The Loop of Confidence

Testing Your Self-Confidence

Ann Bernard — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:26:05 +0000

Imagine you are at work and your boss brings together all the employees together because he or she has an announcement to make. Before your boss utters a word…pretty much everyone will start speculating about what this meeting is all about. Some will think something positive is about to happen, while most people will think [...]

Your Circumstances Are Not Your Potential

Ann Bernard — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:47 +0000

If I looked at all my failures and the “sucky” lack of progress I experience most times – I would not be doing what I’m doing or ever have achieved what I’ve achieved so far in my life. My circumstances never mattered much to me, what’s always mattered to me is my potential. I [...]

Excuses Expose Your Lack of Self-Confidence

Ann Bernard — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:45:22 +0000

Like many, I’m not a fan of, and I have little patience for, excuses. A person who is full of excuses or always ready to give an excuse is clearly someone in my opinion who lacks self-confidence. Confident people don’t make excuses – they take on the responsibility and hold themselves accountable.

So, what are [...]

Self-Confidence to be Yourself

Ann Bernard — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:14:54 +0000

One of the most visited/read of my blog posts is the post called: Stop Thinking About What Other People Are Thinking. I open the post by saying that if you worry about what other people think of you…it’s a sure sign you lack self-confidence. The post goes on to give people things to consider [...]

Get Answers via Video from The Confidence Builder

Ann Bernard — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:33:19 +0000

Did you know the Loop of Confidence was on Youtube? I started the channel over a year ago – I posted a few videos but did not keep up with it. Well, that’s changing!! The plan is to post one video a week, but more importantly, I want to use the [...]

Ten Fallacies People Tell About Self-Confidence

Ann Bernard — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:06:41 +0000

The study and understanding of self-confidence is my life – part of who I am and it’s what I do. I often come across misinformation on the web, on social media sites and forums about self-confidence. I decided to go ahead and write this post to highlight the top ten fallacies I have heard [...]

Build Your Confidence. Stop Being Sheepels

Ann Bernard — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:03:22 +0000

Today people around this country are celebrating the life, tragic death and amazing accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr. A man who lead a movement that changed millions of lives. A man who faced adversity, challenges, and death for his work and beliefs. A man of great faith, courage and confidence.

Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]

Overcome Learned Helplessness With The Loop of Confidence

Ann Bernard — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:12:42 +0000

Ever heard of learned helplessness? It’s very similar to the process of losing your self-confidence; the way it happens is that after a series of attempts at something and constant failures at it – you stop trying even if the situation has changed, and the door for success has opened. It’s the feeling that [...]

Self Confidence Development – A Personal Responsibility?

Ann Bernard — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:32:41 +0000

A few semesters ago I took a sociology class called “Current Social Problems” – it was quite an eye opening class. The discussions on the social construct of current social problems and on violence against women were particularly interesting…I’ll be explaining why in a second. An article on the Bryn Mawr website made me [...]

Developing Confidence in Children

Ann Bernard — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:07:11 +0000

My focus thus far with The Loop of Confidence has been on adult confidence development. My intentions are to create a program to teach parents how to help their children develop self-confidence but it’s an undertaking I haven’t fully gotten involved in. I’ve mostly been doing research on the topic but a few events and [...]