Can reading build self-confidence in social conversations?
The Benefits of Reading Truly it is a subject for astonishment that, instead of expanding to the utmost the employment of this pleasure-giving faculty, so many persons should set themselves to work to limit its exercise by all kinds of arbitrary regulations. Some persons, for example, tell us that the acquisition of knowledge is all very well, but that it must be useful knowledge,—meaning usually thereby that it must enable a man to get on in a profession, pass an examination, shine in conversation, or obtain a reputation for learning. But even if they mean something higher than this—even if they mean that knowledge, to be worth anything, must subserve ultimately, if not immediately, the material or spiritual interests of mankind—the doctrine is one which should be energetically repudiated. I admit, of course, at once, that discoveries the most apparently remote from human concerns have often proved themselves of the utmost commercial or manufacturing value. But they require no such ju
Listen up. Do you want to maintain confidence while dating and in social situations, career, and relationships? Do you want to harness the ability to set a clear direction in your life and achieve your goals without the fear and frustration of self-doubt? Do you see people more successful than you in life and wonder what their secret is? It all comes down to one crucial ingredient: Self Confidence. Self confidence is central to everything that happens in your life, and is the difference between simply accepting your destiny and waiting for it to happen to you, or the ability to empower yourself and inspire others. So how do you get this self confidence in any situation? You’ll hear lots of answers, but for my money, “Supreme Self Confidence,” from Slade Shaw, is the way to get there. This isn’t some wishy-washy, touchy-feely self-help guide with affirmations and generic motivating phrases. This is the REAL DEAL. Rather than a long lecture, here are just a few things you can learn: -Ach