Stand up for yourself

Don't let fear control you :
This is a key. Lack of confidence stems from fear. To turn it around, we need to understand that i's ok to be afraid. You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel fear. You would be dead.

Failure is the key to success :
Soceity has trained us to fear failures. We dread falling exams because we think it means we're stupid. Yet without failure, how can we learn? Didn't you learn the most valuable lessons from you failures, rather than only when you got it right? Real life is about making mistakes until you learn.

Be different :
Why be a copy of everyone else? Each of us is different and we all have special contributions to make to our families. soceity and our careers. Being assertive gives you power and gets you noticed. Look around you at the people who have achieved great things in life. Do they achieve because they fit in, or because they stepped out? Of course, as it is often said, an army needs soldiers as well as generals, not everyone is meant to be a leader. But that doesn't mean you have to be follower all the time with no ideas of your own!

Be proud of who you are :
What is there to stop you from being proud of you are? Are you too short, too tall, too fat, disorganised, terrible with numbers, afraid to speak in public? So what? Millions of people are. Make a list of things you think you're pretty good at. Make a list of your physical attributes that you kind of like. You're not that bad at all. Another great exercise is to ask a family member to tell you or write down what they see as your positive attributes. Trust me, you'll be amazed! As theysay, when you see a cup with some 50% water inside, you can say it is half empty, or half full. Are you being optimistic/positive or perssimistic/negative!

Imagination is more important than knowledge :
Today, we have information overload. But there is a lack of imagination and creativity. Anyone can find knowledge. but imagination is magical. Its about letting your mind dream up new ways of doing things. It's thinking about new possibilities. Suprising but true, everyone has an imagination. You imagine what it would be like to fall in love. you imagine that it would be like to have the perfect job. You imagine that it would be like to have a lot of money. See! You do it all the time!



F E A R stands for ' False Evidence Appearing Real '


F e a r, is not a signal to avoid action.

F e a r, is a signal to prepareyourself well to take the action.