http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog When you're ready to be truly confident, from the inside out... Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:39:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Social skills When people look for the “right thing to say” or if they “don’t know what to say” in any situation it usually boils down to a lack of clarity in what outcome they want or a lack of confidence in their ability to achieve that (self assurance). While I ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/04/30/the-dangers-of-learning-social-skills/ The difference between Teaching and Coaching Teaching comes from where the teacher is at or wherever he feels is important for the students. Teaching can be considered like a broadcast. The message may be fully applicable to your situations and wants/needs; it may only be partially applicable; or it may be ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/04/10/teaching-coaching-wisdom-power/ [Words: 1320, Reading Time: 5-6mins]  If you view confidene as a baramter of mental health, then no it’s not possible to be over confident. After all, how can you be too healthy? That just doesn’t make sense. Your confidence is a measure of internal strength, mental strength. Just with physical strength, you’ve ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/03/05/is-it-possible-to-be-overconfident/ This is a guest article from Mark McManus, who writes on his blog at www.buildyourlifetoorder.com. Mark, apart from being a fellow Irish man, is keenly interested in self improvement and has one of the few blogs I read pratically every article. This article resonated with a lot of what I ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/02/27/is-it-conceited-to-love-yourself/ [Words: 846, Reading Time: ~4mins] Is Pride a Bad Thing? Hell no! First of all, feeling proud of yourself is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Your pride helps bolster all other aspects of your confidence, and radiates outward to inspire others. Think for a moment what the opposite ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/02/20/is-pride-a-bad-thing/ What I wanted to overcome was my social insecurity, meaning that I got too nervous and resistant to any kind of social contact, Colm helped me to get into the right track to overcome this problem. What I learned from him was a healthier way of thinking about social situations wich ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/02/18/coaching-testimonial-christian-buenos-aires/ For some reason, the flagship article of this site, the 8 Components of True Inner Confidence went missing from the archives, so I've reposted them below. Apologies to anyone on feeds! http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/02/09/whoops/ Confidence really is thrown around the place as something that everyone needs to have and should develop. "Be Confident" is the main piece of advice given to every nervous guy in the world. But confidence is this ethereal, intangible thing that�s so vast it makes it almost impossible to just ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/02/09/8-components-of-true-inner-confidence/ When I was writing out the 8 Components of True Inner Confidence I used the term admiration over pride because there’s a lot of negative connotations associated, erroneously I believe, with feeling proud. Like most things, these concepts are vague and in need of clarification. I think that admiration(which I use ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/02/09/what-is-pride-self-admiration/ [Words: 491, Reading Time: 2-2.5 minutes] Social skills, like confidence, come from a different place than what most people think. Looking outside you has rarely, if ever, led to a solution to your problems. Probably the most common problem people claim to have in social situations is that they don’t know what to say ... http://www.colmoreilly.com/blog/2007/01/29/how-to-always-know-what-to-say-and-do/