If you're not already convinced that you're more likely to achieve your goals when you're feeling good about yourself and confident in your ability to do so, try this quick experiment.
1) Fill a small bowl with Minstrels / Peanut M&Ms / Malteasers or any other chocolates that are similarly sized (raisins just don't seem to work so well).
2) Throw them into the air, one at a time and catch them in your mouth.
Observe your thoughts as you do this. As well as "Mmm, this is delicious!" you'll quickly notice that when you anticipate failure, you miss your mouth. It's as if your body knows the second you doubt yourself and then proves you right.
Even if you think you fully intend to catch it, there'll be times when you miss and you'll know that you sabotaged yourself (not throwing high enough, moving away at the last minute etc.)
As you build up confidence in the chocolate catching arena, think about things in your daily life that you're maybe not being confident enough about.
What would you do differently if you knew that there was no way you could fail?
© Eve Menezes Cunningham / http://www.applecoaching.com/ 2008.
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