Ignore the Pigeons

Recently I listened to a training video where my biggest takeaway was this: Ignore the Pigeons!

 We all know what pigeons do. They get into trash, eat scraps and inevitably end up flying over and pooping on you. In life or in your business, they are those people who are always negative and poo-poo everything you say or do. They will bring down your confidence and belief in yourself in a single "yah, that's not gonna work". It can be really hard to get fired up, ready to kick butt, only to be pooped on by people you thought were your friends. Guess what, they're not.

So, what is the answer? Ignore the pigeons! Don't go near the pigeons. Find the EAGLES instead! Surround yourself with positive people who will help you soar. Find the cheerleaders, helpers, honest, good people in your life and hang out more with them! It sounds easy enough and I know it is harder to do, but give it a try!

Please tell me in the comments how you deal with the pigeons in your life.

5 Ways to Learn to Trust in Yourself

The word confidence can be defined as trust. Therefore, self-confidence could be thought of as trust in yourself. If you ever feel as if you're lacking a trust in yourself, here are five ways to learn to trust yourself.

1. Eliminate the people in your life who use you or don't want you to succeed. I listened to a training call recently, where the speaker called these people pigeons. The only thing these pigeons want to do is poop all over you! Get rid of the pigeons in your life and find more eagles. You know who the eagles are, the opposite of the pigeons!

2. Commit to yourself. Keep promises to yourself. Take a walk, see the doctor or join that gym. Do the things you told yourself you were going to do!

3. Treat yourself with kindness. Lose the negative self-talk. If you wouldn't say it to someone else, "You're too fat, you're too thin, you're not pretty, you're so stupid," don't say it to yourself!

4. Be sure you're making your own decisions. Of course, there are those whose advice you respect, but in the end, do what feels right to you!

5. Have the courage to follow your heart. Intuition and that inner voice are rarely wrong.

I hope these tips help out. Please post other ways you've learned to trust yourself in the comments. 

Hello and welcome!

Hello there!

Thank you for taking a peek at my first blog post. I would like to tell you a little bit about myself and what I hope to bring to others through this blog. I really don't know where to begin, so I'll give you the short version and we can get to know each other as we go along!

I'm Sue Souza. I am a wife and mother of two grown children. I was a dental hygienist by trade until a recent move took my husband and I from the Chicago area to southeastern Alabama. I wasn't sure that I wanted to continue in the dental field and decided I'd use this opportunity to reinvent myself. A friend of mine introduced me to a virtual skincare company and I began using the products and stepping well outside of my comfort zone in sharing with others and speaking in groups. What the products have done for my skin is amazing, but more than that is what they have done for my confidence and personal growth. I feel that I do more than sell the latest face cream, I change people's lives by helping them get rid of acne, scarring, dark spots, wrinkles or sensitive skin. I help families have choices. Parents can make money and stay home if they choose, working around their own schedules.

I chose this blog title, The Confidence Zone Blog, because it, to me is precisely how I hope to help others, by getting people to step out of their comfort zone and into their confidence zone. This blog will not be all about my skin care products. I want to delve into topics that will help us all be more confident in our own skin. (pun intended?) Topics such as, removing the negativity from our lives, getting out of your comfort zone, exercise, health, trying new things, building others up, facing your fears or dreaming about the future.

Please comment below if you have a topic you'd like me to cover that will help you get to your confidence zone. Thank you!