The Confidence Blueprint
What you'll learn
- Stand your ground with difficult people without creating conflict.
- Break the pattern of feeling intimidated.
- Say ‘no’ gracefully to unreasonable demands.
- Contribute your ideas in groups or meetings with confidence.
- Feel comfortable being yourself in social situations.
- Rely on confidence that won't let you down.
- Have the confidence to live life YOUR way without feeling guilty.
Requirements
- No prior knowledge of experience is needed.
Description
Learn to feel good about yourself and unlock your authentic confidence with proven strategies and techniques
Now includes new 63 page downloadable ebook.
Discover How To Stand Your Ground Confidently Without Creating Conflict or Jeopardizing Relationships.
Learn to Silence Your Inner Critic
Find Out How To Stand Up To Difficult People Without Creating Conflict
Learn To Say ‘No’ Gracefully To Unreasonable Demands
Become Your Own Best Friend
Let the real, authentic YOU step forward with confidence
This course is designed to lead you, step by step, to develop healthy self-esteem because lasting confidence comes from feeling good about yourself. In every step of the way, the focus is on easy, practical exercises you can do to become your own best friend and step forward with confidence.
You’ll learn how to say ‘no’ gracefully. In fact, you’ll get a FREE ebook on ways to say ‘no’ without causing conflict or offense. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to silence your harsh inner critic and, instead, treat yourself with love and kindness.
The lectures are designed to give you the maximum results in the minimum time without being overwhelmed. If you want to go into more depth, there are downloadable pdfs and a free 63 page ebook that provide real world examples. This way you choose how much time you want to commit and how deeply you want to go.
Overview
After the introductory lecture, Section 1 is all about how to be assertive without creating conflict. You’ll learn how to communicate what you want without feeling guilty. You’ll learn how to say ‘no’ skillfully at work or with friends and family. Most importantly, you’ll learn a little-known technique to assert yourself calmly if someone is trying to bully or manipulate you.
The focus of Section 2 is on developing healthy self-esteem, the root of authentic confidence.
You’ll find out how healthy self-esteem and confidence depend on each other. And I’ll introduce you to the Goodlife Self-Esteem Quiz which will reveal to you exactly how to uncover your authentic confidence. I’ll guide you through the results so that you can use the quiz as a powerful self-development tool.
Section 3 is about is on how to feel good about yourself. You’ll learn how to deal with perfectionism if you feel you are never good enough. Two uplifting loving-kindness exercises will warm your heart and allow you to become your own best friend.
In Section 4, you’ll learn the secret of avoiding conflict. A key piece of this part is the Values Checklist which I'll help you to fill out. The results of your Values Checklist will immediately suggest ways of minimizing conflict.
Section 6 is about how to silence your inner critic. You’ll learn the Gremlin Technique to stop beating yourself up.
In Section 7, you’ll find your Confidence Toolbox. You’ll find out how to use confidence rituals, dynamic affirmations, and anchoring techniques. And you’ll also learn how to employ your Emotional First-Aid Kit.
At the end of every section, you’ll find a downloadable wrap-up lecture so that you can easily remember the key teachings and exercises.
Who this course is for:
- The ideal student desires a profound change in their life and is committed to taking action to become the truly confident person they want to be.
- The target student knows the basics of confidence but wants to work on building authentic confidence
- Wants to be assertive without being aggressive
- Wants to learn to say "no" without damaging relationships or creating conflict
Instructors
![Mary Jaksch](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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As a psychotherapist and authorized Zen Master, Mary Jaksch is passionate about helping people lead happier and more meaningful lives. She was born in England, grew up in Germany, and now lives in New Zealand. After starting professional life as a classical flutist, Mary then became a psychotherapy and was later appointed as a Zen Master.
She is the founder of two popular websites, GoodlifeZEN and WritetoDone with over a million followers. Mary is also a mother, and a 5th Degree Karate Black Belt in active training.
The most important values for her are love and kindness. That is, being loving and kind with yourself, as well as being kind and compassionate with others.
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Mark Tong is a former world record holder and musician turned blogger and author. Mark's writings are regularly published on top blogs including Huffington Post and Tiny Buddha.
Mark studies awesome people from around the world to bring to light the habits and actions that allow them to lead happy, confident lives and stay positive when life gets tough. Everything he learns he then shares in his books, blog and courses to help you shortcut your way to a more confident, positive and happy life.
Along with his partner, Laura, Mark founded PositivelyHappy.Me.
- 4.0 Instructor Rating
- 71 Reviews
- 522 Students
- 1 Course
Laura Tong is Editor at Write To Done, one of the largest and most influential writing blogs on the Web. Laura’s writing is regularly featured on such top blogs as Huffington Post, Tiny Buddha and Goodlife ZEN.
Her articles have been read and shared by thousands (and even translated into Serbian and Burmese). Hundreds of students have taken her Udemy courses - The Confidence Blueprint.
She’s a published author (traditional and indie) and has written books as diverse as luxury travel, surreal fiction, autobiographical and personal development.
Laura is also Assistant Editor at Goodlife ZEN and runs her own blog at Positively Happy Me. She also co-hosts the interview series Re-write The Rules.
Laura’s other passions include painting, renovating her house in France and building everything from Ozark float boats to hovercraft. When she's not writing, she also loves traveling, adventuring and discovering just how awesome people are the world over.