The Colors Of A Optimistic World E-Book

Logan J. Davisson

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

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Beschreibung

"About the book" The Colors Of A Optimistic World: Habits Of Successful And Extremely Happy People. Are you often depressed or just unhappy? Is your head full of negative thoughts that are difficult to fade out? Do you often feel sad, depressed and dissatisfied? This guidebook has been written for those who want to change their mental attitude to a positive path in life. The key is positive thinking. Positive thinking has many advantages. In addition to better health, positive thinking also leads to great relationships, higher self-esteem, and a whole new quality of life with more happiness, success, and contentment. With this book you have the opportunity to learn positive thinking. The many practical tips and exercises in this guide will accompany you on your way to becoming a positive thinker.

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The Colors Of A Optimistic World:

Habits Of Successful And Extremely Happy People

Reproduction, translation, further processing or similar actions for commercial purposes as well as resale or other publications are not permitted without the written consent of the author.

Copyright ©2019 - Logan J. Davisson

ISBN: 9783749409853

All rights reserved.

Strengthen self-confidence - How to gain self-esteem and self- confidence for everyday life, work and relationships

Everything you need to know about self-confidence

1. Measure for more self-confidence: Get to know each other

2. Measure for more self-confidence: Be independent

3. Measure for more self-confidence: Leave the comfort zone

4. Measure for more self-confidence: Cultivate what is unique

5. Measure for more self-confidence: Smile!

6. Measure for more self-confidence: Say "No" every now and then!

7. Measure for more self-confidence: Don't fool yourself and others

8. Measure for more self-confidence: Declare war on your fears

9. Measure for more self-confidence: Do what you have been missing for a long time

10. Measure for more self-confidence: Promote your strengths and talents

11. Measure for more self-confidence: Stop comparing yourself

12. Measure for more self-confidence: Go on a treasure hunt

With these 12 basics you are now well equipped to strengthen your self-confidence

Calmness - Find inner balance through relaxation and habits

The inner balance

What causes the inner balance to falter?

Integrating new habits into everyday life

Methods for a stronger inner balance: Relaxation techniques

Methods for a stronger inner balance: Reflection

Methods for a stronger inner balance: Everyday structures

Minimalism - Practical tips for clearing out, for more calmness, satisfaction, success and luck in life

Minimalism is the name of the game

The connection between minimalism and our habits

30 Days Minimalism Challenge: Practical Tips for a Minimalist Lifestyle

Leave your comfort zone

Minimalism in thought

The minimalist gift giving

Earn Money by Clearing Out

Donate superfluous items

Reduce media consumption

The 30 days shopping rule

Sorting the objects ... Red, Yellow, Green

Emotional and rational decision-making

Clearing out helper

Plan Clearing out

Buy something, get rid of two things

Does it have to be a TV?

Cosmetics and body care

The wardrobe

Investing the right way

Plastic minimalism

Food shopping - is it minimalistic?

Social Minimalism

What is your optimal order?

Digital Clearing Out

A little library?

No more presents for you?

Insurances, contributions and Co

Newsletter and Advertising

Chaos in your wallet?

Stay minimalist

Maintaining minimalism

Drink tap water

Search for challenges and practice mindfulness

Effects of minimalism: More serenity, satisfaction, success and happiness

Checklists for more order in the own four walls

Checklist Study: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Bathroom: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Corridor: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Living Room: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Dining Room: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Kitchen: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Children's Rooms: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Bedroom: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Wardrobe: Minimalism made easy!

Checklist Cellar and Attic: Minimalism made easy

Success begins in the head - Why you need the right mindset…even before you start!

1. Step to boost your mindset for success: Do you know what success means to you personally?

2. Step to boost your mindset for success: Self-reflection and honest analysis

3. Step to boost your mindset for success: Don't be afraid to take on challenges

4. Step to boost your mindset for success: Leave your comfort zone and do something new

5. Step to boost your mindset for success: If the word "if"...

6. Step to boost your mindset for success: The shy human: I would like to, but I do not know how

7. Step to boost your mindset for success: Resign: I don't have the resources

8. Step to boost your mindset for success: Fulfill your dreams and do what you always wanted to do

9. Step to boost your mindset for success: Don't think about what others might think about your goal

10. Step to boost your mindset for success: Success killer negative self-image

11. Step to boost your mindset for success: Check what you believe

12. Step to boost your mindset for success: Face your fears

13. Step to boost your mindset for success: Do not stay in the past

14. Step to boost your mindset for success: Strengthen your self-confidence

15. Step to boost your mindset for success: Emotions are signposts

16. Step to boost your mindset for success: Make yourself aware of your lifetime

17. Step to boost your mindset for success: Find out what you really want

18. Step to boost your mindset for success: Set priorities

19. Step to boost your mindset for success: Write down your ideas and flashes of inspiration immediately

20. Step to boost your mindset for success: The mystical effect of the desired energy

21. Step to boost your mindset for success: Move towards your destination

22. Step to boost your mindset for success: The right time to make your dreams come true is "now"

23. Step to boost your mindset for success: Focus on your success

24. Step to boost your mindset for success: Learn from successful role models

25. Step to boost your mindset for success: Consider your resources

26. Step to boost your mindset for success: Don't overtax yourself

27. Step to boost your mindset for success: Do not work hard but ingeniously

28. Step to boost your mindset for success: Set yourself intermediate goals on the way to a big goal

29. Step to boost your mindset for success: Set clear time limits

30. Step to boost your mindset for success: Reward yourself

31. Step to boost your mindset for success: Plan your goal achievement the other way around

32. Step to boost your mindset for success: Integrate your conscious achievement of goals into your everyday life

33. Step to boost your mindset for success: Meeting obstacles and adversities calmly on the way

34. Step to boost your mindset for success: Combine your goals with recurring everyday activities

35. Step to boost your mindset for success: To-do lists

36. Step to boost your mindset for success: Maintaining motivation on the way to the big goal

37. Step to boost your mindset for success: Finding a balance between empathy and expectation

38. Step to boost your mindset for success: Allow yourself time out

39. Step to boost your mindset for success: Dealing calmly with envy and hostility

40. Step to boost your mindset for success: Understanding criticism as an opportunity

41. Step to boost your mindset for success: Prepare yourself for extreme situations and pressure to perform

42. Step to boost your mindset for success: Endurance and dedication are the prerequisites for your success

43. Step to boost your mindset for success: Stay flexible and adaptable

44. Step to boost your mindset for success: Stay authentic

45. Step to boost your mindset for success: Show strength and recognize your limits

46. Step to boost your mindset for success: Listen to your gut instinct

47. Step to boost your mindset for success: Design your life with enthusiasm

48. Step to boost your mindset for success: Open your heart and dare

Reduce Belly Fat - Step by step weight lose with 14-day-challenge, activate fat burning and accelerate metabolism

Why does fat always develop on the underbelly?

Reduce belly fat: Healthy eating habits

Reduce belly fat: Possibilities to bring movement into everyday life

Reduce belly fat: Foods that support fat burning

Reduce belly fat: Tricks to speed up fat burning

Reduce abdominal fat: Your 14 day challenge to the flat belly!

Day 1: Getting an overview first

Day 2: Set goals

Day 3: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day

Day 4: The evening remains free

Day 5: Healthy food

Day 6: Something special today

Day 7: Time for a mid-term review

Day 8: Five times a day

Day 9: Become a sugar detective

Day 10: The salad makes the difference

Day 11: Sport is anything but murder

Day 12: Indulge yourself

Day 13: Where do the calories come from?

Day 14: Final Super, you did it!

What happens now?

Vitamin Water - Refreshing aroma and detox water with fruits and herbs

What is refreshing and healthy vitamin water?

Effectiveness of electrolytes on the organism

Why is water so important for the metabolism?

Aroma water with fruits - Drink yourself healthy...this is how it works!

Aroma water with herbs - Drink yourself healthy...this is how it works!

Detox recipes for losing weight - Drink yourself healthy...this is how it works!

Vitamin water especially for the athlete

Useful tips for drinking water properly

Fighting shopping addiction - What to do when shopping becomes addiction?

Forced to spend money: Psychological causes

The compulsion to shop: Symptoms of shopping addiction

Getting a shopping addiction under control: How to combat shopping addiction?

First aid for buying addiction: How shopaholics learn to control themselves

The first important step in the fight against buying addiction is the insight that

Stay fit, healthy & vital - Inspirations for a healthy lifestyle

Fitness: Getting fit into old age - 100 are made easy

Training: How to turn your power training into a HI (I)T

Health: Strong defence - Healthy through the cool season

Nutrition: Hidden Sugar - The Calorie Trap in Everyday Life

Motivation: Bye piggy hound … take off, but right!

Prevention: Health insurance contribution - fitness studio on prescription?

The positive aspects of self-love - Boosting self-confidence and self-esteem

Appealing and likeable - How to make a good impression

Tips for learning to love yourself

The power of the insults - Insults are incredibly painful

We all know them the stumbling blocks in life

A sovereign "No" can be learned!

Letting go and clearing out the clouds frees the soul and gives wings

Coconut oil is a true beauty & health wonder - Superfood allrounder for health & nutrition

The positive effect of coconut oil on the skin

The positive effect of coconut oil on the hair

The positive effect of coconut oil on the facial skin

The positive effect of coconut oil in baby care

Coconut oil for healthy and radiant white teeth

Oil pulling & oil drawing cure - Soft detox for the body

Coconut oil in the kitchen - Pure exoticism during baking, roasting, frying, grilling & Co.

Slimming with coconut oil - Effectively lose weight without yo-yo effect

Coconut oil against ticks in humans & pets

Coconut oil against vermin such as fleas, lice and mites in humans and animals

End with diet - Diet-free slimming without sport

Fundamentals

Getting started with the change in diet

Which diet suits me?

Practical tips on changing your diet

The myths of dietary supplements

Dangers of bad nutrition

Discipline and endurance

Fashionable versus alternative diets

Summary

Saving money in the household - With the right planning of meals and weekly shopping

The advantages of a meal plan

Creating a recipe collection

Create a meal plan

Create a shopping list

Create a price list

The spontaneous shopping list

Practical tips if your meal plan doesn't work

Helpful tips in your new organized life

Tips on how to save money when shopping

Relaxation through effective stress management and calmness - How to find inner calmness

What is stress and how does it affect our body?

Types of stress - There are good and bad forms

Stress factors, the most common triggers

How does the stress manifest itself

It's in your hands

How do I deal with stress?

How does the targeted management of stress have a positive effect on my body?

Tips for fighting stress

Avoid stress in the future

Chronic fatigue - Defeating permanent fatigue and starting the day with renewed strength

Common disease chronic fatigue?

When is fatigue pathological?

Chronic fatigue - when exhaustion becomes a problem

Differentiation from similar clinical pictures

Self-test: Is your fatigue chronic?

Symptoms of chronic fatigue

Reasons of chronic fatigue

Chronic fatigue and its effects on everyday life

Treatment and therapy

Sleep well again - The best tips for a restful sleep

1. Healthy Sleep Tip: Make yourself comfortable

2. Healthy Sleep Tip: A question of timing

3. Healthy Sleep Tip: Of rituals and red light

4. Healthy Sleep Tip: This bed is reserved

5. Healthy Sleep Tip: Meditation against stress

6. Healthy Sleep Tip: Higher, faster, further

7. Healthy Sleep Tip: enjoyment instead of excess

8. Healthy Sleep Tip: Say "No" to drugs

9. Healthy Sleep Tip: Caffeine blocking hour

10. Healthy Sleep Tip: Powernap instead of hibernation

11. Healthy Sleep Tip: Let the sun shine in your heart

12. Healthy Sleep Tip: Shut down!

13. Healthy Sleep Tip: Dress Code

14. Healthy Sleep Tip: With sex into deep sleep

15. Healthy Sleep Tip: Water is good!

16. Healthy Sleep Tip: Technical helpers

17. Healthy Sleep Tip: Professional help

Boreout - Why boredom and underchallenge make you ill

Boreout vs. burnout

Where does the term "boreout" come from?

What types of boreout are known?

Characterisation of those affected

Symptoms of boreout - these can be signs!

Boreout - Where are the causes buried?

The wrong career choice

The wrong place

Finding better alternatives to work

Ways out of boreout

Make your meetings worthwhile

Become a superstar

Make a career

Diagnosis - effects at work and effects on the affected person

Therapy

Family happiness - Pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, hospital bag, baby equipment and baby sleep!

The course of pregnancy at a glance: Every 40 weeks until birth

1st to 8th week of pregnancy: body and soul in other (life) circumstances

9th to 16th week of pregnancy: The female body has now adapted to the pregnancy

17th to 24th week of pregnancy: The baby's stomach can no longer be overlooked for family, friends & colleagues

25th to 32nd week of pregnancy: Decelerated and relaxed pace of life for the mother-to-be

33rd to 40th week of pregnancy: Before birth - the date of birth is getting closer and closer

When will the baby finally be born? When the unborn baby just has to wait for himself

Checklist hospital bag: I'm packing my clinic bag and all this has to be taken with me

Checklist baby initial equipment: All important things the newborn baby needs in the first months of life

Balanced nutrition and healthy lifestyle during pregnancy

Healthy and fit with baby belly through the four seasons

Eating well with baby belly: Healthy eating while pregnant

Soft baby sleep is not child's play: Tips for falling asleep and sleeping through in the 1st year of life

Intermittent fasting - How to lose weight successfully without dieting, optimize your health and live longer

What is interval fasting?

Overview of the individual forms of fasting

Rules during fasting

How the entrance into chamfered succeeds

General questions and tips on interval fasting

Fasting Myths

Safety and side effects

Learn to love yourself - In 10 steps to more self-confidence, success and happiness in life

The most important relationship in your life...

Why is self-love so important?

Allow feelings & be happy

How more happiness & energy come into your life

Learn self-love in 10 steps – step-by-step

Mindfulness in the job - Effective tips for a mindful working day

What causes mindfulness in the workplace?

Green workplace

Clean up your workplace

Listen to your body

Attentive posture

Walk carefully

Use small moments as time out

The 3 minute mini-meditations

Really taking breaks

Enjoy every bite

Drinking carefully

Making good use of breaks

Let the phone ring sometimes

Turn off your smartphone

Don't want to hide the unpleasant

Accept errors

Relaxation exercise

Pictures at work

Listen carefully

Focus on what is good for you

Treating colleagues with care and heedful

Avoid stress

Short neck massage relieves tension

After Work Ritual

Training patience

A few cautious words at the end

Depression - Relatively unknown methods to fight depression naturally

Create a routine and set yourself reasonable goals

Physical activity

Nutrition and food

Lifestyle changes to improve sleep

Nutritional supplement

Herbs and Spices

Fight negative thoughts about

Body-mind techniques

Music and art therapy

Aromatherapy

Habits of happy people - How to lead a happier and more fulfilling life permanently

Gratefulness

Experience flow

Connectedness

Heedfulness

Placableness

Sports and nutrition

Optimism

Resilience

Care and help

Doing what you enjoy

Defeating and overcoming fears - The most valuable strategies to overcome your fears and panic attacks

Self-help in fear and panic: How you can help yourself in difficult life situations

Where do my fears and panic attacks come from?

The most valuable strategies to throw your fears overboard

How long does it take to overcome my fears?

Charismatic effect on others - Step by step to more attractiveness and charisma

Charisma is the key to positive change

What do you know about charisma?

The effectiveness

Charisma has its advantages

Secrets you can already use today

Self-confidence fights negativity

Your body can say a lot about you

Can you really listen?

The charm of humour

Open and ready for any situation

Understanding and respect

The attitude can save everything

Please note the following

A new perspective

A few words at the end

Meditation in everyday life - Learn step by step meditation, mindfulness and serenity

How can I learn to meditate?

Which meditation technique suits me?

What are the effects of meditation?

How can I make my life more conscious and mindful?

Start small and increase your meditation very gently

The real exercise is...

Come in contact with yourself

Simple but not easy

Daily challenge, daily exercise

Start right now and don't wait too long

Hay Fever - Pollen allergy naturally treat allergy-free with the help of homeopathy

Treat hay fever naturally

What is hay fever?

What to do if hay fever is suspected?

The causes of hay fever

Impairment of quality of life due to hay fever

Diagnosis of hay fever

How is hay fever treated?

Which honey is suitable for hay fever therapy?

How is honey taken?

The effect of honey

Honey from the region - a proven household remedy for hay fever

When should a doctor be consulted in hay fever?

What is the difference between industrially produced honey and natural honey from the region?

Tips for days with high pollen count

Strengthen self-confidence- How to strengthen your self-confidence & self-esteem and build up a permanently healthy self-confidence

1. Step for a healthy self-confidence: It's the same for everyone

2. Step for a healthy self-confidence: The judgement of the others

3. Step for a healthy self-confidence: Respect for the Self

4. Step for healthy self-confidence: Self-care

5. Step for a healthy self-confidence: Influence and interest

6. Step for a healthy self-confidence: Training the courage muscle

7. Step for a healthy self-confidence: From the masses to the individuals

8. Step for a healthy self-confidence: Stick to the topic

9. Step for a healthy self-confidence: upgrades

10. Step for healthy self-confidence: Continuous growth

Fascia workout for more flexibility, suppleness and vitality - How to get your fascias into top form

What are fascia and what influence do they have on my health

Adhesive and hardened fascia - Cause of many complaints

How does fascial training work

For whom fascial training is optimal

Why is body perception so important

Exercises for better body perception

Efficient fascia exercises

Fascial Stretch Exercises

Fascial Release Exercises

Rebound Elasticity Exercises

Sensory Refinement Exercises

Important tips for healthy fascia

Attractive like a magnet - How you fascinate other people

Sympathy - Two spirits meet each other

The subtle difference between love and sexual attraction

Psychology of Attraction

Psychological mechanisms of attraction and seduction

Strengthening self-confidence and learning charisma

Put your inner critic in his place

Draw people under your spell with Charisma

The key to charisma - self-esteem, self-esteem, charisma

Self-motivation - Falling down...getting up...walking on

Motivation problems: failure is one of them

Frustration and motivation

Motivational mistakes

Postponement inflammation

Out of the brooding trap: With inner dialogues to action

Break your habits and create new ones!

How about new everyday habits?

Change your mind!

Be friendly to yourself

Expose your thinking errors

You don't have to do anything!

Mistrust your thoughts

Out of the frustration trap

No more clever excuses

Mini-step is better than doing nothing!

Go on strike! ...refuse!

Get to the bottom of this yourself.

Pay attention to the language of your thoughts!

Discover the other side of your thoughts

If... then...?

Say goodbye to perfectionism

Think in worst-case scenarios!

Look for a new focus

Start with the most unpleasant one

Be honest with yourself.

Self-management instead of external management

Self-management - Become a successful personality

Thought Management - Train Optimism

What do you occupy yourself with in your thoughts?

Thinking is the most subtle energy

Let go of the past

Top performance is no coincidence

The power of habits

The power of expectation

How to create a good feeling

Language exudes thoughts

Words are energies and they create moods.

Manage your self-image and strengthen your self-confidence

Steps to optimize the self-image

Communication is crucial

Tips to optimize communication

Build your confidence and self-confidence

Satisfaction and happiness

What are you waiting for? Let's go!

Stress management - How to take pressure out of your life

Who doesn't know ...?

First pillar: Movement helps the fastest!

Second pillar: sleep and relaxation

Third pillar: Family & Friends

Fourth pillar: Nutrition ... Eat yourself fit!

Fifth pillar: Career and studies

The stable personality

Ways to enhance natural beauty with beauty, cosmetics & wellness

Beautiful and healthy skin

Healthy facial skin with the right care

Beautiful and healthy hair

Beautiful nails with the right care

Make-up and cosmetic products

Anti Aging

Wellness for your home

Healthy living & Healthy looking

Slimming to the ideal weight - Eat simply so ... healthy slimming plan

Healthy weight loss plan

Nutrition

The optimal diet

Carbohydrates

Fats

Proteins

Metabolism

Fat burning

Faster, slower and slower metabolism

Diets

Motion

Lose weight with sport

Which sport suits me best?

Walking and jogging

Cycling

Conclusion: Healthy weight loss begins in the head

Healthy nutrition

Wrong nutrition makes you sick

Change diet

Life in abundance

The nutrition pyramid

Structure of the nutrition pyramid

Drinks

Fruit, vegetables & carbohydrates

Animal Food & Fats

Vegetable food

Fruit and vegetables

Legumes

Cereals & Potatoes

Animal food

Milk & Cheese

Yoghurt & Buttermilk/Dickmilk/Kefir

Eggs

Fish

Meat

Errors & supposed truths

Fat is unhealthy

Eggs are bad for cholesterol levels

Chocolate makes you fat

You shouldn't eat in the evening.

Eating little makes you slim

Light products are low in calories

Carbohydrates are bad

Healthy nutrition plan

Healthy vegetarian diet

Eating habits

Conclusion: Slimming to ideal weight

Successful communication...at work & in everyday life

Why customer-oriented communication?

The first impression is crucial

Positive from the start ...

... and on the phone

Linguistic sympathy alarm clock

The basics of good manners

Active listening is the be-all and end-all of communication

Mistake in listening

Active Listening Methods

Targeted questions - That's how important are questions in the customer cycle?

Open questions

Closed questions

The needs assessment is decisive for sales & consulting success

Careful, trap!

Model for customer inquiries

Two communication levels - subject & relationship level

Fact Sheets for Communication Professionals

The positive basic attitude makes the difference!

Formulate comprehensibly!

Formulate concretely!

Formulate positively!

Use (customer) benefit arguments!

Visualize!

Addressing complaints correctly

Basic rules for complaints & Co.

Careful...feelings!

Attention...Escalation accelerator!

Six steps to successful complaint handling

Delivering bad news

Body language - facial expressions, gestures, posture, tone of voice & Co.

Basic rules of body language

Body language signals in conversational communication

Release call blockades

Professional customer-oriented telephone calls

Voice and speech

Correctly forward conversations within the company

Checklist for professional telephone behaviour

Call setup for outgoing calls

Highly Sensitive - The Practical Manual For Dealing With High Sensitivity And Highly Sensitive People

What is high sensibility?

Special features of high sensitivity

High sensitivity and fears

Dealing with one's own high sensitivity

Dealing with other highly sensitive people

High sensitivity in the partnership

Dealing with a highly sensitive partner

Dealing with high sensitivity at work

Dealing with highly sensitive children

Tips for dealing with high sensitivity on a daily basis

Bottom line

Dog training - Successful dog education explained step by step

Communicate unambiguously with the dog

The sooner the better

No exceptions for small dog breeds

Convince instead of persuade

The basics with playful skill

Fast house cleanliness in the first 5 months

Always play without a leash

More than just a companion

The dog's going crazy.

Search and Bring Games

Retrieve "bring" for beginners

Give the dog a task

The right environment

Dog wish in the big city

Avoid begging at the table

No sweets for the dog

Help my dog doesn't eat any more

Training without treats

Learning to stay alone

Consistency in the living room

Loud noises against negative behaviour

Problems on New Year's Eve

The right praise is the key to success

This is the only way to raise a dog

No more boredom

Collect information in advance

Improvising during Agility Training

Emotional Motivation

Dogs must be moved

Avoid unpleasant dog encounters

Build up the social behaviour of the dog as early as possible

disinhibit jumping

Behaviour during biting among dogs

To break the habit of barking to small dogs

Driving with the dog without problems

Travelling with the dog

Dogs in summer, what needs to be considered

Protect dog paws from road salt

You have to want it

Everyone pulling together

Puppies without problems

Become interesting for the dog

Dogs live in the here and now

The three greatest needs of the dog

Dogs love hand signals

The embossing phase

Patience and consistency in dog training

The dog is afraid

How dogs perceive their surroundings

The coexistence of dog and cat

Bathing in the woods - In balance through the healing power of nature

Bathing in the woods: Healing from the forest

The secret life of the trees

The healing effect of forest air

How does forest bathing become a pleasure?

This is how bathing in the woods becomes a pleasure

Power and Energy through Trees: Seeing

Power and Energy through Trees: Touching

Power and Energy through Trees: Smelling

Power and Energy through Trees: Tasting

Power and Energy through Trees: Hearing

Power and Energy through Trees: Forest Walks

Power and Energy through Trees: Breathing Exercises

Power and Energy through Trees: Progressive Muscle Relaxation

Power and Energy through Trees: Forest Training

A stay in the forest is always worthwhile

Losing weight with interval fasting - How to reach your ideal weight quickly and healthily with the 16/8 method

What is interval fasting?

The theoretical and historical background of interval fasting

For whom is interval fasting suitable?

Health benefits of interval fasting

Interval fasting against civilization diseases

Interval fasting and diet

Successful weight loss with interval fasting

Interval fasting and detoxification

The concept of purification

How long do you fast?

Practical Guide: The 16/8 Method in Practice

Other methods of interval fasting

Recipes for breakfast

Recipes for lunch

Recipes for dinner

Recipes for smoothies

Guide to happiness for more satisfaction & joy in life

Be happy: The 10 most important findings of Positive Psychology

Let them talk - What others think about you: 5 tips to become independent

Reasons why laughter is healthy and important

Mindfulness & Deceleration in everyday life - I am offline!

Concentrated holiday recreation - So you get a lot of relaxation from the days off

Dissatisfied with your job: Signs that you have the wrong job

Do I have a burnout? That's how you can tell the symptoms

Burnout prevention: 10 tips - You can do it yourself!

Fulfilled Partnership - What makes a relationship really happy

Tingle & Love - Tips to keep the relationship fresh

Happy long-distance relationship - Maintaining love despite distance

Staples in relationships - How to become less affectionate

Overcome and free yourself from fears, panic attacks & phobias in your life

Social phobia - Am I affected by it myself?

Learning to let go: How to conclude with negative experiences

The art of self-motivation - What really inspires us & how to train the drive for action

More motivation with this simple method

No motivation? Tricks to get started and hold out permanently

Strengthen self-confidence - How to gain self-esteem and self- confidence for everyday life, work and relationships

It is by far the most popular area of personality development: self-confidence. We've all heard about it, and we all want to know about it in our lives. Isn't it strange that very few people have a clear idea of what exactly "self- confidence" is? As soon as this term comes up, we usually first think of a straight attitude, a confident appearance, an exemplary career and a flourishing social life. Most people are not aware that all this is only the possible consequences of a healthy self-confidence and does not have much to do with the actual essence of the whole. This is also the reason why so many people do not have a "true" self-confidence and long for it. So the circle closes and there is only one way to break it: Understand what self-confidence really is. This is where this guide will help you.

In recent years I have learned that there is more to all this than just a confident appearance and a strong confidence in his personality. In fact, our self-confidence is the key element of our quality of life. If we build it conscientiously, we will have every imaginable opportunity to shape our lives positively. If we let it atrophy, we become passive, unsuccessful and dissatisfied. The better we understand the matter, the clearer it becomes how we can think and act more happily and success-oriented. I assure you that after reading this e-book you will have a much clearer idea of the whole subject. You will also be able to pave your way to a more self-confident life on your own.

The entire subject area is so diverse that it is almost impossible to be brief in this respect. Nevertheless, I take up the challenge to give you a short, effective and easily understandable introduction to the basics. This e-book is intended as a short guide and is aimed at all those who prefer short reading and long for quick positive results in their lives. Owing to the brevity of the adviser, we will not, of course, be looking at all possible aspects of the issue, but that does not make your chances of success any less likely. The theoretical basics and practical tips you will learn in the following are perfectly sufficient to build up a healthy self-confidence, a strong self-confidence and an honest self-love. The fact that you are dealing with the topic is the first big step in the right direction. Stay on the ball and shape your path to a more self-confident life.

What exactly does "self-confidence" mean? How does it differ from self-confidence? What are the reasons why so many people long to become more self-confident, and what concrete steps can be taken to achieve this? Which principles must be understood and which logical consequences result from this? We will deal with all these questions and more in the course of this short guide. Even more: Together we will find a helpful answer to each of these questions!

As in all my publications, I would like to point out to you that there is a basic requirement for your personal success. To deal intensively with a topic and to read a guidebook on it is an important step which triggers motivation and drive for action in you. It's this very zest for action you have to give in to. Just reading this e-book and feeling motivated will not lead to great results. It will rather cause frustration, because sooner or later you will find that despite all your good intentions you have not yet become more self-confident. This realization can even cause the opposite of the desired effect and depress you. Therefore, be open-minded and willing to get involved in your personality development. Don't find the following just meaningful and helpful, but try it out in your life. While reading, always ask yourself to what extent what you have experienced can be transferred to you and your personal situation. Every person is unique and therefore it is not possible to write a universal guide to success. It is your task to adapt the contents of this short guide to your needs and to act according to the advice given. Nothing comes from nothing. Only through real action can measurable results be achieved. The good thing about it is that it also gives you full power and personal responsibility. With this e-book I give you valuable facts and suggestions on your way. What you make of it is up to you.

On the following page you will find an introductory chapter in which you will learn everything you need to know about self-confidence. This is followed by the main part of the guide, which consists of 12 basic principles and practical measures for a more self-confident life. Then the whole thing is summarized briefly and concisely to refresh your memory and motivate you.

That you're reading these lines is a very good sign. It means that you have an honest desire to change for the better and that you are willing to follow your wishes with concrete actions. If you remain motivated and open- minded, you will achieve a lot with the help of this guide. Perhaps not everything you will read below will appear completely new to you, but that doesn't make it any less important. Building your self-confidence sustainably means significantly improving your quality of life. There is no better way to invest your time and attention. I hope you enjoy reading this and wish you many important insights.

Everything you need to know about self-confidence

Most people think that self-confidence is about success, persuasiveness or particularly disciplined behaviour. This is not entirely incorrect, but basically these qualities are only the result of a healthy self-confidence. In plain language this means: being successful, convincing or disciplined does not automatically make you self-confident. However, a solid self-confidence makes it much more likely and easier to let you be all that. But that's not all. Self-confidence is the key to personality development and can therefore do much more for you. Therefore one should not have such a narrow idea of it, but understand exactly what it is all about. So, what's self-confidence anyway?

By definition, self-consciousness is "the awareness of oneself as a thinking being", or: "the conviction of one's abilities, of one's value as a person, expressed especially in self-confident appearance".

The latter definition is more in line with the term "self-confidence", which we will deal with later. First and foremost, it is important to literally perceive and understand the word "self-confidence". It's about being aware of yourself. To perceive and understand oneself. Why is this so important? Because you are the central element of your life. You experience every day of your life. You make every decision yourself and basically you do nothing but decide all day long. You decide what to eat, where to go, what to do next, with whom to interact, etc. For a happy and self-determined life it is essential to understand how important self-perception and self-confidence are. When we do this, we understand our personal responsibility. We recognize not only that we are responsible for everything that happens in our lives, but also that we have all the power over it and thus the possibility to shape it according to our ideas. That sounds simple, doesn't it?

What seems simple in theory is sometimes difficult in practice. We'll see what that's all about shortly. First of all, it is important to look at the difference between self-confidence and self-confidence.

Do you trust easily or do you have to earn your trust first? As a rule, we humans find it difficult to trust someone through the path we do not fully know. We often think that we need to find out more about a person before such an intimate relationship of trust can develop. It's the same with ourselves. We consciously do not perceive it, but in reality we distrust ourselves if we do not have a pronounced self-confidence. This is a very simple process that is completely subconscious. For this reason, self-confidence is a logical consequence of self-consciousness. Who has a consciousness about himself and knows himself completely, can also trust himself. Those who trust themselves have courage and confidence and can thus tackle great hurdles in everyday life. This ultimately results in successes that ensure self-confidence and strengthen trust. The aforementioned successes lead to pride and self-love and so the circle closes: one gets to know oneself, gains trust, is rewarded with success and admires oneself for it. After all, you're proud to be in your skin. This is what self-confidence really is and what it can do for you. Therefore, it cannot be too time-consuming to deal with the topic in peace: Because it can completely change your life for the better.

If it's so easy, why are so few people self-confident? In fact, there are many different reasons for this and it is difficult to generalize the causes. Since I do not know you personally and we communicate via this e-book, we cannot and will not undertake a journey into your very individual past. Instead, I will introduce you to general reasons for a lack of self-confidence, which you are likely to find yourself in. There's nothing wrong with that, because actually, we all can. Factors that negatively affect our self-awareness are omnipresent and it will be your job to avoid them in the future.

Among the most common reasons are the need to please others and the fear of confrontation. Most people already learn in their childhood that they receive praise and rewards from their parents, siblings and other role models if they behave according to their wishes. If they don't, they'll be blamed. While some people go through a rebellious phase as they grow up and impose their own will, others enjoy being passive and pleasing their fellow human beings. The logical consequence is a lack of self-confidence. Whoever only does what might be right for others loses sight of what he himself actually wants. One moves away from oneself and thus also weakens self- confidence.

Also the heteronomy and generalization make people less self-confident. We are constantly exposed to opinions that give us directions in life and convictions. It starts with reading the daily newspaper or watching the news on television. Furthermore, the media tell us what we should eat, what fashion trend we should not miss, what technical equipment we should buy and which car we absolutely need in order to convey a certain impression to the outside world. All this relieves us of many decisions and thus impairs our independent and self-confident thinking. Moreover, these circumstances generalize all humans. It is not about individuality and personalization, but about making everything possible "suitable for the masses". We like to underestimate it, but these influences also affect our self-confidence.

The last frequent reason for a lack of self-confidence and self-confidence that I will give you is failure. Whenever something fails in our everyday life, we are demotivated. We feel bad and never want to feel this feeling again. For many people, this means not facing the same situation again in order not to run the risk of failure in the first place. The consequence is that the trust in oneself and thus also the self-confidence disappears. One orients oneself more and more to what other, supposedly more successful people do. For this reason, it is important to remain motivated even after setbacks and defeats and not to doubt yourself.

These are just a few of the possible reasons for a weak self-confidence, but they are perfectly sufficient to understand the principle and counteract the negative influences.

They now know what self-confidence really is, how it arises, develops and why so many people lack it. Your task now is to make use of these foundations and to build up your self-confidence sustainably with the help of practical measures. In the following you will get to know 12 such measures. Question your own situation and the reasons why you long for more self-confidence. Be open-minded and willing to work against these causes. Use the main part of the short guidebook as motivation and support, so that you will soon be able to register the first positive results!

1. Measure for more self-confidence: Get to know each other

If self-confidence is about knowing oneself well, the most important basis is logically to get to know oneself sufficiently. This may sound banal, but never underestimate the effectiveness of simple approaches. As already mentioned, our everyday life consists to a very large extent of decisions. Those who know each other well can quickly and safely decide for their best. People with weak self-confidence have difficulty making decisions. This is particularly serious when major decisions have to be made, such as changing jobs, moving to a new home, buying a car or something similar. But when you're clear about your strengths, weaknesses, preferences, and character traits, it's easy to do the right thing and stand by it.

Furthermore, it is essential for your self-confidence to know yourself well. You only trust someone you know. Consequently, you must also earn (back) your own trust. The better you know your strengths, the more confident you are. The more you trust yourself, the more success you will experience that will strengthen your self- confidence and self-love. The better you understand your weaknesses, the more realistic you can be with risks and avoid serious mistakes. This also strengthens confidence in oneself. The better you know what you want from life, the easier it is for you to get exactly that. As you can see, you should not take it lightly to get to know your true nature. It's worth it. But how does it work? How can you get to know yourself better?

Imagine meeting a person for the first time. What would you want to know from this person first? What questions would you ask? And what was that person supposed to find out from you? Which of your qualities would you like to highlight because you are proud of them? Get a realistic impression of what you really need to know about yourself. Find out for yourself. Get to know each other better by asking yourself the right questions. As a little help I will give you a few questions in the following. Try to answer them honestly. You are alone with this e-book, so you can be completely open and relaxed. You will be amazed, as some of these questions may make you think longer:

- Who am I, anyway?

- Am I at peace with myself and satisfied?

- If not, what exactly makes me dissatisfied?

- What do I do about this dissatisfaction?

- What are my strengths?

- What can I do particularly well?

- How often do my strengths come to the fore in everyday life?

- What are my weaknesses?

- How often do my weaknesses stand in my way?

- What is my basic attitude towards life?

- What do I want to achieve in my life?

- Am I on the right track to doing this?

- What is really important to me?

- Does what's important to me have a place in my life?

- What am I interested in and how much time do I spend?

- How would someone who met me for the first time perceive me?

- If I could wish for a change, what would it be?

Also, ask yourself very loose and simple questions. Think about what music you like to listen to, what movies you like to watch and what you prefer to eat. Call up your hobbies in front of your eyes and whether they satisfy you.

Get to know each other completely. The more accurate, the better. You will find that you can answer some questions quickly and easily, while some are difficult for you. That is quite normal and sense of exercise.

Work with the answers that come out of this exercise. Intensify what you like and what already works well in your life. Take advantage of your strengths. Don't let your weaknesses sit on you and don't let them demotivate you. Work against them! In the following you will find some help for this. Call up your goals and wishes before your eyes and make concrete plans to achieve them.

Realize that you are the most important person in your life. This is not a selfish thought, but the key to your happiness. Even if other people have a high value in your life, you are still responsible for yourself. You can only love others if you love yourself. You can only help others if you are able to help yourself. You can only be a good role model for others if you can be proud of yourself. These are logical principles of true self-consciousness. Recognize and accept your responsibility towards yourself. Your personal happiness begins with you.

Get to know the person who holds your life in their hands. So you will learn to trust and love this person.

2. Measure for more self-confidence: Be independent

If it is your life and you have full responsibility, why should it be important or decisive what other people think about you? The fear of not pleasing others or of falling into their envy strongly affects our everyday lives. We adapt our behaviour accordingly and put our own interests and wishes aside. Does that look familiar to you? Do you know that from yourself? If so, that's no reason to get upset. It's just a good time to stop.

Too many people buy status symbols they can't afford to impress others with. We lie about our interests to make a positive impression. We say "yes" when we actually mean "no" and say that we are doing well when we are doing badly in reality. All this only because we constantly think about how our counterpart perceives us. Please don't take this the wrong way: thinking about one's external impression can be helpful, but that thought should not come first. First you come! Remember: There is only one opinion about you that really counts and this is your own!

What good does it do you to please others? How does it get you ahead in life? In fact, this has only very weak and superficial advantages for you. If, for example, you buy an expensive car to impress others, you are putting yourself in an unfavourable position. Someone will perceive you for about a minute and admire you for the great vehicle. After that this person will continue again and take care of his own affairs. The other 23 hours and 59 minutes of the day you have to stand straight for the car. They must bear the high costs and full responsibility for them.

If you go to work sick to make a positive impression on your boss, do yourself no favours at all. You are endangering your health in the long term, while the praise you receive only lasts for a few minutes. The truth is that even if you don't go to work, the company you work for will continue to exist. You are primarily responsible for yourself and not for what your employer thinks about you.

If you lose weight, exercise regularly and dress well, then you should do it for yourself first and foremost. It is important that you feel comfortable in your skin, because you only have this one body. The aesthetic feelings of other people should only play a subordinate role here. Everyone has a different taste, so you can't please everyone anyway. While you use your body continuously to cope with your everyday life, other people only see it for a relatively short time. So who should he be more important to?

A self-confident person acts in his own interest and does not think about what others might think. By the way, it is interesting to note that other people are more attracted to self-confident and self-determined personalities anyway. In plain language, this means that the stronger you build up and expand your self-confidence, the more attractive and desirable you will be in the eyes of others.

Be independent of foreign opinions and do your very own thing. A self-confident person recognizes and understands that responsibility means power. When you let other people decide how you dress, what you buy or how you spend your time, you give them power. Power over your life that would actually be better off in your own hands. But if you take full responsibility, you have full power. It's entirely up to you.

3. Measure for more self-confidence: Leave the comfort zone

In my coaching I determine their comfort zone together with my clients. The comfort zone is the nest of habits that we have built up over many years and in which we make ourselves comfortable. Always the same people, places, activities, beliefs, etc. Since this term is often misunderstood, I will give you a concrete example of the classic comfort zone, as we know it from everyday life:

Our example person is called Lisa. Lisa is 30 years old, working and a rather introverted person. She would claim of herself to be little self-confident and would like to change something about it. If you look at their everyday lives, you see that they follow a pattern. The respective days are very similar to each other and there is very little variety in them. Lisa goes to work regularly, comes home afterwards, takes care of the household and then makes herself comfortable in front of the television or in the armchair with a book. She has known her friends for a very long time and if she spends time with them, then either on the phone, at her or her friends' home or in her favourite pub. She is rather sceptical towards new acquaintances and is afraid to dissolve inner blockades or to fight long existing fears. Instead, she incorporates detours into her life that avoid confrontations and unpleasant situations. It's hard for her to get involved with new things. She doesn't like trying out new foods, reading books that don't fit her favourite genre, or testing new sports.

Does any of this sound familiar to you? Can a few of these points also be applied to your situation? If so, then that's nothing to be ashamed of. It's convenient to set up a comfort zone. But you pay a high price for it: it costs us self-confidence and above all self-confidence.

The happiness and self-confidence you long for are outside your comfort zone. The whole thing is based on a simple thought: if all these things were already within your comfort zone, you wouldn't crave them. However, since you are not satisfied, but want to change something, you will have to break new ground. You have to dissolve the boundaries and leave the good old comfort zone. Not for nothing is there a saying that says, "Life begins outside the comfort zone."

Bring variety into your everyday life. Meet new people. Try different sports or a new hobby. Look at a movie you wouldn't have been interested in otherwise. Visit a restaurant with your friends where you have never been before. Don't go to the cinema for the umpteenth time on a Saturday night, but go billiards or bowling. Take part in a crime thriller dinner and interact with complete strangers. Face unpleasant challenges and even your fears.

Why would you do all that? Because all this takes courage. Because it not only enriches you with new experiences, but also encourages you to trust yourself. Every single time you venture out of the comfort zone and experience something satisfying, you strengthen your self-confidence. You notice that not only have you suffered no damage, but you have also had fun, learned new things and have grown a bit as a personality. This will give you the strength and courage to have more positive experiences that will strengthen your self-confidence even more!

You have to try some things in life to find out what you really like or don't like. Think of your favourite food and a dish that you find terrible. In order to find out what you particularly like or don't like, you had to try these things for the first time. They got involved in something new. In the same way, there are still unbelievably many things outside your comfort zone that you will love. They just don't know it yet. Of course, you will also try things that you don't like after all. However, this is part of the learning process and also strengthens your self-confidence: one more thing that you can say with certainty that does not suit you or your personality.

Never believe that you have heard, seen or got to know everything. Life is unbelievably extensive and multi- faceted. We can't "finish learning." Every day there is something new to experience and discover. The whole world is your comfort zone. Explore them!

4. Measure for more self-confidence: Cultivate what is unique

Warren Buffet is probably the most famous investor and one of the financially wealthiest people in the world. When asked about the secrets of his success at his major shareholder meetings, he likes to tell the story of the genie in the bottle and the car. She goes like this:

Imagine being 18 years old again. During a walk you will meet a genie in a bottle. He says: "Since you have found me, I will grant you a wish. I'll give you a car of your choice, no matter how expensive it costs. You can choose which one you want. The whole thing has a little catch, though: it'll be the only car you'll ever drive. You can't sell it or trade it for another. There will always be this one. So choose wisely and make a good decision." They think for a while and weigh different factors. Finally you make a choice and share your decision with the genie in the bottle. He nods briefly, disappears and where he was before, there is now the brand new car that you have wished for. You are pleased, but you also know that you will have to handle it responsibly in the future. After all, it should accompany you all your life. So take good care of it. They wash it regularly, fill it up with the best fuels, do not miss any maintenance and do not stress it beyond its limits. In addition, you can have even the smallest damage repaired immediately. In this way, you will make sure that this one car will remain loyal to you all your life and that you will always enjoy it.

This story is a symbol that should open our eyes. The irony behind this is that we would be willing to maintain a car impeccably just because we know that we can never get another. However, we often neglect our own body, although it is much more important and truly unique. It is not a desired object from a story, but actually our most important tool to cope with everyday life. Your body is the home of your consciousness or your soul. Since you identify with your body when you look in the mirror, it is directly related to your self-confidence.

This is not just about aesthetics, personal taste or pleasing others. It's about feeling good in your skin. It's about health and personal satisfaction. If you are dissatisfied with your health or the shape of your body, this will also have a negative effect on your self-confidence. But you like to look in the mirror, you like to identify with what you see. You are proud of yourself and thus strengthen your self-acceptance and self-confidence.

Your body is a status symbol. You can't buy, steal or win a beautifully shaped body in a lottery. You'll have to do something about it yourself. This simple fact is firmly anchored in the subconscious of every human being. Therefore, when you see a sporty person, you automatically know that he or she is a disciplined, persevering and self-loving person. Accordingly, you can trigger all this in yourself by living a healthy and sporty life. The goal here is not to impress others. The goal is to impress yourself and to convey a positive feeling. Start looking in the mirror with pleasure. If you are dissatisfied with your current form, do something about it. Start being proud of yourself and your progress. What's stopping you now?

Your body is unique and more important than any material possession. Look after him accordingly. Eat a healthy diet and exercise sufficiently. Better health ensures more vitality and joie de vivre. This in turn increases your self- confidence and self-confidence. Always remember: your body is not a dream item that you have received from a genie in a bottle, but your real companion throughout your whole life. It is directly linked to your quality of life. In view of this, can it really be too strenuous to do sport now and then or to refrain from unhealthy temptations?

5. Measure for more self-confidence: Smile!

Yes, there we have again one of these banal tips, how one knows them from the advisor industry. Don't you worry. I don't recommend laughing yoga and I won't advise you to walk through your neighborhood laughing out loud. No, I just want to show you that great results do not always require great deeds. Often it is also the little things in which the great potential lies. So smile often! What's the matter with you? It's simple:

Imagine your normal everyday life. They meet hundreds of people a day, sometimes even thousands. All these people pass you by without attracting your attention. There are only a few exceptions and these only occur when someone looks particularly good or smiles at you. Think about it. If you don't interact with anyone, a visit to the supermarket is as boring as ever. However, if the lady or gentleman at the checkout gives you a friendly smile, your mood suddenly rises. You will remember the moment with pleasure even later. That's because we're attracted to smiling people. We are powerless against it, because it is anchored in our subconscious. We combine a cheerful and warm smile with something positive. So we find smiling people particularly attractive, sympathetic and attractive. What do you think makes people smile in photos? Right, because there's no way to look any better. Your smile reveals your personal chocolate side.

Now you may be wondering what this has to do with your self-confidence. A good question! In general, laughter and smiles are about happiness, contentment, happiness hormones, etc. In our special context, however, it is about the effect on others! If you look at another person expressionlessly, he will either not perceive you or look back unkindly. But if you smile at a stranger, he will be happy and will smile as well. It's an unwritten law. You suddenly receive positive feedback from the reactions of your fellow human beings, which increases your self- esteem.

Yeah, we've already dealt with the fact that it doesn't matter what anyone thinks about you. It is. Nevertheless, we can use confirmation by others as a tool to increase our self-esteem. We just shouldn't make it depend on it!

Many people have a weak self-confidence because they do not consider themselves attractive. It comes just in time to get a smile every now and then and to have the feeling of being desired. But that smile won't come to you on its own. As a positive thinking person, it is your job to take the first step. You're also doing something good. It can mean a lot to a stranger to get a smile when he is having a bad day or generally going through a difficult time. It costs you nothing and gives you something very positive back. So why wouldn't you?

Get used to smiling more often. Irrespective of your self-confidence, this will also lead to positive improvements in many other areas of your life. By the way, it also strengthens self-love to see yourself smiling in the mirror.

Try it out. Do not practice an artificial smile to advertise for toothpaste. Smile warmly and sincerely. See how much better and more attractive you suddenly look. Be proud of your reflection. After all, you only have this one.