Susan Young Quotes
As a young girl, I allowed my self-esteem to be determined by others’ opinions, and I devoted incredible energy tuning into how everyone else felt.
As a lifetime people pleaser, I remember trying to mold myself into the person I thought other people wanted me to be—all for the sake of being liked and accepted. It caused more pain than gain.
Do you really want people to like you for something that you’re not? It takes a lot of energy to pretend to be someone else for the sake of pleasing others.
Integrity is a most valued human quality.
Your integrity is your personal code of honor and has the power to build your reputation or destroy it, establish credibility or crumble it—in one swift move.
Use your body language and posture to project confidence. Shift your physiology into a more powerful pose or position and your mindset will follow.
Dignity is an inherent value and human virtue which represents the best of mankind.
Dignity is a gracious pride without narcissistic projection. It portrays a calm confidence and awareness regardless of the environment or circumstances.
Dignity is pride’s barometer.
With awareness and practice, even the most awkward people can learn how to be both fluid and purposeful in their bearing.
A wonderful place to start is to seek role models who exemplify this way of being and try their style on for size.
Dignity impacts everything in your life. It affects the quality of your internal world for how you see, feel, and think about yourself.
Dignity impacts the quality of your external world in your relationships, communications, and interactions.
Dignity impacts how you are perceived and received when making a first impression.
Practice positive and affirming self-talk.
Identify confident people whom you admire and respect and notice what they do differently to project such confidence. Learn by observing role models.
Walk the talk and project confidence. If at first you don’t feel confident, fake it until you make it.
Yes, learning curves can be painful, exhausting, trying, scary, and intimidating. How did you learn to ride a bike? One pedal, one balance, one turn, and one step at a time.
You will build confidence by continuing to put yourself into new and innovative situations where you can learn new skills, grow your education, test your strengths, and improve your abilities.
Steer clear of negativity and set boundaries so that when people bring it on, you can engage your force-field to deflect their distracting energy.
As you jump new hurdles, you gain greater confidence. Confidence can be achieved like any other practiced skill.
Just because you may not feel confident about doing something now does not mean you will not master it later with ease.
Building confidence is an ongoing process and something that can be accomplished over time.
“Self-confident people are mindful about spending their time, energy, and interests on things that truly matter.
Just because you don't know how to do something now does not mean you can't learn how to do it later.
If you are lacking confidence in something, just keep trying and don’t give up.
Nurture a balanced perspective and don’t “sweat the small stuff.
Get outside your comfort zone. Stretch beyond your norm and try new things.
Set goals to create a clear sense of purpose and direction.
Embrace change and practice flexibility. It will make you more agile in adapting to new people and situations.
Dress confidently in clothes that make you feel great about yourself. When you look better you feel better.
Charisma (presence, poise, magnetism) and charm (enchantment, attraction, fascination) are behaviors which can be learned and practiced.
If you want to be successful, how you show up to life matters.
Even the smartest and most successful of people will experience lower self-confidence occasionally, but the difference is that they deliberately shift out of it and refuse to stay there.
Notice when negativity spins in your head and disrupt it immediately before it has a chance to take hold and stick.
If your self-talk leans toward the negative, the continual bashing will become debilitating
When you feel low self-confidence, it is usually the result of the negative thoughts your inner critic whispers in the darkness of your mind.
Even something as simple as ending a sentence with the tone of a question mark rather than a period can diminish a person’s authority and credibility.
We tend to listen to the people who believe in their own words as opposed to those who don’t. When we feel their conviction, they earn our buy-in.
Their confidence gives those they lead the assurance that their words and their actions are reliable.
Developing a commanding presence is essential for leadership and a powerful impact.
What do confidence and command look like when you see them? Moving one step past a healthy self-esteem, they project an air of authority, respect, and deliberate intention.
Your charisma and charm can make your moments more memorable for amazing first impressions.
The key is to keep charisma and charm positive and underpinned with sincere and good intentions.
Self-confident people don’t make their self-esteem, self-image, happiness, or self-confidence dependent on another person’s approval, validation, or acceptance.
Self-confident people Know that obstacles are only temporary setbacks.
Self-confident people face their fears head-on and are willing to take risks.
Self-confident people are proud of their accomplishments, but can remain humble without bragging.
Self-confident people tend to be optimistic thinkers and focus on the positives.
Self-confident people take the initiative to move forward in the direction of their dreams.
