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		<title>By: Richa misra</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/02/17/how-to-build-confidence-and-destroy-fear/comment-page-2/#comment-3305519</link>
		<dc:creator>Richa misra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I fisrt of all want to say a thank u for publishing such a good article on positive thinking.
i slightly disagree with some of your points. hope u take it in a good way.

1.look sharp: This should be mentioned in a way, that one should take good care of onself to the extent, that one&#039;s sloppy dress and uncouth appearance doesnot make you feel yourself as dis-confident. For example: Even Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mahatma Gandhi did not believe in being dressed sharp because they were confident in their minds.

2. Do the right thing: This is an escapist attitude. We know that if we do the right thing, we will surely do it well. But the problem is we most often do not know what the right thing is. And if we become afraid not being able to do the right thing, we become dis-confident and unsure of our decision. This post should be written as . To do the right thing is not always important, but doing the things that u think is right , is important.

While all the points were true, and i appreciate you to write more things like these.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I fisrt of all want to say a thank u for publishing such a good article on positive thinking.<br />
i slightly disagree with some of your points. hope u take it in a good way.</p>
<p>1.look sharp: This should be mentioned in a way, that one should take good care of onself to the extent, that one&#8217;s sloppy dress and uncouth appearance doesnot make you feel yourself as dis-confident. For example: Even Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mahatma Gandhi did not believe in being dressed sharp because they were confident in their minds.</p>
<p>2. Do the right thing: This is an escapist attitude. We know that if we do the right thing, we will surely do it well. But the problem is we most often do not know what the right thing is. And if we become afraid not being able to do the right thing, we become dis-confident and unsure of our decision. This post should be written as . To do the right thing is not always important, but doing the things that u think is right , is important.</p>
<p>While all the points were true, and i appreciate you to write more things like these.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article. I bombed a presentation today quite badly from nerves. This gives me hope, some more interesting reading and things to practice. Thanks!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article. I bombed a presentation today quite badly from nerves. This gives me hope, some more interesting reading and things to practice. Thanks!!</p>
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		<title>By: chris davison</title>
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		<dc:creator>chris davison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A very well known brand used to use the slogan, &quot;just do it&quot; and it applies to confidence.

The &#039;fear&#039; of doing something is often far worse than actually doing it and many public speakers will back this up.

Dig deep and get through it and you will be glad you did as there will be a fantastic sense of accomplishment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A very well known brand used to use the slogan, &#8220;just do it&#8221; and it applies to confidence.</p>
<p>The &#8216;fear&#8217; of doing something is often far worse than actually doing it and many public speakers will back this up.</p>
<p>Dig deep and get through it and you will be glad you did as there will be a fantastic sense of accomplishment.</p>
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		<title>By: HOMI R. MULLAN</title>
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		<dc:creator>HOMI R. MULLAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JD Roth, Am lucky to have spotted this article of yours on &#039;Building Confidence &amp; Destroying Fear&#039;, in my net search to find material on &#039;Confidence Building&#039;, a topic to be included in my training program for 24-Sales Executives working for a Central Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility. They are dealing with potentially Infectious waste, and have to interact with highly educated Medical fraternity at hospitals and clinics. Your pointers am surely going to use, but reading your blog has boosted my confidence too. Thanks, and keep it up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JD Roth, Am lucky to have spotted this article of yours on &#8216;Building Confidence &amp; Destroying Fear&#8217;, in my net search to find material on &#8216;Confidence Building&#8217;, a topic to be included in my training program for 24-Sales Executives working for a Central Bio-medical Waste Treatment Facility. They are dealing with potentially Infectious waste, and have to interact with highly educated Medical fraternity at hospitals and clinics. Your pointers am surely going to use, but reading your blog has boosted my confidence too. Thanks, and keep it up.</p>
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		<title>By: Amanda Gillam</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amanda Gillam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent post! Fear can be absolutely crippling unless it&#039;s dealt with and these offer some excellent ways forward. Really great read.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent post! Fear can be absolutely crippling unless it&#8217;s dealt with and these offer some excellent ways forward. Really great read.</p>
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		<title>By: ghazanfar</title>
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		<dc:creator>ghazanfar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>sir your article is very good it will help me to overcome my shyness and as well as build self confidence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sir your article is very good it will help me to overcome my shyness and as well as build self confidence.</p>
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		<title>By: Jess</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m super late to the comment game on this one, but this reminded me of something one of my ballet teachers said once - I forget the words exactly, but the basic premise was that even if you do the wrong step, keep your arms and your head up and no one will know. It was mostly meant for stage performances, because the average non-dancer audience member only watches the upper body (us dancers watch the feet!) - but I think it&#039;s the same principal. Only you&#039;ll know you screwed up, unless you let everyone know.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m super late to the comment game on this one, but this reminded me of something one of my ballet teachers said once &#8211; I forget the words exactly, but the basic premise was that even if you do the wrong step, keep your arms and your head up and no one will know. It was mostly meant for stage performances, because the average non-dancer audience member only watches the upper body (us dancers watch the feet!) &#8211; but I think it&#8217;s the same principal. Only you&#8217;ll know you screwed up, unless you let everyone know.</p>
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		<title>By: Sharms</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sharms</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi JD,

great post... i&#039;ve been constantly bogged down by fear of marriage, travelling abroad, being dependant on someone i hardly know and feel i&#039;m completely losing my confidence when i think of this change.... your post encourages me to think of things in a positive and better light..... i know im panicking and stressing too much about the unknown that lies ahead...im trying my best to focus on the good things that married life has to offer..and i&#039;m going to try and think confidently and act confidently....i guess making a checklist of my fears and facing and overcoming them will surely be on my agenda....

Thanks a ton!
Shripriya</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi JD,</p>
<p>great post&#8230; i&#8217;ve been constantly bogged down by fear of marriage, travelling abroad, being dependant on someone i hardly know and feel i&#8217;m completely losing my confidence when i think of this change&#8230;. your post encourages me to think of things in a positive and better light&#8230;.. i know im panicking and stressing too much about the unknown that lies ahead&#8230;im trying my best to focus on the good things that married life has to offer..and i&#8217;m going to try and think confidently and act confidently&#8230;.i guess making a checklist of my fears and facing and overcoming them will surely be on my agenda&#8230;.</p>
<p>Thanks a ton!<br />
Shripriya</p>
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		<title>By: rajat</title>
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		<dc:creator>rajat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i totally agree with you. doing things and learning from them is best experience through which we can gain self confidence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i totally agree with you. doing things and learning from them is best experience through which we can gain self confidence.</p>
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		<title>By: David</title>
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		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article. Its so true that you have to face fear in order to grow. I read your article on procrastination as well and you mention &quot;If it comes to mind, then do it&quot;. Well, I sort of apply the same philosophy to fear (of course if it is reasonably safe for me to do so). I do this to push myself past fear which is the greatest detractor of life. Almost everything bad stems from some kind of fear.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article. Its so true that you have to face fear in order to grow. I read your article on procrastination as well and you mention &#8220;If it comes to mind, then do it&#8221;. Well, I sort of apply the same philosophy to fear (of course if it is reasonably safe for me to do so). I do this to push myself past fear which is the greatest detractor of life. Almost everything bad stems from some kind of fear.</p>
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		<title>By: lala</title>
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		<dc:creator>lala</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Visualizing success is something I&#039;ve done so often. It doesn&#039;t always work though.  Things happen, even with the best of planning and knowledge and practice. Having the confidence to get up again after failures is what&#039;s difficult.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Visualizing success is something I&#8217;ve done so often. It doesn&#8217;t always work though.  Things happen, even with the best of planning and knowledge and practice. Having the confidence to get up again after failures is what&#8217;s difficult.</p>
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		<title>By: Biscuits and Gravy Recipe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Biscuits and Gravy Recipe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>visualizing success is the hardest part. Many people just are not positive or optimistic in nature.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>visualizing success is the hardest part. Many people just are not positive or optimistic in nature.</p>
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		<title>By: David Maxam</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Maxam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d disagree that no one is born with confidence, in fact I&#039;d argue that we&#039;re all born with it.  A little child charging across a playground can walk up to another kid and confidently as can be say &quot;Wanna be friends?&quot;   That kid naturally walks around with just as much confidence and self belief as Donald Trump.  It&#039;s not until we are socially conditioned by parents, schools and society as we grow up that we lose that natural in-born self esteem.   The truest self confidence isn&#039;t a constructed pile of ego boosts that comes from accomplishing and acquiring things.  How then could someone who suffers disastrous misfortune ever have the confidence to rebuild?  The greatest confidence is an inherent quality of the self, independent of exterior circumstance and experiences.

Unwire the social conditioning, tear down the constructed ego, and limitless unbound self esteem and confidence will be discovered underneath it all.

Just my .02</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d disagree that no one is born with confidence, in fact I&#8217;d argue that we&#8217;re all born with it.  A little child charging across a playground can walk up to another kid and confidently as can be say &#8220;Wanna be friends?&#8221;   That kid naturally walks around with just as much confidence and self belief as Donald Trump.  It&#8217;s not until we are socially conditioned by parents, schools and society as we grow up that we lose that natural in-born self esteem.   The truest self confidence isn&#8217;t a constructed pile of ego boosts that comes from accomplishing and acquiring things.  How then could someone who suffers disastrous misfortune ever have the confidence to rebuild?  The greatest confidence is an inherent quality of the self, independent of exterior circumstance and experiences.</p>
<p>Unwire the social conditioning, tear down the constructed ego, and limitless unbound self esteem and confidence will be discovered underneath it all.</p>
<p>Just my .02</p>
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		<title>By: Dollars Not Debt</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dollars Not Debt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article!  Keep up the good work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article!  Keep up the good work.</p>
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		<title>By: William</title>
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		<dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a great post. Am planning to share with lots of friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a great post. Am planning to share with lots of friends.</p>
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		<title>By: Santosh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Santosh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post!

I would add one more thing -- taking the initiative to learn/research more. 

Very often, fear is really fear of the unknown. For instance, investing tends of be a &quot;black-box&quot; for most people. Stories of people losing their fortunes combined with this breeds more fear.

An easy first step would be to take a deep breath and set out to learn more about this formerly unknown area.

&quot;Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing&quot;.
- Warren Buffett.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post!</p>
<p>I would add one more thing &#8212; taking the initiative to learn/research more. </p>
<p>Very often, fear is really fear of the unknown. For instance, investing tends of be a &#8220;black-box&#8221; for most people. Stories of people losing their fortunes combined with this breeds more fear.</p>
<p>An easy first step would be to take a deep breath and set out to learn more about this formerly unknown area.</p>
<p>&#8220;Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing&#8221;.<br />
- Warren Buffett.</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just wanted to thank you for your post.  I suffer a lot from low self-confidence and have been working to build it, but man it can be hard.  I have found that you do have to take on what you&#039;re afraid of.  Like you, I&#039;m also afraid of public speaking, to the point that I&#039;ve fainted two times (in elementary school and college) and nearly fainted another two times (elementary school and high school).  I&#039;m also an attorney and at my last job as an attorney, (most of my work has been in the non-profit field as a non-attorney), I had to go to court ALL the time.  To be honest, it was very hard on me, but my speaking abilities have gotten better, and I&#039;m no longer (usually) absolutely as terrified as I used to be.  I find that the more times I confront my fears, the more I grow as a person.  Nevertheless, I&#039;ve got lots to learn still in this field, and I can&#039;t tell you how grateful I am for your posting and revelations - this is not an issue I find easy to talk with others about, and it&#039;s extremely heartening to know that I&#039;m not alone in my feelings.  I think you&#039;re awesome.  Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just wanted to thank you for your post.  I suffer a lot from low self-confidence and have been working to build it, but man it can be hard.  I have found that you do have to take on what you&#8217;re afraid of.  Like you, I&#8217;m also afraid of public speaking, to the point that I&#8217;ve fainted two times (in elementary school and college) and nearly fainted another two times (elementary school and high school).  I&#8217;m also an attorney and at my last job as an attorney, (most of my work has been in the non-profit field as a non-attorney), I had to go to court ALL the time.  To be honest, it was very hard on me, but my speaking abilities have gotten better, and I&#8217;m no longer (usually) absolutely as terrified as I used to be.  I find that the more times I confront my fears, the more I grow as a person.  Nevertheless, I&#8217;ve got lots to learn still in this field, and I can&#8217;t tell you how grateful I am for your posting and revelations &#8211; this is not an issue I find easy to talk with others about, and it&#8217;s extremely heartening to know that I&#8217;m not alone in my feelings.  I think you&#8217;re awesome.  Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: J. Melgar</title>
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		<dc:creator>J. Melgar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent article. I too lacked self confidence to buy rental property. I was scared, but could not turn back after I had renters ready to move in. Three years, 5 houses later, I look back and am glad that I overcame this fear... though not fully over it. For years I have lacked self-esteem and confidence, but working at it slowly and getting great tips, such as from this article, really motivates me to keep improving. Thank you very much for being so honest with your fears, as it has helped me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent article. I too lacked self confidence to buy rental property. I was scared, but could not turn back after I had renters ready to move in. Three years, 5 houses later, I look back and am glad that I overcame this fear&#8230; though not fully over it. For years I have lacked self-esteem and confidence, but working at it slowly and getting great tips, such as from this article, really motivates me to keep improving. Thank you very much for being so honest with your fears, as it has helped me.</p>
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		<title>By: Oleg Mokhov</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/02/17/how-to-build-confidence-and-destroy-fear/comment-page-2/#comment-203181</link>
		<dc:creator>Oleg Mokhov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey JD,

Confidence isn&#039;t the absence of fear, but facing fear and still going for it.

Picturing yourself doing what you dream of, saying yes to the opportunity, then acting confident will do wonders to steamroll through fear and build confidence.

Avoiding fear means not trying anything new. Since you&#039;ve never done it, you don&#039;t know how it is, and human nature means you fear the unknown. By accepting fear, you learn to actually utilize it. When fear appears, you know it&#039;s something new to try, so you specifically go for it, building confidence all the while.

Great list on building confidence (especially for public speaking), and I totally agree with your point on how no amount of lists and reading will make you confident - go out and do it,
Oleg</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey JD,</p>
<p>Confidence isn&#8217;t the absence of fear, but facing fear and still going for it.</p>
<p>Picturing yourself doing what you dream of, saying yes to the opportunity, then acting confident will do wonders to steamroll through fear and build confidence.</p>
<p>Avoiding fear means not trying anything new. Since you&#8217;ve never done it, you don&#8217;t know how it is, and human nature means you fear the unknown. By accepting fear, you learn to actually utilize it. When fear appears, you know it&#8217;s something new to try, so you specifically go for it, building confidence all the while.</p>
<p>Great list on building confidence (especially for public speaking), and I totally agree with your point on how no amount of lists and reading will make you confident &#8211; go out and do it,<br />
Oleg</p>
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		<title>By: Kap</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kap</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This post and the comments raises an interesting idea. I wonder whether &#039;savers&#039; and &#039;saving&#039; tend to be driven predominantly driven by fear as opposed to foresight and good judgement. JD I&#039;d would love to hear your comments on that theory, perhaps a survey on the blog would shed some light.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post and the comments raises an interesting idea. I wonder whether &#8216;savers&#8217; and &#8216;saving&#8217; tend to be driven predominantly driven by fear as opposed to foresight and good judgement. JD I&#8217;d would love to hear your comments on that theory, perhaps a survey on the blog would shed some light.</p>
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		<title>By: rachi</title>
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		<dc:creator>rachi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kudos J.D,

Well the article has put me in situation of giving a serious comeback of former personlaity which I lost due to fear and stepping back on every occassion. I appreciate your efforts of effectively putting this article an eye-opener for all those who feel estranged and emotionally underpinned by fear.

Keep going &amp; thanks for boosting my confidence !! It helped drastically to rebuild myself</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kudos J.D,</p>
<p>Well the article has put me in situation of giving a serious comeback of former personlaity which I lost due to fear and stepping back on every occassion. I appreciate your efforts of effectively putting this article an eye-opener for all those who feel estranged and emotionally underpinned by fear.</p>
<p>Keep going &amp; thanks for boosting my confidence !! It helped drastically to rebuild myself</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yr point on &quot;Don’t compare yourself to others&quot; struck a chord.
I felt the same way as U do abt feeling inadequate, J.D.

May I share my 2-cent&#039;s worth though: I see it&#039;s O.K. to compare ourselves to others.

We do that all the time. Comparison can enable us to improve &amp; better. As individuals, societies, countries.

The key lies in this: Don&#039;t compete with others.

So my empowerment is: Compare yourself to others. Compete with yourself. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yr point on &#8220;Don’t compare yourself to others&#8221; struck a chord.<br />
I felt the same way as U do abt feeling inadequate, J.D.</p>
<p>May I share my 2-cent&#8217;s worth though: I see it&#8217;s O.K. to compare ourselves to others.</p>
<p>We do that all the time. Comparison can enable us to improve &amp; better. As individuals, societies, countries.</p>
<p>The key lies in this: Don&#8217;t compete with others.</p>
<p>So my empowerment is: Compare yourself to others. Compete with yourself. <img src='http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Kaitlin M</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kaitlin M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s strange, we hear the same things over and over. Fake it til you make it, you have to think big to make it big, but a lot of the time it&#039;s not until the fifth, sixth, millionth reading that it really sinks in.
I think it has finally sunk in, thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s strange, we hear the same things over and over. Fake it til you make it, you have to think big to make it big, but a lot of the time it&#8217;s not until the fifth, sixth, millionth reading that it really sinks in.<br />
I think it has finally sunk in, thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Errorman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Errorman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How to build confidence and destroy fear
Without self-confidence, we have a tendency to make poor decisions. We make choices based on fear instead of what is best for us. If you lack confidence, you might fill your life with self-destructive behavior. You’re might work at a job you hate.

You&#039;re might work at a job you hate? You are might work at a job you hate?

You might work at a job you hate. That sounds correct, to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How to build confidence and destroy fear<br />
Without self-confidence, we have a tendency to make poor decisions. We make choices based on fear instead of what is best for us. If you lack confidence, you might fill your life with self-destructive behavior. You’re might work at a job you hate.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re might work at a job you hate? You are might work at a job you hate?</p>
<p>You might work at a job you hate. That sounds correct, to me.</p>
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		<title>By: mark harrison</title>
		<link>http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/02/17/how-to-build-confidence-and-destroy-fear/comment-page-2/#comment-187760</link>
		<dc:creator>mark harrison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve branched out on my own after being laid off earlier this year. I was doing ok with a new business and then the bad vibes kicked in after a few weeks when things didn&#039;t go according to plan.
My 15 year old daughter saw that I was a bit down and I told her that I&#039;m doubting myself and had a few setbacks.

She looked at me and said, &quot;Dad, if you do half as well at your business as you do as being my dad, then you are going to be 100% successful&quot;

Corny I know but she has never, ever uttered anything like that and it just blew me away and gave me the boost I needed.
Mark</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve branched out on my own after being laid off earlier this year. I was doing ok with a new business and then the bad vibes kicked in after a few weeks when things didn&#8217;t go according to plan.<br />
My 15 year old daughter saw that I was a bit down and I told her that I&#8217;m doubting myself and had a few setbacks.</p>
<p>She looked at me and said, &#8220;Dad, if you do half as well at your business as you do as being my dad, then you are going to be 100% successful&#8221;</p>
<p>Corny I know but she has never, ever uttered anything like that and it just blew me away and gave me the boost I needed.<br />
Mark</p>
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		<title>By: Blake Erickson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Blake Erickson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@TexasBoy It was interesting to see your comment of wanting to go back to school.  I&#039;m currently in school and have a few more years to go, but I was just thinking that maybe I should drop out so that I would have more time to do other things (possibly more profitable). Thanks for making me realize that I would regret not getting my degree and that I should just stick it out to the end no matter how poor I am now because of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@TexasBoy It was interesting to see your comment of wanting to go back to school.  I&#8217;m currently in school and have a few more years to go, but I was just thinking that maybe I should drop out so that I would have more time to do other things (possibly more profitable). Thanks for making me realize that I would regret not getting my degree and that I should just stick it out to the end no matter how poor I am now because of it.</p>
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		<title>By: TexasBoy</title>
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		<dc:creator>TexasBoy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is my first time to find this site and i read every word beginning to end and found many useful techniques. I am stuck inbetween a rock and a hard place and it hard to keep up my self confidence because im i should be in school but I&#039;m not and cant make myself go back but after reading these blogs and not having taking any action YET I am looking forward to enrole again in the fall. The biggest problem i have is procrastination and after reading this page i am motivated to go back and try my hardest.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is my first time to find this site and i read every word beginning to end and found many useful techniques. I am stuck inbetween a rock and a hard place and it hard to keep up my self confidence because im i should be in school but I&#8217;m not and cant make myself go back but after reading these blogs and not having taking any action YET I am looking forward to enrole again in the fall. The biggest problem i have is procrastination and after reading this page i am motivated to go back and try my hardest.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post!   I really needed this and will probably re-read this entire post daily for the rest of this month and purchase the books you recommended...  I will begin to practice at least 2 of your suggesstions for building confidence daily starting now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post!   I really needed this and will probably re-read this entire post daily for the rest of this month and purchase the books you recommended&#8230;  I will begin to practice at least 2 of your suggesstions for building confidence daily starting now.</p>
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		<title>By: Omar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Omar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 13:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t know what to say about this post. Brilliant man. I felt so good reading it. Very enlightening and inspiring. I took notes and I will check out the books. This made my day. Thanks again. Happy Memorial Day!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know what to say about this post. Brilliant man. I felt so good reading it. Very enlightening and inspiring. I took notes and I will check out the books. This made my day. Thanks again. Happy Memorial Day!</p>
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		<title>By: James</title>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>how to build your confident ? The simple way is talk to the one you most feared and prepared the worst results . You will find that every thing are in your control .Try it ,and you will get even what you haven&#039;t expected .</description>
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