Be all that you can be

With me getting tired of the furniture in my home I decided that it was time for a change and went out to buy new sofas and dining room furniture, after going to the Trafford centre I finally settled down on a sofa and decided to purchase but being the type of person that is easily sold to I ended buying new dining room table and chairs, and bedroom furniture.

After realising that when they would arrive in approximately fourteen days I have to get rid of my current furniture and as some of stuff was not that old I did not just want to take it to the tip.

After starting to look through my contacts in my mobile I thought I could take a while to text all my family and friends to see if they wanted anything and how much I was selling then for, I decided to look on the internet for some online text software which people had told me about which would enable me to send multiple text messages all in one go and let me type it easier on my pc rather than the incredibly small keys on my phone and let me save some money at the same time.

After sending out all the messages with the software in a matter of seconds all I have to do now was wait and hopefully sell some, if not looks like I will have plenty of sofas for when people come round.

My posts are mainly about being all that you can be in your job and progressing your career. To go far in life and feel happy your confidence plays a huge part in this.

Some people are extremely confidence and will happily argue there way through a board room meeting and a review for a pay rise, others will sit with there with there head down in silence and take whatever is thrown at them.

When i first started looking for jobs i was shy and lacked confidence and this showed in my interviews hence the reason the candidate who had more personality and confidence in the interview sailed the whole process.

In my eyes confidence =

Smart
Lets people know that you do not take nonsense
Makes you attractive
Is when you can take rejection and not take it to heart
Fun
Happy with yourself
Enjoy life

It sounds silly but i lacked every one of the above and my friends encouraged me to go speed dating and online dating. When i first heard of this i thought it was far to seedy and not my type of thing but after much persuasion from pushy friends i gave it a go and i can honestly put this down to why my confidence soured!  You don’t have to go on these sites if you are looking for a relationship you can use them for friendship and just to meet new people for lunch and a chat. My first date i was shy  but when i left the adrenaline rush i got gave me such a buzz and i instantly gained confidence overnight  come my second “date” i was a new women and from then i have never looked back to my shy, dull self. I now have an opinion and happy to walk into interviews with my head held high!

So if you are looking for a confidence boost seriously try dating and meeting new people it will seriously help!

Good Luck!!!

Following on from my recent post about ‘The Apprentice’, the BBC have announced that Sir Alan Sugar is now on the hunt for a Junior Apprentice. Sir Alan announced on ‘The Apprentice - You’re Hired’ that there are plans in place to launch a Junior Apprentice, aimed an grooming 16-17 year olds into budding entrepreneurs.

The series is set to feature 5 girls and 5 boys who will be set a variety of tasks with a prize in the region of £25K up for grabs for the winner. Obviously the select few will not have the business experience of the ‘older generation’ on the usual show but the prize money will be tailored towards the winners career prospects. The key aim behind the show is to look at providing entrepreneurs of the future to aid the British economy.

So if you’ve had enough of revision and exams and feel that you have a chance, then why not go for it! Applicants can apply through The Apprentice Website - The series is due to be shown in 2010.

This post is all about ensuring that you have a happy and positive outlook on life. As I write this it’s Monday afternoon and the sun is shining so I’m already in a positive mood. I think that happiness breeds happiness and here are my 5 tips to ensure that you continue to be happy in work and play:

1. Think Positive - try and be optimistic, or a least be realistic about things during your time at work and outside work.
2. Eat Healthy - a good diet will help give you energy to last the course of the day. Eat your 5-a-day and be happy in mind and body.
3. Exercise - simple but true. Exercise regularly to give you energy. Exercise will help ensure you look good and feel attractive.
4. Drink Plenty of Water - Drinking lots of water will help detoxify your body.
5. Kick your bad habits into touch - Try to cut out all your vices - smoking, drinking alcohol to excess, eating take-aways 3 days a week, and not getting enough sleep. This will help ensure that your brain and mental health is in top working order.

If you can’t do all the above straight away then try doing one at a time…good luck…and let me know how it goes.

With all the doom and gloom recently its hard to stay happy about anything, so why not put a little excitement back in to your life, there seems to be more and more of these turning up all around the country from a relaxing day in the spa, to a white knuckle ride round a race track and from a Hot air balloon flight to scuba diving lessons. so why keep in the boring 9 to 5. I myself have just been on a rally driving experience and absolutely loved it, a great day at a great price and an awesome experience.

As we all know time are very hard and money is extremely tight, and we are all having to cut back on the luxuries in life, everyone is staying home more and the house swap game has come to a halt, so now would be the perfect time to enjoy what we already have, decorate the kitchen or have you ever thought about something so simple as Towel Warmers for the bathroom or maybe a new sofa, there are some great deals about that will still allow you to purchase some of the luxuries in life, but dont forget to set a budget and dont go over the top.

Words have power. Indeed some might say that words ARE power. They communicate ideas and feelings and they form the structure of almost every thought we think in the silence of our own minds. Can you think of many times when you have thought without words?

I thought not.

Words have the power to shape how we see ourselves and others. How many times has someone’s rash or hurtful words brought you down, especially when you care about what the speaker thinks of you.

Bear in mind, however, that nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent at some level. It isn’t just that their words have upset you or damaged your confidence, it’s also the things that you think to yourself after their words have been spoken that causes problems for you. If you genuinely thought that they were wrong and their comments were unfounded or that they were not in a position to judge accurately, then why care about the negative things they have said to you? It’s just noise in the air.

Of course, if you write off every criticism the chances are that you are deluding yourself and falling into the trap of arrogance. The point is to filter genuine and constructive criticism out from the disheartening dross that we are so often subjected to in our daily lives.

If we aim to be self aware and self reflexive we will be able to find something positive within a genuine criticism without falling foul to damage to our confidence, and we will also be able to see the difference between criticisms and ‘nasty remarks’. From this point we can learn to better dismiss the latter while accept and help improve ourselves from the former.