EDMONTON CONFIDENCE BUILDING WORKSHOPS-"Why do I lack confidence?"
Return to self-assessment
“I want to know why I lack confidence.”
Clients who lack confidence are often very concerned with
“why” they lack it. Here is the short answer and this will be familiar to you
if you have completed the complimentary workbook.
1. How
did I get here? (the identity of one who lacks
confidence)
- unhealthy influences (inaccurate information and
negative conditioning)
- tentativeness about innate
abilities/preferences/desires
- sensitivity/vulnerability to external messaging
(beliefs, expectations of others, meaning we learn to assign to
circumstances)
- lack of clarity about appropriate short and
long-range goals
- inconsistent efforts that do not respect the
learning needs of the primitive mind
- settling/complacency born out of frustration and
a perceived lack of progress
2. How
do I get there? (CEO of my life, belief in
self/self-confidence)
- positive influences (accurate information and
positive conditioning)
- knowledge of innate abilities and boldness in
acquiring new tools
- sensitivity to the internal environment
(awareness of unique needs, desires, abilities & deliberate meaning we assign
to circumstances)
- clarity about appropriate short and long-range
goals
- consistent efforts that do respect the learning
needs of the primitive mind
- willingness to be curious and experiment
(becoming a solution-focused amateur social scientist)
Note-you may want to complete the journal questions
related to this page in the complimentary workbook by signing up.
Terri Lee Cooper MSc. RSW