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An Introvert’s Guide to Starting a New Job (Infographic)

July 11, 2017 by Joi Leave a Comment

There are countless ways to divide humans into groups (male/female, happy/sad, Type A/Type B….) but one that comes into play pretty often, especially on self help blogs, is INTROVERTS and EXTROVERTS. While it’s almost impossible to place people decisively into any groups (aside from gender, race, and blood type), most people do either fall directly under the heading introvert or extrovert – or, at the very least, lean more heavily toward one than the other.

Intorverts tend to keep to themselves more. While they are not remotely unfriendly and don’t lack in the personality department – introverts do not mind time with (or to) themselves. In fact, they prefer it! Extroverts, on the other hand, are generally the ones controlling as many conversations as possible. They thrive on being the center of both conversations and attention.

The first day of school or the first week at a new job presents two entirely different scenarios for introverts and extroverts. For extroverts, it’s “game on!” They usually approach such experiences as a welcome opportunity – “Let’s see how many people I can meet and how many conversations I can have today!”

But what about the introvert? The one who’d rather be at home curled up in their favorite chair with hot chocolate and a great mystery? These types of experiences can range anywhere from annoying to nauseating for someone who’s motto is “the fewer people, the better…. no people, the best!”

The infographic below can offer some much-needed encouragement along with priceless advice.

The advice can help you get through the day with your eye on the prize… your favorite chair, hot chocolate, and a great book at the end of the day!

Courtesy of: On Stride

Filed Under: Infographics, Positive Thought, Problem Solving, Self Confidence Tagged With: Infographic, introverts, self improvement, starting a new job

Things to Consider When Going in for a Big Job Interview

November 2, 2016 by Joi Leave a Comment

Today begins a series of posts, book reviews, and quotes about improving self confidence.  The way we dress plays a big role in our confidence – and a strong confidence game is never more essential than when we’re going for a job interview!

Twirldress

Finding the right job is no easy task. In order to have success in the world of business, a person will have to take the time to research what their employment options are. Once a person finds an industry that they would like to work in, they will need to take the time to get some interviews with the right companies. In order to make an impression on a person giving you an interview, you will need to take the time to prepare yourself. The following are some of the things that a person will need to consider when going in for a big job interview.

Dressing the Part is Vital

The main thing that a person will have to do when going in for an interview is to think about what they will wear. Wearing modest dresses is a great way to have the understated class needed to impress a prospective employer. You will usually be able to find clothing like this at dress stores in Utah. Taking the time to find out what type of attire you need to wear to an interview will be more than worth the time a person invests.

Get Your Resume Ready

The next thing that a person will need to do when trying to get ready for a bid job interview is to get their resume ready. You need to make sure that resume you have is filled with your accomplishments and that it highlights the type of benefits you can bring to a company. If you are not confident in the resume you have, then you may want to pay a professional to look over it and bulk it up for you. The time and money that is spent on this type of resume building will be worth it in the long run.

Be Prepared For Questions During the Interview

When trying to get ready for a particular interview, you will also need to take the time to prepare for the questions you may be asked during the visit. By taking the time to think up great answers to common interview questions, you will be able to wow the prospective employer with ease. There are a number of websites out there that will be able to help you prepare for an interview. Spending a bit of time doing this type of work is important and will help you land the dream job that you are after.

Filed Under: Articles by Various Authors, Problem Solving, Self Confidence Tagged With: job interviews

Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun: Well Said, Albert Einstein

August 18, 2016 by Joi Leave a Comment

"Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun." - Albert Einstein
A while back, I was sent a new book to review on my blogs (How to Draw Cool Stuff) and while enjoying the heck out of it, I started thinking about the benefits of creativity on your mental and emotional health. Basically, getting in touch with your creative side (cooking, drawing, gardening, writing, crafting special coffee drinks, painting…) awakens an area in your brain that may have been dormant since art class in the tenth grade.

It’s never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never a good thing when any part of your brain is dormant.

CNN reports that taking part in creative endeavors protects neuron growth by promoting the production of new neurons – which delays dementia.  Put another way, it’s a wake up call to your brain cells – one it needs greatly. Wake up calls such as this, of course, not only keep you sharp – they also help protect you against the various forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s Disease.

Other Ways Being More Creative is Good For You

  • Getting in touch with your creative side boosts self-confidence and even self-esteem.
  • Being creative reduces stress.
  • Drawing, cooking, gardening, painting, etc.. are excellent ways to alleviate anxiety.
  • Individuals who eat out of boredom or as a result of inactivity often find that they shave a great number of calories and even lose weight when they take up a creative new hobby.
  • If your creative new hobby involves learning new things (such as the wonderful art lesson the book pictured below provides), the mental benefits are doubled.  Learning new things is the best way to strengthen your brain and ward off mental decline, dementia, and Alzheimer’s.

If it’s been a while since you got in touch with your creative side, I hope you’ll let this serve as a motivating shot in the arm to pick up those pencils, gardening tools, coffee brewing gadgets, or paint brushes.

Your brain will thank you for it.

~ Joi (“Joy”)

Read my How to Draw Cool Stuff Review on my mental fitness blog! It’s a great book for kids and adults – and, trust me, it’s as cool as advertised.

 

How to Draw Cool Stuff
 

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Books I Love, Mental Fitness, Problem Solving, Self Confidence Tagged With: creativity, mental fitness, prevent Alzheimer's, quote, quote graphic

Improving Your Self Confidence: It All Starts in the Mind

March 31, 2016 by Joi 3 Comments

Quote About Self Confidence

Grenville Kleiser on Self Confidence

I often hear from the wonderful readers of Self Help Daily and their words direct me in the direction I need to take the self help blog. The three most frequent subjects are almost always family relationships, empty nest syndrome, and self confidence.

We had a series of “Building a Happier Family” articles a while back (with more coming) and I’ve written quite a bit about Overcoming Empty Nest Syndrome as well.

However, I’ve been a little neglectful when it comes to writing about self confidence. I apologize for that and will try to right my wrong by serving up a series of articles, quotes, and posts geared toward helping you improve your self confidence and get your swagger on!

How to Develop Self Confidence

One of my favorite authors of all-time is Grenville Kleiser. His books, published in the early 1900’s, are filled with more wisdom than you’ll find in a lot of modern books. I also enjoy his writing style. He’s one of those authors with what I call the “gift” – the ability to make the reader feel as though the author is right there with them. Reading Kleiser feels more like a visit with a wise old uncle than actual book reading.

“How to Develop Self Confidence,” Copyright 1910, is one of his greatest works . It’s amazing how applicable Mr. Kleiser’s writings are to our present time – in spite of having been written so long ago.

In this world of self help and self improvement, we run across “buzz words” or “keywords” such as ability, action, passion, determination, and talent on a regular basis. But, the one thing they each rise on or collapse under is Self Confidence.

As defined by Dictionary.com Self Confidence is

1. realistic confidence in one’s own judgment, ability, power, etc.

2. excessive or inflated confidence in one’s own judgment, ability, etc.

Self Confidence, as defined by me, however, is what we think ourselves capable of.

Here’s an example: I think I could design and publish a blog about Basset Hounds and, within a year, have it ranked among the top 10 Basset Hound blogs. My confidence is healthy or high. Why? I know all about blogs (I’ve been doing this for so long I should) and I know all about Basset Hounds – a favorite breed. Although I no longer have a Basset Hound, I know and love this beautiful breed as well as I do cats (which is saying something!).

My level of knowledge would be a 10 out of 10 and my passion for the subject would even surpass that. As a result, my confidence is through the roof.

However, if someone asked me to create a blog about fishing and have it ranked even within the top 25 within a year, I’d probably go hide in a closet. The extent of my “fishing” knowledge is that the sport takes place in water.

That’s it.

With zero knowledge about my subject, my confidence in myself in such an endeavor would be lower than low.

Many times our confidence rises and falls with our preparation. I’d be prepared to photograph and write about Basset Hounds all day long.  Fishing…. not so much.

If I HAD to create a fishing blog, I would have two choices:

  1. Approach it with a half-hearted attitude and try to fake my way through it.
  2. Determine to read everything I could get my hands on about fishing, get my fishing license, grab my camera, and have my husband take me out and show me how it’s done!

Number 1 wouldn’t end very well… certainly not within the top 25.  The second one, however, would really give me a fighting chance. It’s that type of attitude that leads to confidence – which in turn leads to success.

And, often, a lot of fun.

“The development of self-confidence begins properly with intelligent self-examination. The mind must be closely scrutinized, undesirable tendencies checked, faults eradicated, and correct habits of thought and conduct firmly established.” – Grenville Kleiser, How to Develop Self Confidence

Fear trips us up more than anything else when dealing with Self Confidence. We’re fearful that we’ll make a mistake, that we’ll make a fool of ourselves, that someone will laugh at us or (my greatest fear) that we’ll let someone down. We know, full well, that we can erase all chances of any of these happening simply by not even attempting the challenge in the first place. We pull the covers up around our ears and get all comfy in our comfort zone.

The only thing about comfort zones is that, while they’re undeniably comfortable, they encourage zero growth. Comfort zones are like overly indulgent parents – the end results are never pretty.

Comfort Zones spoil what could have been.

Fear needs to be diagnosed and faced. More times than not, fear arises from what we allow to go on in our minds. You know those quiet little conversations we have with ourselves throughout the day? The ones where we think, “I’m fat (or scrawny),” “I wish I were smarter (younger, older..),” “If only I had more money…” etc.

“The mind is permitted habitually to dwell upon thoughts of doubt, failure, and inefficiency. So great does this power become, when unchecked, that it affects to greater or less degree almost every aspect of one’s life.” – Grenville Kleiser, How to Develop Self Confidence

Maybe we’d be better off if we just stopped thinking so much and do what needs to be done. We have to find a way to work with our fear rather than not working because of it.

Ironically, we can actually use our fears as tools to help us. Going back to the example above, if I were timid about building a Fishing blog, I could very well write down my fears. They might read something like this:

  1. There’s too much competition.  I’d never be able to compete for top rankings in the search engines.  There are far too many other fishermen and women getting their groove on.
  2. I don’t know anything about fish OR catching them.
  3. Worms??? YUK!
  4. Where would I find the time? I have 10 blogs as it is…
  5. What if I disappointed my family by failing?

“To walk straight up to the thing feared will often strip it of its terror.” – Grenville Kleiser, How to Develop Self Confidence

When we write down our fears, we can then go back and stare them “eye to I” and manipulate them to work FOR us rather than AGAINST us.

We can take our “objections,” and create “objectives.”

For example, if I were worrying about time, I could write out a strict time schedule (you have no idea how that phrase just made me cringe – I’m not sure if it was the strict part or the schedule part, but I shivered). By writing the day’s available hours on paper, I could hold them accountable and find the extra time I needed.

Fears can be incredibly motivating if we allow them to be.

“The other day I saw a dog leisurely pass a cat on the street, and to all appearance there was no ill feeling on either side. The cat looked him straight in the eye as he approached, and the dog returned her confident glance and quietly passed on. Then the cat, seeing a good chance for escape, bolted across the street, but the instant the dog saw her running he turned and followed in hot haste. It was cat and dog for some yards, when suddenly the cat stopped, humped her back and looked defiantly at her adversary. He stopped, caught his breath, blinked uncertainly, turned up his nose, and walked off. As long as the cat showed fear and ran, the dog chased her; but the moment she took her stand, he respected her. When a man stands up boldly and self-confidently for his rights, fear slinks tremblingly into the shadows.” – Grenville Kleiser, How to Develop Self Confidence

Self Confidence can be built and nurtured. We can work towards the level of self confidence evident in the cat above. He has got it going on! If we work hard and believe in ourselves – the same can be said of us.

~ Joi (“Joy”)

Filed Under: General, Self Confidence, Self Help Tagged With: building self confidence, improving your self confidence, self confidence

Infographic: 6 Ways to Conquer Your Fears

May 12, 2015 by Joi 2 Comments

6 Great Ways to Conquer Your Fears

I thought it was deliciously ironic that I received this infographic to share with you on the same day I had the last post (Overcoming Fear: Truth Be Told It’s Pretty Darn Cool) scheduled. Things happen like that so often that I’m really not even surprised any more… I just think, “Meant to be,” and have another drink of coffee.

Credit: 6 Great Ways to Conquer Your Fears [Infographic] by the team at Vegas Extreme Skydiving

 

Filed Under: Infographics, Problem Solving, Self Confidence Tagged With: conquer your fears, Infographic, self help infographic

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