Tag: confidence
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Stop Comparing: Embrace Your Decision-Making Process
Do you ever wonder if the lives of others are more certain than yours? Like, do you think they seem to always know what they’re doing? Where they’re headed? Why their choices look so clean and settled? Most of us do this quietly: We compare other people’s outsides to our insides. Their confidence gets compared…
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The Power of Presence in Leadership
In any interpersonal relationship, particularly relating to leadership and decision-making, presence is power. The moment you slip into a reactive state, you are no longer in the present — you’ve actually drifted into a past memory file and are, most likely, responding to the situation based on old experiences rather than in-the-moment current realities. This…
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The Difference Between Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
There’s a lot of talk these days about building self-esteem. We worry if we’ve hurt it in our kids or if ours has been damaged. Frankly, be more concerned about self-confidence. Here’s the difference: Self-esteem is how positive we feel about ourselves or our self-love. Self-confidence, on the other hand, is a dynamic force that…
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When a Personality is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The expression about how we’ve only seen “the tip of the iceberg” is really one of the best descriptors of people. While most think this phrase is a warning about how a problem or difficulty is only a small part of a bigger issue, I actually visualize icebergs quite differently. Let me explain: Ninety percent…