Self esteem or self worth is how you value yourself. Sometimes confused with confidence, which is the belief that you have the capacity to achieve what you set your mind to. You don’t have to be riddled with a lack of self esteeem. Many people have, at times, questioned their self worth or their character, [...]
I don’t know about you, but spending several hours on my computer stresses me, as does visiting the dentist, and spending a small fortune getting my car repaired. All these I experienced in just a few days and I felt terrible. According to experts, what I experienced was ‘good stress’. Short periods of this type [...]
I have just read a blog post by someone from John Thornhill’s Masterclass course who is struggling with lack of motivation. So I thought I’d include a inspirational video in my blog post today. It’s had more than one million views. Some of you who, at times feel like quitting will, I hope [...]
This week there was an article in a daily newspaper, that made me cough bits of toast all over my cat. Titled ‘The Negative Side To Positive Thinking’. Basically the author was taking a swipe at the huge self help industry, which encourages us to think positively and everything will, we think, work out well. [...]
I have been meaning to write this blog for days now, but I keep forgetting. So this week I feel I should write about memory loss. I have suffered from this for many years. The thing is I can remember trivial moments when I was four years old, more than fifty years ago. For example, [...]
In my last post I wrote about motivation. This is obviously what you need to accomplish a specific goal. You also have to have a large dose of self confidence. A belief that you can achieve those goals. If your are like me then maybe teachers, friends, colleagues, in the past, told you you would [...]
I have just come off the ‘Masterclass forum’, a platform for John Thornhill’s course students to communicate their views, questions and generally helping each other out. One particular post caught my eye, ‘motivation, losing it and how to get it back’. Motivation can evaporate if work takes a lot of hours out your day. [...]
