Rosenberg (1965) described self esteem as a “favourable or unfavourable attitude toward the self”. Although self esteem often refers to our overall feelings of self worth, body image and self confidence are expressions used to identify specific areas of our self esteem. So how can we obtain a healthy level of self esteem without becoming over confident and [...]
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This year marks the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the young Frenchman who gave to people with little or no sight their marvellous means of reading by touch. Louis was born on 4th January 1809 at Coupvray, about 25 miles east of Paris, the fourth and last child of Simon-Renee and Monique [...] Generosity is one of our greatest virtues. It is often defined as “the trait of being willing to give your money or time”. But how much money should you give, and how much time should you invest? Or is generosity about so much more than money? Bennet Cerf relates a touching story called ‘The Gift’ [...] Have you ever been rejected by a partner, an employer or a friend? What sort of feelings did you experience? The chances are your confidence and self esteem took a big hit. You may have felt that you were a terrible partner, employee or friend and that other people wouldn’t want to get to know [...] IDEAL (Identify, Define, Explore, Act, Look) is a problem solving method devised by Bransford and Stein (1993). First identify the problem, define exactly what it is and then begin to explore the alternatives. When “brainstorming” don’t discuss or discount anything until all of the alternatives have been identified. Identify the best fit solution and then act [...] Do you ever find yourself agreeing to extra work that you didn’t want to do? Do you end up organising things for other people that they could have done themselves, but you were afraid to say “no” in case they stopped liking you? You’re not alone. Saying “no” to people is incredibly difficult for many [...] |
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