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The Difference that Self-Confidence Brings. This is Tim Brunson, the creator of the Hypnotherapy
for Life Series.
I want to start out by saying that it is okay for you to view this presentation . I know
that you will get something out of it and that you are capable of viewing it in its
entirety. Of course, most people already know this. Clearly they don’t need my permission.
However, there are others who seem to always doubt that they have the capability – and
the right – to face life’s obstacles no matter how small and insignificant.
Having a recurring feeling of inadequacy or lack of confidence is not good for your health,
happiness, or future self-actualization. In order to understand this, realize that a stressful
situation occurs when a person’s perceived capabilities appear to be exceeded by the
perceived difficulty of a situation. Your capabilities are normally associated with
your self-identity. Yes, based upon who you’ve been told or who you have decided that you
are, you have developed a firm self-identity. When that measure fails to favorably compare
to your challenges, there is a distinct feeling of inadequacy. This leads you to question
your self-confidence.
One way around an inadequate level of self-confidence is to stop focusing on your identity and choose
to emphasize your actions. I frequently ask my clients if they are happy. Note that this
is a trick question. If they think that they are or are not happy, they have chosen to
emphasis their identity. I call this their noun-ness, meaning they are looking at themselves
as a noun. However, once I explain to them that choosing – which is a verb – to be
happy is really what they want, their life begins to change. Before they probably chose
to accept their noun-ness. When they start realizing that they should choose to “do
happy” rather than “be happy,” they re-discover the power that they have always
had within them. Yes, you should begin looking at yourself not as a noun, but as a verb.
It is what you do that defines your future, not who you think you are.
These are some of the concepts that I took into consideration when I wrote the MAXIMIZE
SELF CONFIDENCE self-help hypnosis session. I want to see people shift their awareness
from being somebody to doing something. This returns to them substantial power over their
present and future lives.
This presentation is copyright, 2011. However, please feel free to share this with your friends
and colleagues.