Hello this is Ben. I am back with another piece of advice for you because someone wrote a comment on one of my blog topics and complained about her husband's attitude. I am sorry it is personal, I will not tell you what she said. But in response to her I put up this piece, although it is long pardon my excess desire to address the issue my own way.
This is a great article by a relationship expert.
He truly understands confidence and reveals how you can easily develop it with
just this one simple technique.
Would you like to have real self-confidence? I'm talking about the kind of confidence that
is rooted so deep it is literally unshakable.
I'm talking about the kind of confidence you see in a mother when she
needs to protect her infant. There's no
self-doubt or bashfulness. Her actions
flow from a place of certainty. Emotions
may be present, but they do not run the show.
Her mind remains resolutely focused on the goal. You can't pull rank on her and she doesn't
care how big you are or what kind of car you drive.
Wouldn't it feel great?
Wouldn't you love to have an unshakable sense of purpose, identity and
direction when it comes to meeting and interacting with men? I'd like you to have that confidence and I
have a few tips to move you in that direction.
Always start with you
How can you succeed by failing more often? Many successful people swear by this method. If you are always cautious and terrified of
mistakes, you don't try much and you don't learn much. People who are willing to fail embrace it and
lose their fear of taking action in the process.
When it comes to dating...you will fail some of the time. The only way to be highly confident when
dating is to accept failure as a part of the dating process. Don't think of setbacks and letdowns as
something terrible that needs to be controlled at all costs. Instead, embrace failure as something natural
that is "okay." Embracing this
simple shift in your belief system can dramatically increase your confidence.
Imagine you go to your landlord to complain about the broken
stairway railing. Knowing your BATNA
before you start the conversation gives you a tremendous advantage (and boosts
your confidence). Let's say you have
nowhere else to live and know you can't afford the other rental options in town. In that case, your best alternative to
getting him to agree to fix that railing might be to ignore it for a while.
On the other hand, you may have plenty of options for other
rental situations. In that case, your
BATNA is clear. If, after negotiating
for a few minutes, he does not agree to have it fixed on his dime by next
Friday, you tell him you are moving out at the end of the month. Suddenly you have the upper hand in the
negotiation. You can afford to push the
issue, because if he doesn't eventually agree, you can pull out your BATNA. In this case, your BATNA is to threaten
moving out, because you know it really is a better option to you than living
with the broken banister.
In relationships, you should negotiate for what you want. Do so in a way that gives full respect to the
other person's right to walk away from a relationship rather than agree to your
terms. When you know what you want in a
relationship, you can talk about it openly.
When you have a BATNA about certain issues (like intimacy, moving in,
commitment, or spending time together), you don't have to agonize about, "What
if he gets mad and leaves me." Your
confidence is high when you already worked out in your mind that you would be
better off looking for someone more compatible if he doesn't agree on certain
key issues that matter a lot to you.
Rely more on Attraction than Chasing
Enjoy your reading, and we talk later.
Bernard Chikere Gakwe