Tag: self-esteem

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Please don’t let me be misunderstood

I want to be a good person. But often, people misunderstand my intentions, thinking that I am rude, arrogant, standoffish etc. Their negative judgements weigh heavily on me. How can I escape the fear of being misunderstood?

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When am I enough?

In the 1993 film ‘Cool Runnings’, a group of underdogs is striving hard to win a gold medal at bobsledding. On the evening before the crucial Olympic run, the team driver asks their coach why he once cheated, even though he already had two gold medals. The coach replies, “A gold medal is a wonderful […]

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Sixteen hours to change yourself

What do you do when you are a complete failure? Either you give up, or you have to change yourself completely. That was the frame of mind I was in when I started my first course of coaching, and giving up seemed by far the most realistic option. The coaching plan was for eight sessions, […]