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inside you will start to grow because you're feeding it with a positive attitude. This is crucial to developing high self-image because you will see with each tiny success that you have that ability to succeed. It may be a very small step at first but it will grow.

Forgive yourself for mistakes. When you make a mistake as we all do you need to realize that you are not perfect and that people do make mistakes. Even the most successful people make mistakes. But you need to forgive yourself and move on. You cannot let mistakes change who you are or where you're going. Look at it as an obstacle that got in the way only it's one that you made. So, forgive, forget and move on. Don't allow it get to you and don't allow yourself to speak badly about yourself. You are not perfect so stop trying to be perfect. Start accepting that people DO MAKE MISTAKES.

Don't dwell on your weaknesses. There isn't one successful person out there who doesn't have weaknesses. What they do have, though, is the ability to admit they have weaknesses, and then they focus on developing their strengths. That's why they succeed. Do you feel that your fear of speaking in public is a weakness that is preventing you from being more successful in business? If so, either take classes to overcome your fear or put that characteristic aside and find one that is strong. For example, you may not be able to deliver the speech but you could write it.

Find your strength and act on it. Develop it. Take classes if need be. But make those strengths your goals and stop focussing on your weaknesses and things you can't do. Underneath all your insecurities are your hidden ambitions and desires. Find out what they are and start developing them.

Change the way you talk to yourself. You are probably your own worst critic. Make it a daily morning chore to stand in front of your mirror and declare the famous, "I Am" speech. Cover every point of your being. "I am beautiful not homely, I am intelligent not stupid, I am teachable not a dummy, I am successful not a loser, I am satisfied with my life and not ashamed, I am me and proud of it". Let yourself hear yourself speak and you will begin to believe it because you're saying it and you're hearing it. And that alone plants a positive seed that will grow each time you say it.

Think positive. There is another famous saying that could become the cornerstone of your success, and that is, "Difficult things take time, impossible things just take longer". When you face a challenge,

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