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WORKBOOK

UNSTOPPABLECONFIDENCE

"I have unstoppable, unlimited self-confidence!"

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DATE

Evelyn Roberts Brooks Page 1

http://www.SelfConfidenceProgram.com

"With greater self-confidence, with anunshakable belief in yourself, nothing would beimpossible for you.

"More than anything else, you would feel terrific aboutyourself.

"You would feel truly happy about every part of your life,knowing deep down inside that you have the ability totake whatever steps and make whatever changes arenecessary to assure that your life is exactly the way youwant it."

–Brian Tracy

Workbook © 2013, Evelyn Roberts Brooks, Los Angeles All rights reserved.www.evelynbrooks.com


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Week One

Suggested Reading

Introduction -- Entering the No Fear Zone

Chapter 1 -- The Foundation of Self-Confidence

Quotes from this week's reading:

Introduction -- Entering the No Fear Zone

"The fact is that, if you developed the quality of unshakable self-confidence, your wholeworld would be different."

"If you follow these proven and practical principles, drawn from the lives and behaviorsof the most successful men and women alive today, and all of which are scientificallyvalidated by extensive research and experience, you can develop the self-confidencethat you desire so that you can achieve anything you really want."

Chapter 1 -- The Foundation of Self-Confidence

"Your whole world can fall down around you, but as long as you know that you aredoing the right thing, you will have a deep inner sense of calm that will manifest itself inan attitude of confidence and self-assurance in any situation."

"Unshakable self-confidence comes from unshakable commitment to your values.When, deep down inside yourself you know that you will never violate your highestprinciples, you experience a deep sense of personal power that enables you to dealopenly and honestly and with complete self-confidence in almost every humansituation."

"Whenever you act consistent with a higher value, you always feel terrific aboutyourself, and your self-confidence soars. However, whenever you compromise yourvalues for any reason, you feel uncomfortable, inferior, guilty, and your self-confidenceplummets."



MY VALUE SYSTEM

ASSIGNMENT: After giving thought to what values are so important to you that theyfeel a part of you, complete the two sections below (you can leave the one aboutbusiness values blank if that doesn't apply to you)

You may find it helpful to use the list of "value" words at the bottom of this page forinspiration. When you've completed your lists, circle the top three most importantvalues and number them in order of priority.

THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUES IN MY PERSONAL LIFE ARE:

THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUES IN MY BUSINESS OR WORK LIFE ARE:

"VALUE" WORDS (add your own values to this list as desired)accountability, achievement, adventure, authority, caring, community, compassion,competition, cooperation, creativity, decisiveness, ecological awareness, efficiency, excellence, family, fidelity, financial security, freedom, friendship, God or Infinite Spirit,hard work, harmony, helping others, honesty, independence, integrity, job security,kindness, knowledge, leadership, learning, liberty, love, loyalty, meaningful work,money, my country, nature, personal development, philanthropy, physical challenge,pleasure, power, privacy, public service, quality, recognition, religion, reputation,responsibility, self-respect, serenity, sincerity, sophistication, stability, success,supporting the arts, truth, understanding, variety, wealth, wisdom



MY FUTURISTIC EULOGY

Imagine you've reached the end of your life and – as a friendly spirit – you'reeavesdropping at your own memorial service. You nod with satisfaction as you hear therecounting of all the good you did during your journey on Earth. There's even somegood-natured ribbing over mistakes you made in a well-meaning way while learningand growing. You laugh along with the listeners as the person at the podium recounts afew anecdotes that really bring your life into full flavor.

ASSIGNMENT: Write your own eulogy NOW!

Rationale

This tool is valuable for identifying the major achievements you most desire toaccomplish in your lifetime. It points out the holes where you need to pay moreattention to what is important to you, and underscores the values that you hold dear.

Instead of rushing through this with a few quick comments about what a nice personyou were and how much you'll be missed, take time to do this exercise with care. Youwill find it helpful to use as a visionary document that can be a "map" to guide youraction steps from now on.

And, of course, you can keep revising it as the years pass and you accomplish moreand more of your big dreams for expressing yourself fully in the world with all of yourgifts to humanity such as kindness and caring.

Get started

1. Look at the values you decided earlier are important to you2. Think about the legacy you want to leave behind3. Consider how you want to be remembered by family, friends, colleagues and

others4. Include funny stories that deliver the message about your most important values

in a warm and inspiring way5. Remember to write about yourself in the third person6. Make it about a page or two in length. Don't expect the funeral-goers to listen to

a long rambling speech about everything you ever did.7. Hit the highlights – think of the eulogy as the best snapshots or video clips from

your entire life.8. Examine your life values and what is truly important to you, and then write out

the eulogy you wish someone would be saying about you someday



MY FUTURISTIC EULOGY

Write your eulogy in the space below and use extra paper if needed



MY "ACT AS IF" LIST

Practice being a winner in every area of your life by "acting as if"you already ARE a confident, happy and successful person.

That person moves through daily life differently than someonewho is hampered by insecurities and self-doubt. BECOME thatwinner by imagining how they behave, and then copying thatbehavior until it becomes second nature to you.

Assignment: Using the two columns below, list several areas in your life where youcan start "acting as if" this week, and jot down a few words to remind yourself of thefeelings that person would have while doing everyday tasks. (See the example given toget you started.)

Practice pretending you are feeling those feelings too, and this exercise becomes a lotof fun and very powerful to change the frequency of the vibration you operate on inyour life. That means the Law of Attraction can start bringing you more and more of theresults that a confident person gets!

WHERE I WILL DO THIS ACTINGWhile talking to strangers in line at thecoffee shop, at a party or a meeting

HOW I WILL ACTFriendly, warm, with the inner belief thatI'm a great, fun person to say hello to!



MY WEEK ONE NOTES AND ACTION STEPS

Use this page to record ideas that come to you during the coaching lessons, and alsoat odd times during the week. Circle the best ideas and implement them at once, whilethe energy is fresh!

Repeat this commitment daily: I commit to taking three new action steps this weektoward becoming a confident and self-assured person who already loves theirlife!

Begin moving in the direction of the vision for your life that you created in this week'swriting-my-own-eulogy assignment.



"Our deepest fear is not that we areinadequate. Our deepest fear is that we arepowerful beyond measure.

"It is our light, not our darkness that mostfrightens us. We ask ourselves,'Who am I tobe brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?'

"Actually, who are you not to be? You are achild of God. Your playing small does notserve the world. There is nothing enlightenedabout shrinking so that other people won't feelinsecure around you.

"We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory ofGod that is within us. It is not just in some ofus; it is in everyone.

"And as we let our own light shine, weunconsciously give other people permission todo the same. As we are liberated from ourown fear, our presence automatically liberatesothers." – Marianne Williamson



Week Two

Suggested Reading

Chapter 2 -- Purpose and Personal Power

Chapter 3 -- Achieving Competence and Personal Mastery


Chapter 2 -- Purpose and Personal Power

"Self-confidence is also subject to the law of indirect effort. We achieve higher levels ofself-confidence not by wishing for it, but by setting and achieving ever-higher goals andobjectives. As we move forward step by step, as we feel ourselves advancing in life, wefeel better and stronger and more capable of taking on even bigger challenges."

"Your job is to do whatever it takes to convince yourself, in your heart, that you areabsolutely unstoppable and that you can achieve anything that you put your mind to."

Chapter 3 -- Achieving Competence and Personal Mastery

"The law of cause and effect applies to everything you are today and to everything thatyou become. If the effect that you desire is high and unshakable levels of self-confidence, then it is necessary that you engage in the same behaviors practiced byothers who enjoy high and unshakable self-confidence, and you will soon experiencehigh levels of self-confidence yourself."

"The law of incremental improvement is your key to an unlimited future of success,prosperity, and self-confidence. It doesn't matter where you are starting from; all thatmatters is where you are going."

"The fact is that, generally speaking, you have the capability to excel at anything that isreally important to you."



MY DECISIONS

Assignment: Pick three or more areas of your life that feel blocked by indecision,procrastination and ambivalence. Perhaps you feel trapped by too many choices ofwhat to do, so you keep putting off a decision, worrying you'll make the wrong one.That energy is being wasted on mulling over "this" versus "that" again and again.Release that energy from within to use on goals that are important to you.

Commitment: "I now resolve this issue by making a decision to move forward withconfidence."

Understand that when you free that stuck energy and make that commitment, ideas forfulfilling your decision will start flowing toward you. All the answers to the "How will I doit?" questions will become clear.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it, "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires tomake it happen."

I now decide to...



MY OLD COMFORT ZONE

Whatever is your "fall-back" position in your day to day life could be called your comfortzone. It doesn't mean you sit around all the time in the comfort of a soft couch andwatch TV. You could be a dynamo businessperson or active homemaker and still be ina comfort zone. As a matter of fact, ALL of us reside in a comfort zone until we aremore frustrated with our results than we are fearful of breaking through the boundariesto the new life we'd love to be enjoying.

Assignment: Think about your life and where you feel discontent in any area, and alsowhere you feel a strong longing or yearning for something better. Notice your body'sreaction as you think of these things. Fear is often expressed by a tightening orclutching feeling in the stomach. Your breath might get more shallow and faster. Noticethese feelings with a sense of curiosity rather than judgment, and realize you're at theboundary line of your comfort zone. In the two columns below, write about ways thatstaying in your comfort zone is holding you back, such as with the example given:

OLD COMFORT ZONE

Telling friends I'm too busy to join theirparty for dinner at that new bistro I'd liketo go to, and opting to stay home alone.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FEARBOUNDARY: WHAT I'D REALLYLOVE TO DO, BE OR HAVE I'd love to join them and feel confidentabout meeting new people and enjoyingnew experiences!



I AM SUCCESSFUL

Assignment: Below, list at least 10 successes or achievements you have experiencedrecently or at any time in your life. Success means you accomplished it. You set outwith a goal in mind, and you kept moving forward even when you felt discouraged. Youfinished the project and felt a good about your effort. Even if by outside standards itcould be judged a failure (such as, in the example given, not getting on the team), Iwant you to recognize and celebrate 10 successes or more:

Example: When I was in high school, I set the goal of training to get on the track teamand I gave it my all – it was hard, but I didn't give up. That makes me a winner!.

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MY GOALS

Imagine you have no limits on your bank account, your education, your health or anyother conditions that you might be looking at today that seem to hold you back fromyour biggest goals and dreams

Assignment: Write about the specific goals you would like to achieve in the four mainquadrants of your life. Let yourself daydream, let yourself relax and allow the dreams tocall to you. If you start to worry, "I'll never be able to do that!" simply tell your mind "I'llget back to you later – for now, I'm writing it down." Decide right now that you won't letyour fear win. Make your list:

TIME AND MONEY FREEDOM

CAREER & CREATIVE EXPRESSION (such as hobbies, volunteering, sports)

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

HEALTH (MIND AND BODY)



WHAT I LOVE!

Confident people make goals and set their plan in motion toward achieving what theywant, whether it's success at work or loving relationships at home and with friends.

Assignment: Take time to remind yourself of all the things you love doing, having andexperiencing in life. This exercise will help you see how much abundance andhappiness you already have that you may be taking for granted. The Universe loves itwhen we appreciate what we already have in life... and will send more of the same. So,express your gratitude now and every day for all of this and more:



MY KEY SKILLS

You have many skills that you probably think everyone else has too, but that's becauseyou use them all the time and it's second nature to you by now to act this way at work,at home and in your community. Use this workbook page to track your developmentand record more ideas for improving in the key skills that move you forward in life.

Assignment: Write down the valuable skills you use in all the areas of your life on aregular basis. Also jot down skills that you would like to develop more and circle them.For example, if you realize you procrastinate on getting reports done on time at work,write down the skill: "I prepare and deliver my reports on time" and then circle it.

AT WORK OR SCHOOL

AT HOME

IN MY RELATIONSHIPS

IN MY COMMUNITY AND BEYOND



MY WEEK TWO NOTES AND ACTION STEPS





"What lies behind us and what liesbefore us are tiny matters compared towhat lies within us."

– Henry Stanley Haskins



WEEK THREE

Suggested Reading

Chapter 4 -- The Inner Game of Self-Confidence

Chapter 5 -- Capitalizing on Your Strengths


Chapter 4 -- The Inner Game of Self-Confidence

"Mental fitness is subject to the law of cause and effect. You can develop the kind ofunshakable self-confidence that you desire by simply repeating certain thoughts andactions over and over, until they are driven deep into your subconscious mind and takeon a power of their own."

"Your goal is to be happy, confident, and optimistic. The way that you achieve this is bymaking these positive responses so automatic that you remain predominantly happy,confident, and optimistic, no matter what happens."

Chapter 5 -- Capitalizing on Your Strengths

"One of the best questions you can ask yourself, over and over, is "What can I, andonly I, do that, if done well, will make an extraordinary difference in my situation?"

"Because your time is your life, and your mental, emotional, and physical energies areyour most valuable resources, your job is to organize your efforts in such a way as togive maximum rewards and satisfaction for your energy invested."

"The key to becoming a fully functioning, fully integrated personality, the basic factorsof underlying self-confidence, is for you to become more aware of who you really are,and what you really want in life."

"As your level of self-acceptance increases and you begin to respect yourself for yourunique talents and abilities, your level of self-esteem and self-confidence will go up aswell."



I CONTROL THE SUGGESTIONS I ALLOW IN

Learn to block ideas, suggestions and influence from others that is not consistent withyour values and goals. Make a commitment now to be in charge of where you focusyour thinking energy.

Assignment: List the times you are easily influenced by others, and next to it, write out what you willdo from now on to act more confident.SUGGESTIONS I ALLOW IN NOW

When I watch the news, I feel sohelpless, upset and angry about what isgoing on in the world with wars andshootings. It all scares me and makesme feel sick inside.

WHAT I'LL DO FROM NOW ON

I'll watch the news highlights to stayinformed, but avoid getting caught up inthe anger and hype. I'll take action tohelp where I can in the world instead offeeling like a helpless bystander.

Assignment: Write at least 5 positive statements you can use to demonstratecalmness and self-confidence when your hot buttons are pushed or when you feeltense, upset or irritated.

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MY BLIND SIDE IS

What are you overlooking in your life that if you started paying attention to it andputting energy and focus on, it could really zoom you toward your goals? By itsdefinition, your "blind side" is a part of your thinking that you're not aware of, or thatonly drifts into your line of sight now and then, and then falls back into a hidden zone.You may wish to get input from a trusted friend or family member who will lovingly pointout areas you don't seem to notice about where you're shooting yourself in the foot!

Assignment: Write down any and all ideas of what your blind side could be, and see ifthere is something the new awareness will help you move forward with now that youknow this about yourself. For example, if a friend tells you that you always shut downlistening when anyone tries to give you constructive advice, be aware that you may beblocking their ideas because of an old pattern of feeling criticized – but you're alsomissing out on valuable feedback others could give you.



MY MENTAL FITNESS ROUTINE– 5 DAILY EXERCISES

Assignment: Make a commitment to using these 5 "fitness routines" on a daily basisfor at least a week. You will probably feel so good that you'll want to continue on aregular basis!

1) Positive Self-Talk – notice what you are noticing! Emerson said, "Stand guard atthe portal of your mind."

2) Written AffirmationsWrite your goals on a business card size paper and keep it in your wallet. Make severalcopies and put on your desk, the car console, the fridge door, the bathroom mirror,Read it at least 3 times a day.

Also, write out your goals by hand in a notebook several times a day. Use your regulardominant hand and then switch hands. Repeat for a total of two times with each hand.

3) Positive Visualization

Throughout the day, imagine everything going just the way you want it. Picture theoutcome of each meeting, event or segment of your day in clear detail, imagining howconfident you feel in each situation and how well others respond to you. Feel how greatit feels to be so successful and self-confident! Bring up as much emotion as you can tocement the positive images into place as if you've already had a successful outcomeand are now enjoying it. Make use of vision boards to help this process.

4) Feed your mind

Study for at least 15 minutes every day: books, programs, seminars, audios such asthis "Unstoppable Confidence" course I created for you. Make a commitment to be alearner and a grower from now on in life. That is a habit the most successful andconfident people adopted, and when we model ourselves after them, we change the oldresults we were getting into what we really want.

5) Hang out with positive people

The more you grow in confidence, the less you'll want to spend time aroundcomplainers, whiners and gripers. Cultivate new friends who are interested in personaldevelopment like you are. You'll reinforce and support each other's efforts, and it will bea whole lot more fun to stick with the winners.



MY STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

You can save yourself years of misery at the wrong job (and in the wrong relationship)by always leading with your strengths and refusing promotions that would catapult youout of your strength zone and into a zone of incompetence and weakness!

Note, if you discover that a "weakness" is one that you want to develop, make sure itwould be filling a missing piece in your top strengths, and not just something you'vebeen told by others you "should" be good at. Successful, confident people focus on afew strengths and ignore hundreds of weaknesses -- let others do those things that youare not so good at, and spend your best energy on your true strengths.

MY STRENGTHS:

MY WEAKNESSES: (after listing them, cross off the ones that are trivial and releasethem to disperse in the air without judgment or self-condemnation for not being perfectat everything!)



MY CURRENTS SKILLS I USE REGULARLY

Assignment: List your skills according to work, family, hobbies & sports, romanticrelationship /marriage, etc and then go and circle the skills that are a priority to you, soyou can get a clearer picture of what you are good at and what is valuable to you. Thisis similar the an exercise in Week Two, but will help you learn more about yourself andall the ways you ALREADY are successful!

if you're feeling challenged about discovering your strengths, ask a trusted friend orfamily member who cares about you to tell you their opinion of what you are best at.

TIME AND MONEY FREEDOM

CAREER & CREATIVE EXPRESSION (such as hobbies, volunteering, sports)

LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS

HEALTH (MIND AND BODY)



MY MOTIVATIONAL PROFILE

Assignment: Of the three choices below, circle the profile that describes you the best.If you are undecided, notice which one feels more natural to you as being "the real you"most of the time in life when you feel good about yourself.

ACHIEVER PROFILE – achievers feel the greatest sense of accomplishment fromprojects and activities that were almost primarily done alone. Examples: an individualactivity such as mountain climbing, selling on commission, completing a course of study

LEADER PROFILE – leaders are motivated by a healthy power to influence others andcoordinate their activities to complete a project or goals that are complex. Examples: team coaches, managers, heads of companies.

AFFILIATION PROFILE – team players enjoy supporting others and being supported inreturn as the team works together in co-operation to reach a goal or complete a project.The sense of success is shared with the team, and you're happy with that!

P.S. Now that you understand better which profile motivates you the most, taketime to reflect on your current job and see if you are using your strengths in thebest capacity.



MY WEEK THREE NOTES AND ACTION STEPS





"It is not possible to consistently feelpositive emotion about something andhave it turn out badly – for the way youfeel will tell you if you are allowing yournatural well-being or not.

"Once you understand that the way youfeel indicates your level of allowing orresisting, you now hold the key tocreating anything you desire."

– Abraham-Hicks



WEEK FOUR

Suggested Reading

Chapter 6 -- Triumphing over Adversity

Chapter 7 -- Self-Confidence in Action


Chapter 6 -- Triumphing over Adversity

"If you absolutely believe, without question, that if you persevere long enough and hardenough, you will ultimately win, then nothing will stop you."

"Your self-esteem and self-confidence is closely tied to your deep inner feeling aboutyour ability to be effective when faced with problems and difficulties that hit you like apunch in the solar plexus. It is your ability to pick yourself up from the mat and keep onswinging that is the real measure of what you are made of."

Chapter 7 -- Self-Confidence in Action

"When you have enough self-confidence, you will try almost anything. Becausesuccess is largely a matter of averages, or probabilities, the more things you try, themore likely it is that you will achieve greatly."

"A mental exercise program, like goal setting and positive thinking, is very much like aphysical exercise program. If you expect it to really work for you, you have to practice itpersistently, every day, and keep at it indefinitely."

"If you have the desire to change, the decisiveness to take action, the determination topersist on your forward track, and the discipline to make yourself do whatever you needto do, your self-confidence and your success are inevitable."



I COMMIT TO EXPRESSING THESE 2 QUALITIES IN MY LIFE

A University of Stanford research study isolated two qualities that predict executivesuccess. Whether you're a CEO of your own home, owner of a mom-and-pop retailstore or construction company, working your way up the corporate ladder or incommission-based sales such as real estate, insurance, financial services and carsales, you can claim these qualities for yourself and feel confident they will serve youwell.

Assignment: Make these two commitments, out loud and also in writing, to cementthem into your thinking mind. Add them to your goal card and notebook writing untilthey feel natural to you. Write each statement a few times in the space below each one:

1) I commit to being a team player

2) I commit to functioning well in a crisis



THE STORY OF MY LIFE

This is a bit different from the eulogy assignment in week one, where you wrote aboutthe highlights of the life you want to be living from now on, so at the end of your lifeyou'll feel satisfied that you didn't leave any major goals undone because you avoidedthem.

Assignment: Using as much paper as you'd like, write about the times in your lifegrowing up and up to the present time that you feel impacted you the most, eitherpositively or negatively. If you find it a challenge to get started, think back to being ingrade school and let memories come to mind, then simply jot down enough of the storyto pass for the abridged version of your autobiography. You'll probably start noticing apattern in your life, of the times when Life tried to teach you a lesson and you ignoredthe early warning signs until finally you had to be hit by a Mack truck (in the form of apainful disaster in your life) to understand you needed to learn something importantabout, for instance, being trustworthy in relationships.



MY CHARACTER IS STRONG AND HEALTHY

"One of your aims in life should be to develop your character, to become a better, finer,and stronger human being. The development of characters, essential to your long-termhappiness and well-being, requires that you go through the crucible of setback andtemporary defeat and emerge victorious." ~ Brian Tracy, "The Power of Self-Confidence"

Assignment: Reflect on your life, and the times when you felt you couldn't take anymore, or that you felt beaten down (e.g., an illness in yourself or a close friend/familymember, or a scary financial setback) but you rallied and triumphed and became astronger person in the process. Many cancer survivors say they would never wish theirillness on anyone, but they would wish what they learned from the experience oneveryone! Write about a few times you learned how to be resilient, and note how yougrew from the experience.



MY TOOLS FOR COPING WITH FAILURE

Assignment: Now that you are nearly finished with this intensive course on building anunshakable sense of self-confidence, write down some new ideas you can use tohandle fear and failure when it inevitably arises in your life.

AT WORK

AT HOME

WITH FRIENDS AND MY COMMUNITY



MY BIG GOAL LIST

Assignment: Take a deep breath and quickly – without too much thinking – write downyour BIGGEST dreams of all. The things that being practical or logical will try to stopyou from putting on the list. Do it fast! You already know what these are, so let the truthcome out onto the paper now, without worrying about ordering them by priority:

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THE 4 D'S OF SUCCESS & SELF-CONFIDENCE

Assignment: Beneath each sentence, write your commitment in the words given or inyour own variation of it that feels comfortable (or maybe even a little scary – big dreamsand goals should excite and scare us or we won't grow in our journey), and then signthis page to let the Universe know you are serious about being a successful andconfident person!

DESIREI commit to increasing and thinking about my desire to be successful and confident untilit is the dominant emotion in my life.

DECISIONI commit to keep working on myself until I have the kind of self-confidence that I can do,be, have and say anything I want!

DETERMINATIONI commit to persist in the direction of my dreams even when my old comfort zone tries tolure me back into my old way of living a life that's only second-best.

DISCIPLINEI commit to practicing self-discipline every day from now on, so that I make myself dowhat needs to be done even when I don't feel like it.

Signed: Dated:



MY 5 ESSENTIAL QUALITIES FOR SUCCESS

Assignment: Under each of the 5 qualities, jot down reminders to yourself of whereyou are expressing these qualities already in life, and where you could do better.

1. COMMON SENSE & WISDOM

2. I'M GOOD AT WHAT I DO

3. I HAVE SELF-RELIANCE

4. MY ACTIONS ARE CONGRUENT

5. I PRODUCE RESULTS



MY BOLDNESS ACTIVITIES

Assignment: First, get inspired by people who overcame adversity or challenges andkept advancing confidently in the direction of their desired results. You might find ithelpful to think of Babe Ruth and other baseball record-breakers who hit runs becausethey were willing to play full out and swing again and again despite "failing" (gettingstruck out) more often than not.

Second, ask yourself: WHAT WOULD I DO IF I KNEW I COULDN'T FAIL???

And third, write below your ideas for ways to act boldly and confidently in your life.



MY WEEK FOUR NOTES AND ACTION STEPS





Advance Confidently!

from "Walden and Other Writings"by Henry David Thoreau

“I have learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advancesconfidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live thelife which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected incommon hours…

“He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new,universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselvesaround and within in him...

"…or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a moreliberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order ofbeings.

"In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe willappear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor povertypoverty, nor weakness weakness…

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that iswhere they should be. Now put the foundations under them."



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