that means taking the three steps above to achieve it.

Take 10 Steps To Improve Your Self Esteem

Self-esteem comes from our beliefs about ourselves, many of which are formed in childhood. If we are brought up to believe we are loved unconditionally we are more likely to have high self-esteem. Unfortunately only too often our parents, teachers and friends cause us to question whether we are ‘good enough’ which leads to lack of self-esteem. Our beliefs are usually deep-seated and often we are not even aware of them.

To identify limiting beliefs you need to become self-aware. Notice what you say to yourself, i.e. what the voice in your head says. No, its not just you who talks to yourself, we all do it and you need to become aware of when the voice(s) is being negative. If you are telling yourself you can’t do something then question why you think you can’t do it. Examine where your beliefs came from and whether they are still true for you now or whether they are outdated and irrelevant. So, if your voice is saying ‘I can’t do that!’ identify why you can’t do it. Is it really impossible or do you just need to learn some new skills?

Here’s a list of ten small steps to improving self-esteem:

1. Start to improve your self-esteem by allowing yourself some ‘me’ time. As a minimum allow ten minutes a day just to sit quietly and clear your mind of clutter. If you can give yourself longer than ten minutes then arrange to do something you enjoy. Read a book or magazine, meet a friend for coffee or a drink, have a manicure or a massage – whatever you do make sure it is self-indulgent.

2. It is also important to cut negative people out of your life. If your friends drain your energy then don’t see them. You need upbeat, positive people in your life.

3. Accept compliments gracefully with a simple ‘thank you’ and believe the good things people say.

4. Make a list of all your good qualities. List everything that is good about you, the way you look, your personality, things you have achieved, things you are good at. Keep the list for a few days and add to it as you think of new things. Then ask your friends and family to add to the list. You’ll be surprised at how other people see you. Keep this list somewhere you can easily see it.

5. Learn to say ‘No’. If you don’t want to do something or go somewhere then say so, don’t feel guilty. Do what is best for you.

6. Check your feelings regularly and pull yourself up if thinking negatively. Where focus goes, energy flows. Focus on what you do want, not what you don’t want.

7. There is no failure, only feedback. People who adopt this attitude are usually successful. If what they have done hasn’t worked then they learn from it and try something else. They don’t fail – they experiment to see what works.

8. Count your blessings. Be grateful for what you have. List at least 6 positive things that have happened during the day before you go to sleep at night. (a piece of work well done, a beautiful flower, a bird singing, a lovely sunset, something someone said, a new piece of knowledge, a delicious meal, a good deed, good health)

9. Read self-help books and articles on positive thinking. Do the exercises which many of them contain.

10. Take responsibility for your own life. Don’t expect other people to make you happy – make yourself happy.