Believe in Yourself EVEN WHEN IT’S NOT Perfect
DENISE M. MICHAELS GHOSTWRITER, AUTHOR, SPEAKER, BOOK COACH
Copyrighted Denise M. Michaels
Everyone encourages us to step out and be
Take a long shot in your business and you end up crashing and
bold, be courageous. Get beyond your com-
burning?
fort zone. Great advice. What happens when
These are the times to be kind to yourself and nurse your emotional
you make your best attempt, believe in yourself and the big risk you jumped into doesn’t turn out exactly the way you hoped? Did you:
scars. Beat-ups don’t help. Then dust off your embarrassment and start fresh again. After all, winners aren’t the people who never fall down. Winners are the people who keep getting back up again and again. At their core, despite whatever brought them down temporarily, they believe in themselves. Recently I attended a spiritual meditation group that takes place
Stand up and say your piece at a staff meeting and wind up feeling totally flummoxed and out of your element? Let yourself fall deeply in love and the relationship didn’t go the
distance so you kick yourself for being vulnerable?
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monthly in my community. A circle of about a dozen like-minded people share, listen and get still to meditate together. The group includes an attorney, a minister, a teacher, a medical professional, a
couple retirees, a writer, an insurance agent and several
