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But on some level, part of me must remember: you can’t play scared. You can’t be afraid of how you look. You can’t be afraid someone will walk away because of what you do or don’t do. You have to play smart. And so I decide to check back:
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One of the biggest excuses I hear most often is “I don’t know what to do.” And what I’ve found to be more true is the statement, “I don’t know what to do that isn’t scary or risky or isn’t going to make me look stupid.” When we ask ourselves to come up with options that would be risky, uncomfortable, or possibly lead to embarrassment, then suddenly
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Dr. Jim Loehr, one of the world’s foremost experts on mental toughness and performance psychology, offers a powerful story on fear:
“The way you speak to yourself, the way you walk, the way you carry your shoulders matters. I got a fabulous opportunity to interview one of Spain’s most famous bullfighters, Martín Vázquez. I wanted to know how a matad... See more
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If a person judges himself by criterion that entail factors outside his volitional control, the result, unavoidably, is a precarious self-esteem that is in chronic jeopardy.”18 Therefore, your self-image should not be a function of what you have accomplished but how you have gone about doing it.