4selfdeence: Protecting Yourself with Confidence, Self Esteem and Positive Influences

Fact: A person who conveys an air of confidence is less likely to become a victim of assault or robbery because an offender will more likely look for an easier target.

• Walk down the street with your head high, pay attention to your environment.
• You should always be alert for danger.
• Carry yourself with a sense of confidence.
• Keep your head up and look alert, regularly scan the area.
• Your eyes are your first line of defense.

A very important part of avoiding bullies and would be attackers is for you to believe in yourself. Self-esteem is important as this is how you feel about yourself as a person.

Often people worry what other people think about them, it is important that you know:

• Physical appearance is only one factor that attracts one person to another.
• A person who accepts and feels good about his or her body will seem more likeable and attractive to others.
• People are attracted to different physical qualities.

Tips to help promote self esteem and a positive attitude

• Develop a positive attitude as you are and individual with unique strengths, needs, interests, and skills.
• Surround yourself with positive and trustworthy friends with common interests.
• Focus on your strengths.
• Get help to improve any areas where you are not confident.
• Develop your communication skills.
• Develop decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Develop your physical skills through sport and outdoor interests.
• Understand that mistakes are an inevitable (and valuable) part of any learning experience.
• Use mistakes as an opportunity to learn.
• Establish realistic, achievable goals.
• Divide large tasks into smaller, manageable ones.
• If you are unsure of anything, seek information that will help.
• Keep your resume up to date.
• Develop your own interest by playing team or individual sports, dancing, arts and crafts or simply a hobby that you enjoy.
• Don’t take drugs or drink alcohol or get involved with people who do.
• The most successful people have a positive attitude, learn by collecting information and improve by not making the same mistakes repeatedly.

Reading Books

Reading positive books on other peoples live' s is a great way to stay focused and make you realise that people have beat negative influence in their life. Use these people's stories to help you stay positive and motivate you to move on to better things. Please check out our book reviews and if you find something for you order it from our site.

In Brief: The best way to avoid trouble is by believing in yourself, have a good trust worthy circle of friends, knowing who to confide in, in times of trouble, recognizing trouble before it happens, Trust your instincts when they tell you that a person or place makes you feel uncomfortable. Never go out on a blind date or with someone that you are unsure of. If you go out with someone who is unknown to you or you are unsure of take a friend. If someone is abusive, violent or offers you drugs notify your parents, a friend, and your school advisor. Any person who is abusive, violent or offers you drugs should be reported to the police.