| Many people in life would like to gain more confidence | | | | needed a big change in attitude and started to read |
| or to increase their self esteem. In this article, I give | | | | books about life and about positive thinking etc. |
| free tips on how to do this. I myself have managed to | | | | These were the things I had to take on board: |
| change my whole life by implementing the advice | | | | It is not important what other people think of you, it is |
| given. I hope it also proves beneficial for you. | | | | what you think that counts |
| I am Stephen Hill from England. I had many issues as I | | | | You need to start to like yourself |
| grew up from a child, through the teenage years, and | | | | There are various things about your person, you do |
| finally to adulthood which had a damaging affect on | | | | not like but which you can not change. You therefore |
| my confidence levels. These included: | | | | have to start accepting these things and realising that |
| A bald patch on my head | | | | maybe there are other people in life who are more |
| A speech impediment known as a stutter | | | | unfortunate than you. |
| A weight problem, I was basically too fat | | | | You need to have respect for yourself |
| I am quite short at five foot four | | | | Do not accept second best in life |
| Certain people I met would be quite nasty and would | | | | Be happy |
| try to make fun of me. They would succeed as I | | | | I tried hard to implement this advice and even though it |
| would be very hurt from their comments, even though I | | | | was not easy to change, I knew I had to. I basically live |
| tried to never show it. | | | | life to the full now and try not to worry about anything |
| These people were making my life a misery and by | | | | trivial. |
| the age of twenty-two I had had enough. I decided I | | | | |