The Dark Side of Confidence
In the personal development world it is generally accepted that confidence is a good characteristic to have. No doubt, being self confident has many benefits and plays a large role in the formula of success. I know personally, that without faith in myself and my ability to write I wouldn’t be where I am today.
But lately, I’ve been thinking about the other side of the story, the dark side of confidence. Can confidence be damaging to our growth? Today I would like to share with you the side of the confidence we often ignore: The dark side of confidence.
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March 8th, 2010 / 
Identity
7 Ways To Love Yourself
Take a quick look around the personal development world and you quickly find hundreds of amazing articles that aim to help you in getting the most out of your day. You’ll find ways to change the world, how to quit your day job, dads with a passion for writing, and loads of other advice from awesome individuals. Over the past few years ,I’ve literally read hundreds of blogs and in the process have grown a tremendous amount.
Despite all the tips and life hacks out there, I think the base of personal development comes down to something simpler: How much do you love yourself? I’m not talking about the kind of egotistical love based purely on pleasure and fame, but rather I’m talking about the strength of your relationship with yourself. Today I’d like to share with you 7 ways to love yourself and help you plugin to your identity.
34 Comments / March 2nd, 2010 / Identity
How To Become A Man or Woman of Your Word
Of all the potential characteristics a person can have, trustworthiness ranks high on the list of most important. Unfortunately, building and maintaing trust can be a difficult task because it takes time to build and can literally be lost in seconds.
The foundation of your brand and identity is based on your ability to be trusted. Your word is your currency, without it your foundation will crumble. The more trust you have the more people you can potentially influence, however lose that trust and you will take a tremendous step backwards. Today I’d like to share with you some ways that I have built trust in my social life and in the online community.
34 Comments / February 16th, 2010 / Identity
How Disaster Completely Changed My Reality
Note from Glen: Today’s post is by Bud Hennekes. Bud is going to be featured here at PluginID a lot more soon so I hope you enjoy his work as much as I do.
What’s your attitude towards struggle? Do you look at it as your adversary? Or do you embrace it as an opportunity of growth? Do you repeatedly claim your “life is over”? Or do you rise up to the occasion and out last the temporary illusion?
41 Comments / January 13th, 2010 / Identity
Start Taking Your Own Advice
Note from Glen: Sorry for the lack of posting this week. I am now finally settled into my life in Amsterdam and absolutely loving it here. The people are so friendly, the nightlife is awesome and travelling itself is just an exciting experience. The only downside about this place is the price – I honestly don’t think I could save money on a $3,000 per month budget. But hey, I’m here to enjoy it, and I thank you all for joining me on the journey!
Some of you will know that I take part in a weekly mastermind group. We don’t actually think of it as a mastermind group (we call it a Fantastic Four) but it is still an excellent resource to communicate with like-minded people. Our ‘Fantastic Four’ consists of four people who are venturing into their own businesses, and we give each other advice from our own experiences in both life and wealth.
22 Comments / December 3rd, 2009 / Identity
What Are You Resisting?
Sorry for the less than descriptive title, but I recently had a “mini-epiphany” or what I call a mindgasm and wanted to share my thoughts. To follow along, I want you to think of all the goals you have in life. They could be earning more money, leaving your job, becoming more confident, losing weight, or anything like that. Just think of a few right now.
Next, I want you to think about what stops you from achieving those goals. Does too much competition stop you from building a business? Do you not have enough time to get things done? Does your social anxiety stop you becoming confident? Does your slow metabolism stop you from losing weight?
43 Comments / October 7th, 2009 / Identity
My 6 Week Challenge: Learning About Myself
As I sit here drinking my second cup of Green Tea and reading what is possibly the best book I’ve ever read, I thought it would be a good idea to share some details on my 6 week challenge which has started today.
The challenge, quite simply, is to cut all of the bullshit (I can’t think of a better word) out of my life for the next 6 weeks. For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you may see this is pretty much an extended version of my 7 day challenge which I can’t recommend highly enough.
107 Comments / September 24th, 2009 / Identity
Expression Not Impression
If how we live each day ultimately becomes how we live our lives, then it’s probably a good idea, now and then, to zoom in on the things we do on a daily basis. One such thing could be the actions that we take in terms of goal achievement and advancing in certain areas of our life.
In the average person, our actions are a mix of both expression and impression. Expression simply being sharing your true feelings with the world and doing things for you. Impression being changing yourself and what you do in order to get other people to like you or think highly of you in some regard.
50 Comments / June 29th, 2009 / Identity
My Biggest Fear (and How to Overcome It)
Right now, I’m fairly happy with my life situation. I work for myself, I run online communities which provide value to thousands of people, and I’m about to embark on a journey that will take me to some awesome countries for at least 6 months. Yet, although this is the case, I still don’t feel anywhere near like I’ve ‘made it’ or that I’m living up to my potential.
A common misconception people have about those who write on the subject of Personal Development is that their lives must be perfect. They must wake up at 6am, exercise daily, eat a balanced diet, remain positive in all situations and never judge people. That may be the case for some, but definitely not me.
63 Comments / June 22nd, 2009 / Identity
Personality Development: Be Who You Want to Be
Personality is an interesting subject, and not a topic I wanted to cover until I had thoroughly done my research. After-all, even just the word ‘personality’ means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Our personality actually plays a huge part in how we perceive the world and how the world perceives us so I think it is an important subject to cover.
This site is all about living the life you want to live and being who you want to be and I think it’s safe to say that we each view someone’s personality as a large part of what makes them who they are. With that in mind, let’s look at how you can change yours for your own benefit.
46 Comments / April 23rd, 2009 / Identity
