The Contagious Courage and Confidence

By Opeyemi Ojo

confidence in?

Do you have that "I can do it" attitude?

How to Contact Courage and Confidence?

1. Upgrade to a higher dimension of yourself.

2. You must mingle with the right people

3. Emulate good and godly values

4. Learn from other people's stories

5. Be in the right environment

Confidence is feeling or showing certainty about something

Being unshakable in one's belief

According to Macmillan dictionary, someone who is confident believes in his or her own abilities and so does not feel nervous or frightened. People who are confident display it by the way they talk, walk, dress, speak, smile and comport themselves. Confidence and courage cannot be hidden, even if you try to hide it, it will be glaring somehow Confidence is glaring and finds its expression either in speech, tone, appearance, mood or countenance.

Courage on the other hand is the ability to act despite odds, fear or opposition.

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Merriam Webster dictionary defines courage as mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty

Courage implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty

My own definition is this Courage is the ability to confront your fear. Courage can be of different types. You need courage to take risks. You need courage to move to the next level. You also need courage to get the lion's share

The first thing you need is courage and confidence will follow suit. If you have confidence without courage, that confidence may collapse. Let the confidence on the inside of you flow, do not resist it or allow anyone to choke it. That doesn't mean you should not be courteous

However, confidence is not pride, it is totally different from pride or arrogance Confidence should emanate from the inside of you to the outward. It should not be otherwise. It is not about you proving a point but expressing your inner self/esteem. It's a form of life expressing itself and thus must be controlled.

Confidence also reflects the level of growth and knowledge acquired which cannot be suppressed. It shows you have overcome certain situations, you are no longer afraid and thus act bravely. Real confidence implies that; You are aware of yourself; You have mastered something; You have answers to some questions

Ponder on some of these questions

How firm is your mind?

How firm are your actions?

How firm are your decisions?

Can confidence be contagious?

What area do you show

6. Be in the right association.

7. Make the right decisions

8. Develop your personality

9. Have a coach and mentor

10. Get the right information.

11. Appreciate little success

12. Aspire to greater heights

13. Do not compare yourself

14. Set goals and achieve them.

15. Do not give up easily

16. Overcome obstacles

17. Complete your task.

18. Do the right things

19. Celebrate yourself

20. Dream again.

After you have been courageous for a while, you will develop confidence. It takes courage to show up and to become who you were created to be www.improvementcentre.org

Show up!

Opeyemi Ojo is the host of Today's Insight with Opeyemi Ojo. She is a Personal and School Development Strategist and also a certified Strategic Life Coach. Opeyemi obtained her Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) from University of Lagos and served as a school administrator for several years. She served briefly as a volunteer with “Fit To Teach” to train teachers at Corona Schools amongst other schools. She is an alumnus of Leading Ladies Business Institute (LLBI); a member of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN); the Nigeria Institute of (NIM) and the Fishery Society of Nigeria (FISON).

Opeyemi Ojo has also authored her first book, Who Deserves My Respect?

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Politics Matters

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Forward-looking Economy

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Green Skills, or to put it better, “Greening Skills” are required to create jobs and support the green economy This reflects the journey we all need to urgently embark on, not only to make our planet ready for the future but to make it sustainable and able to regenerate itself Collaborative multilateral, international and regional skills organisations should become major platforms where we all learn the skills required. The evolution of skills to model the demand of societies, should be the focus of existing and imminent future occupations. This is the stuff of innovation.

The "greening" of existing occupations should be on the agenda of education policy makers and educators in all education systems. Specific attention should be paid to up-skilling, re-skilling and educational reforms, targeting greening areas such as Renewable Energies, Energy and Resource Efficiency and Natural Resource Management. One should also take note that the Green Jobs sector goes far beyond those limited to the greening areas only. For instance, parallel sectors such as businesses feeding into industries i.e farming, construction, manufacturing, mining, public transport and utilities as well as related services present excellent opportunities for green jobs creation also. Green Jobs, Green Skills, Competencies, Learning Objectives, Curriculum will then be defined and sustained by Innovative Learning Solutions

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The call for greening skills and a green economy will no doubt make some impact on climate change and will also help us to manage desired outcomes Outcomes whose effects will be generational and for which movements such as FridaysForFuture are already holding us to account.

To face our future, let’s keep the window of opportunity wide open. Innovative technologies such as nanotechnology in engineering sciences or core elements of Industry 4.0 will offer more to reach in production, management and conversion of energy, energy storage and distribution as well as its intelligent usage; while our natural resources will be managed with smart processes to secure decent life for all, leaving no one behind on our blue planet, and forever greener

After 3 first academic research and teaching activities, Dr. Nader Imani Joined Festo, a global leader in automation and technical education in 1992. Since then he has been assuming different roles and management responsibilities with Festo Didactic in Germany, as well as acting as CEO of Festo Didactic in the United States and Canada, since 2017 appointed as Executive Vice President Global Education, he has been responsible for larger education projects with impact on socio-economic progress around the globe

He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering of Ecole Centrale de Nantes in France as well as a qualification degree from Harvard Business School in the United States and Saint Gallen School of Management in Switzerland.

In 2014 he was elected as a member of the council and from 2020 as the president of Worlddidac Association of promotion of Education Industry. Within the frame of his professional activities, Dr. Imani has served WorldSkills International since 2017 as a member of its Advisory Board on Skills Development in Africa. Dr. Imani has been acting as an active partner of the United Nations as well as bi- and multilateral development agencies to drive innovation in the field of technical vocational education and training and industrial workforce development.