Journal Entry #15

In this activity, you will practice ways to increase your self-confidence. Self confident people expect success, which in turn strengthens their motivation and fuels their energy. If what they're doing isn't working,they don't quit. Instead, they switch to plan B (or C or D) and persist. Then they finish strong, consistently giving their best to achieve their goals and dreams! In this way, the very success they expect often becomes a reality.

1. List the successes you have created in your life.

• Graduating high school
• Getting my first job
• Making Honor Roll
• Getting my license
• Finding my second job.
• Making my Catholic Confirmation

2. List your personal skills and talents.

• I can easily make people laugh
• I can cook breakfast and dinner food very well
• I can make people feel better when they are sad
• I give great advice
• I can text fast
• I am computer savvy

These next two are just silly ones but people think they're cool; I can shake my eyes back and forth really fast, and I can walk on my hand and feet with my back towards the ground.

3. List positive risks that you have taken in your life.

• giving a speech while running for student council
• continuously calling an employer until I got the job
• tried out for varsity softball
• taking on 4 classes my first semester here at Rio

4. List important actions that you presently have some resistance about doing

• Calling my new employer again tomorrow to see if the position is open yet.
• Going to sociology class tomorrow because my teacher is very intimidating
• Getting my sociology midterm grade back because I need a good grade.
• Making it on time to 8am class tomorrow

5. Write a visualization of yourself successfully doing one of the actions you listen in step 4.
Its Friday October 22, 2010 and I am calling Whittier Village Cinemas to see if they have my position opened yet. I'm at my house sitting on the couch, nervously waiting for the Manager, Derrick, to answer. Derrick finally answers and I say Hi Derrick this is Amber Villa calling again to see if that position is open yet. He says oh yes Amber I'm glad you called, why don't you come in to fill out some paperwork so we can get you started? I feel relieved and proud of myself. Finally, I'm going to start working again. I was so nervous to call but it all paid off in the end.

As a model for your writing, reread the positive visualization on page 126.