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Task
Fill in the blanks.
1. ……….……................ factors will influence the personality of a person.
2. ……….……................ factors include our society and people around us.
3. Good personal hygiene with a healthy physique boosts ……….……................ in a person.
Self-Confidence Building Tips
Self-confidence shapes your thoughts, feelings and actions. When your self-confidence is low, you struggle in
your relationships and at work, you don’t feel happy, you don’t cope well with stress and you probably lack
energy and motivation. So let’s work on some tips that help a lot in building self-confidence:
• Get Rid of Negative Thoughts: Thinking about negative things is a dangerous habit. Try to get rid of the
negative thoughts by trying to change the focus of your thoughts. Go out and play, dance, talk to your friends,
take a nap, bake a cake— doing such kinds of activities will help you to drop negative thoughts.
• Think Positively: When there’s positivity in your thoughts, automatically it will show in your actions. Count your
blessings, start your day on a positive note. Reboot your mind and body. That’s why every school day starts with
a morning prayer. It helps to remove negative thoughts and adds positivity.
• Stay Happy with Little Things: Happiness always comes in small packages. Try to appreciate the smallest of
things that you have and make the most of it. Show gratitude.
• Stay Clean and Hygienic: An individual’s personal hygiene is very important. It is one of the biggest reasons of
acceptance or rejection by your peer group. It not only builds confidence in you, but it also keeps you healthy.
• Know Yourself: Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. You are empowering yourself when you
introspect. The better you know about yourself, the better is your relationship with the rest of the world.
• Set a Goal for Yourself: Dream enormously big and then work towards achieving your goals. True success is all
about working towards meaningful goals and dreams. Goals need not be achieved always, but it leads you to
move closer towards them.
• Use your Experience: Apart from academics, the only source of knowledge is experience. “Experience is the
teacher of all things”. —Julius Caesar.
At a Glance
• Self-management is basically the ability to organise yourself with positive energy for the overall development in
professional, personal and social life.
• Self-awareness is the awareness of your own personality.
• Self-confidence is the trust in your own abilities, qualities and judgment.
• Self-motivation is the force that drives you to do the things.
• Self-control is the ability to manage your impulse, emotions and behavior.
• Self-commitment is the state of being committed to yourself and being loyal to your actions.
• Problem solving is an analytical skill that helps identifying a problem and finding a possible solution to it.
• Stress management is the technique to handle the levels of stress in day to day life by taking charge of your
emotions, efforts, thoughts and surroundings.
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