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Build Self Confidence through a De-Cluttering of Your Life.

I know you have heard people talk about de-cluttering and I bet you think about cleaning out the closet, re-organizing the shed or the garage. While this de-cluttering is important, there is another area in our lives that requires de-cluttering and involves very little manual work.

A lot of people carry around with them a lot of “baggage” or “clutter” in their minds.

When I say this I mean that they are still holding onto things that they say they should do but don’t, the person who they had a row with but both are not speaking to each other – but both want to, the coulds and shoulds in your life that hold you back. The demands that you place on yourself are the same things that limit you from moving forward effortlessly.  Letting these things go is a necessary step in the decluttering process – you know it but do you know how?

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We carry around with us a lot of emotional attention that you could be doing without and focusing on something more productive instead!

Does this sound familiar?

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If so, I bet it had a negative influence on your confidence and self esteem.

WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?

Take a look at your life and get rid of this baggage by asking yourself a series of questions and by completing the following exercise.

In effect, what we are doing is making certain tasks “complete”, drawing a line under them and moving on.

Another term for this is “psychological completion” or just “completion”

The following set of questions can be taken at one sitting or over a number of hours/days. By writing the answers down they become more formal.

Get to it and watch your confidence soar!


Click here for strategies that you can start working on today.


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