Mindset
Develop A Strong Point Of View
Hey, it’s Graham from The Confident Man Project here again and today I want to talk to you about the concept of developing a strong point of view. Now, this is a concept I’ve borrowed from the acting world and it’s very applicable I find to guys, particularly when we lack self-confidence. Often we’ve given up on having a really strong point of view.
Perhaps our opinion in the past hasn’t really been validated or hasn’t been valued or other people haven’t respected our point of view and we’ve learnt over time to just become kind of bland and neutral in our ideas about everything.
Agreeing to these ground rules in all our communication helps us both to feel safe and have our feelings respected. They are particularly important during challenging conversations when we are triggered with anger, sadness, fear, guilt and/or shame. We commit to applying them even when we are most upset.