How To Build Self Confidence in Others
- January 20, 2009
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Kevin Veselka
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Writer
Rosemarie_Lennon
- Low Confidence Guy Warren Bohlin
- Confidence Builder Chris Bohin
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Director
Kevin Veselka
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Matt Wiggers
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Voice Over Artist
Liv Rooth
Shameless flattery isn’t the only way to boost someone’s self-image.
You Will Need
- Time to spend with the person
- Patience to encourage life changes
- And the wisdom to compliment wisely
- A dog
Step 1: Encourage exercise
Lure the person off the couch. Studies show that exercise raises confidence, so you’ll both get a self-esteem boost.
Strength training, in particular, has been shown to make people feel better about themselves.
Step 2: Get him a pet
Get him a puppy—particularly if the person who needs to feel better about himself is a child or a senior citizen. Research shows that both groups benefit greatly from dogs’ legendary unconditional love.
Step 3: Encourage him to volunteer
Encourage the person to become a volunteer. They’ll feel good for helping, and it’ll remind them of how fortunate they are.
Step 4: Encourage writing
Urge the person to pen a poem. Writing verse has been shown to raise self-esteem by producing endorphins, the so-called “feel good” chemicals produced by the brain.
Step 5: Compliment him
Use praise wisely. Research shows it’s better to compliment a person for working hard than being smart, because the latter will cause a major drop in confidence every time the person fails at a task.
Adolescent girls with low self-esteem are more likely to diet and less likely to exercise than confident girls, according to The Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls.
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Comments (5)
As always Kevin, I love your latest videos. Well done!
over 3 years ago by theprohouse
Thanks!
over 3 years ago by kevinveselka
how were the lights set up in this video? or did you use a filter in the editing process?
over 3 years ago by Whatami2do182
I used different filters during editing. But I also lit things keeping in mind how I wanted the final image to look. I tried to overexpose/ underexpose different areas of the scenes so that the difference between the lights and the darks would be more dramatic when I applied a contrast filter. For a couple of the scenes I didn't use any additional lights at all though. This was primarily as the scenes progressed, so that the video starts off more shadowy and harsh, and ends more naturalistic with the sun being the only source of illumination. I heightened this effect with tinting and diffusion filters added during editing.
over 3 years ago by kevinveselka
Beautiful camera work!
over 3 years ago by HeatherM
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