With the vast number of confidence courses out there, it's pretty hard to know what to choose. They vary in price, size and quality. Normally the more you pay, the better the course, though remember that many confidence courses are targeted at companies and organisations and the price tag reflects this.
The Confidence Course High Wycombe Maidenhead Slough is for a maximum of 8 people, in order that each person gets the opportunity to receive tailored help with their confidence. The venues are first class and lunch and refreshments are provided. The price, only £147.00, includes a pre-attendance mini-course that gets you started on building your confidence right away.
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Saturday, 15 May 2010
Confident Parents, Confident Children
Our children pick up all of our qualities, both good and bad, and confidence is certainly one of these. While they are very young, children are analysing your every move - checking you to see how you respond to certain situations and then they learn how to operate in the world. If you show them a lack of confidence, then they will pick this up and take it on as the way to be.
For example, if you have a fear of spiders and you run around screaming and shouting at the tiniest of spiders, then guess what, so will they. If you back down very easily in conversations with other adults, then they will do the same with their friends. Conversely if you never back down, or find it difficult to communicate and negotiate with others, your children will have the same experience interacting with their peers.
The truth is that sometimes it can really help when you have someone to set an example to. For example I know many people who don't like flying, however when they are with their children and are able to look after them, they don't display the slightest hint of the anxiety they are feeling.
The best thing is to show your children how to be confident and then they will pick this up. It's not something you can teach them with words, you have to show them.
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For example, if you have a fear of spiders and you run around screaming and shouting at the tiniest of spiders, then guess what, so will they. If you back down very easily in conversations with other adults, then they will do the same with their friends. Conversely if you never back down, or find it difficult to communicate and negotiate with others, your children will have the same experience interacting with their peers.
The truth is that sometimes it can really help when you have someone to set an example to. For example I know many people who don't like flying, however when they are with their children and are able to look after them, they don't display the slightest hint of the anxiety they are feeling.
The best thing is to show your children how to be confident and then they will pick this up. It's not something you can teach them with words, you have to show them.
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Faking Confidence
There is a massive amount of material that suggests that in order to gain confidence you must first fake confidence. To a certain degree this is true - you have to get over your fears to improve your confidence. You'll definitely have to do the things you don't want to do.
Maybe it's something to do with our genetics, or our world conditioning, we are incredibly good at avoiding the things we know we need to do. Confidence Courses Witney Abingdon Reading can certainly help to teach you techniques and tips to help you do the things you need to do to build your confidence.
As a starting point, faking confidence is great - if you do not do the work on yourself to overcome your fears and the causes of your insecurities, then you may as well not bother as the faking can only mask the truth for so long.
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Maybe it's something to do with our genetics, or our world conditioning, we are incredibly good at avoiding the things we know we need to do. Confidence Courses Witney Abingdon Reading can certainly help to teach you techniques and tips to help you do the things you need to do to build your confidence.
As a starting point, faking confidence is great - if you do not do the work on yourself to overcome your fears and the causes of your insecurities, then you may as well not bother as the faking can only mask the truth for so long.
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Talking With Confidence
It's a tough thing to come across as confident when talking. There are many cues that people look for to "work you out" when you meet. Not least of which is body language. Someone who appears confident goes a long way to making a positive impression on others. There is really no way around this - you have to first appear confident.
Once you've cracked the body language bit, something we teach on our Confidence Course Bicester Swindon Aylesbury, you can then move onto learning how to talk with confidence. Most people wrongly assume that to talk with confidence, you must know everything. In fact this is really not true - sometimes the best way to appear confident is to say, "I don't know anything about that".
You back this up with good conversation skills - particularly the ability to really listen and ask meaningful questions, and it doesn't matter what you know and what you don't know. So the things to practice are how to ask good questions, not getting lots of books and trying to learn everything. The best tip I can give you is to ask questions like, "you seem really interested in ..., what is it about it that you like so much?".
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Once you've cracked the body language bit, something we teach on our Confidence Course Bicester Swindon Aylesbury, you can then move onto learning how to talk with confidence. Most people wrongly assume that to talk with confidence, you must know everything. In fact this is really not true - sometimes the best way to appear confident is to say, "I don't know anything about that".
You back this up with good conversation skills - particularly the ability to really listen and ask meaningful questions, and it doesn't matter what you know and what you don't know. So the things to practice are how to ask good questions, not getting lots of books and trying to learn everything. The best tip I can give you is to ask questions like, "you seem really interested in ..., what is it about it that you like so much?".
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Confidence Finding Your Way
I remember a time when I was scared still about travelling to places (either by car, walking or public transport) my myself. I have since worked hard on myself to build confidence in this area, as it was an obvious weak point in my character.
I always make sure that people attending our Confidence Course Oxford Newbury Banbury know exactly where they are going prior to the day, how they are getting there and the timings of the workshop. If you lack confidence in this way, as I did, I suggest you do the same. The best tactic I found was to look at the worst case scenario and think about the worst that can happen - such as getting lost, being late or feeling stupid. These things can all be put right and with the help of modern technology, such as mobile phones, you can always ask for help or send a message to say you are running late.
New technology also helps, with the use of satellite navigation - you can always find your way back if you are lost and find your way in the shortest possible time or distance. If you decide to 'go alone' - and I really recommend it for building your confidence, I believe from experience, that the more you do something, the easier it gets.
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I always make sure that people attending our Confidence Course Oxford Newbury Banbury know exactly where they are going prior to the day, how they are getting there and the timings of the workshop. If you lack confidence in this way, as I did, I suggest you do the same. The best tactic I found was to look at the worst case scenario and think about the worst that can happen - such as getting lost, being late or feeling stupid. These things can all be put right and with the help of modern technology, such as mobile phones, you can always ask for help or send a message to say you are running late.
New technology also helps, with the use of satellite navigation - you can always find your way back if you are lost and find your way in the shortest possible time or distance. If you decide to 'go alone' - and I really recommend it for building your confidence, I believe from experience, that the more you do something, the easier it gets.
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