{"id":1871,"date":"2017-02-14T09:58:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T09:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turnlightson.com\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2017-02-14T09:58:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T09:58:38","slug":"confidence-like-owning-obedient-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turnlightson.com\/2017\/02\/confidence-like-owning-obedient-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Why confidence is like owning an obedient dog!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like an obedient dog confidence comes when you call.<\/h1>\n

I wrote the line ‘confidence is gained by giving’\u00a0in the\u00a0Turn Lights On book in 2013 and it has fascinated me ever since. \u00a0Most people think confidence is something to\u00a0<\/b>be found <\/b>and \u00a0hope to have more of it, but actually\u00a0we already have it inside of us.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at ‘lack of confidence’, when there is a lack there is a sense of something missing that we need. Confidence has been inside me all my life however at times I have\u00a0 blocked it by putting myself down, stopped it growing by putting achievements down to luck and not talent, not accepted it by not seeing my good points\u00a0just my faults, doubted it by thinking it’s no big deal and avoided listening to myself, not valuing myself and my needs.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to share with you a few tips, tricks and lessons that I have learnt to enable me to be<\/strong> more confident. I constantly practice these to maintain my confidence as my beautiful fear hungry brain can turn at any time! Notice I use the word BE<\/strong>, we don\u2019t strive to it, we don\u2019t do confidence we are it! \u00a0We meet an\u00a0experience and step into the light and be<\/strong> confident. Like an obedient dog, confidence comes when you call. When the dog was a puppy he didn\u2019t sit, or stay, high five or roll over, he was taught through repetition and constant reminders of who’s the boss and his place in the pack.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m no dog expert however I know doggies need plenty of<\/p>\n