Not good enough? Not smart enough? Not pretty enough?
- By Positive Psychology News Daily
- Published 06/10/2009
- Self concept / self esteem
The voices in our heads can be real buzz-kills. “I’m not whatever enough.” I should be (doing) X, I should be (doing) Y, I should be (doing) Z.
Some call this voice “the gremlin” or saboteur.
Others look at it is as a radio station that plays recurring tunes
of self-limiting beliefs embedded into our subconscious minds.
Actors and Self Esteem - Boosting Self Confidence
- By Douglas Eby
- Published 05/4/2009
- Acting , Self concept / self esteem
Many talented and creative people report
feeling incompetent, inadequate and having low self esteem at times.
But there are ways to shift those feelings and build self confidence.
Are Actors Raging Narcissists?
- By Douglas Eby
- Published 05/4/2009
- Self concept / self esteem , Acting
Self-centered, vain, conceited, egocentric -
these are some of the variations on the idea of being narcissistic. We
need a healthy degree of positive self-regard, of course, but when it
becomes distorted, it is considered narcissism.
Five Ways to Believe in Yourself: From the Muse, Audacity
- By Jill Badonsky
- Published 04/23/2009
- Self concept / self esteem , Creativity enhancement
We tend to be attracted to confident, bold, defiant people in the world
of art. Many times audacity can go further than even talent. The
talented artist, writer, or musician who does not show belief and
confidence can flounder, when someone less talented but with assertive
belief can flourish. Being convinced in the merit of our work is an
attractive energy that sells and magnetizes attention as much for the
product as for the belief itself.
Being authentic gives you power and makes your life count
- By Robert Anthony
- Published 12/11/2008
- Self concept / self esteem
What is the key to developing the self-confidence? Authenticity, which
you could consider the discovery of the awesome power you get from
simply being YOU. Some personal development coaches subscribe to the
belief that if you focus on self too much, you become selfish. I think
that’s a counter productive way of looking at self.
Building Self-Confidence
- By Effective Learning Systems
- Published 11/11/2008
- Self concept / self esteem
It's no secret that self-confidence is very important to achieving
success in any area of life. The thing about self-confidence is that it
is very sensitive to our personal experience and is inherently
instable. In other words, your self-confidence has a “snowball effect.”
And it can snowball in a positive direction or it can snowball in a
negative direction.
Creative people in Hollywood
- By Dennis Palumbo
- Published 09/18/2008
- Mental health & fitness , Self concept / self esteem
And so
creative people tend to make the
audience, a studio, their agent into a parent figure that they have to
constantly appease or impress to maintain the connection, the emotional
tie... You kind of do and you don’t [have to have a really big ego]... A friend of mine said, talking about writers, they’re egomaniacs with low
self-esteem.Demand Grandeur
- By Eric Maisel
- Published 09/13/2008
- Self concept / self esteem , Achievement / Vocation
We tend to associate the word “grandeur” with events like
royal weddings and sights like the Grand Canyon.
Hotels
are grand, canals are grand, and cruise ships are grand.
But
something about that way of thinking prevents us from demanding
grandeur from the other stuff of existence, like an image that we
craft, a jam that we jar, or a kiss that we give.
For
more reasons that we can count, grandeur isn’t very present in our
daily lives.
Silencing Self-Criticism
- By Eric Maisel
- Published 08/9/2008
- Self concept / self esteem
What is the relationship between the criticism you receive
and the criticism you inflict on yourself? Why do
so many people inflict daily doses of self-criticism upon themselves in
neurotic ways, that is, in ways that are patently unjustified,
unhealthy and self-sabotaging? To
what extent does a penchant for self-criticism turn uneventful episodes
of minor criticism into toxic, wounding events?
The Road to Recovering One's True Self
- By Brad Swift
- Published 08/8/2008
- Self concept / self esteem , Meaning and purpose
The first step along the road to recovering your true Self
is to recognize that you're not who you've thought you
were. It's like you've gone through all your life thinking
you were Bobbie Jones, the child of Mary and Bob Jones,
then you find out on your sixteenth birthday that your real
name is Dale Smith, and your parents are Cindy and Carl.
But, in truth, the case of mistaken identity you've been
living is even more dramatic than that.