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Use These 7 Tips to Boost Your Confidence

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Although the confidence gap primarily applies to women, those who feel marginalized in any way experience it, too. Follow these tips to boost your confidence so it falls in line with your competence: 1. Instead of improving your skills, focus on increasing your confidence. Leverage your inherent confidence. Start early.

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3 Action Steps for an Honest Self-Assessment

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Develop confidence. You must develop confidence to take actions that will advance you and your business or career. But building confidence is not as simple as it sounds. Confidence is a constant work in progress to maintain the balancing act between pride and uncertainty. Talk it out. You have to make things happen.

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Menswear With Meaning: Fashion Brand INHERENT Is Dedicated to Improving Men’s Mental Wellness

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The founder, chief creative officer and designer of INHERENT , a Colorado-based men’s fashion and lifestyle brand, developed his business based on the notion that dressing well is directly connected to mental wellness. In 2017, he found himself in a mentally rough spot.

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How to Handle Haters: Advice from 3 Resilient Entrepreneurs

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If your decisions about a career move, relocation, lifestyle or relationship mean your loved ones refuse to support you, even threaten to leave your life, the road ahead of you can be a long one. I managed to find some C-suite executives who supported and encouraged me, which gave me confidence I was not getting from loved ones.

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The 7 Reasons We Fail

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People without conviction go along to get along because they lack confidence and courage. People with low self-confidence are constantly trying to find themselves rather than creating the person they want to be. This article was published in June 2017 and has been updated. People who lack conviction take the middle of the road.

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9 Types of Journaling and How They Can Benefit Mental and Physical Health

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Shari Leid, author of The Friendship Series , experienced its powers firsthand when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. I gained a deeper understanding of myself, which led to a greater level of confidence in who I am,” Leid says. Through the journaling process, I learned to trust myself.

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3 Reflective Ways to Refocus Your Thinking for Success

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One of the most priceless things that’s ever happened to me was noticing that I am not that voice inside my head , and that the ego is different than the confidence required to fuel my abilities. This article was published in December 2017 and has been updated. Photo by andresr/IStock.

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