Self Confidence for Artists, Creators and Seekers

I discovered this at http://happylittlehippy.blogspot.com/ and felt compelled to share it.
(Thanks Rosie, you rock)


 While I am growing more and more comfortable in my artist skin, there is part of me that still gets stage fright, that swats away compliments, that struggles with the concept of self-promotion. 

So I've come up with THREE SIMPLE RULES:

1. be your best self.
           have a positive attitude. 
               pass up opportunities to complain or criticize yourself and others.   

2. fake it till you make it. 
        this includes your image and your wardrobe.  
            they say that you shouldn't dress for the job you have,
            you need to dress for the job you want.   
            what message are you sending to the world?

3. learn and practice the language of self-promotion. 
        many of us were socialized against self-promotion.
            we were taught to avoid "bragging" and "showing off"
            as adults, we often still struggle against old messages
            that we should minimize our successes
            so that other people don't find us arrogant or feel bad about themselves
            how much time you spent talking about your faults & frustrations,
            rather than sharing successes?  
           
           
great resources: 

http://www.topdrawerconsignmentshop.com/ 
Tamara can help you put together some fabulous looks and revamp your image.
http://thewriteconversation.blogspot.com/2011/09/top-10-ways-to-promote-yourself-on.html
self promotion 101