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Secondly, Dr Ivan Joseph and Jim Cathcart opinion are similar on their talk about ‘the
skill of self-confidence’ and ‘how to believe in yourself’. However, both them have their
different way to achieve it. According to Dr Ivan Joseph we need self-talk or self-
affirmation. We all have this negative self-talk that goes in our head. The important of self-
talk is to motivate yourself to become more confidence by ignoring the negative resonance
around you. For example according to Dr Ivan Joseph talk, Muhammad Ali had his own self-
affirmation “I am the greatest! There is no one better than me” to motivate himself, there is
nobody else to navigate your goal except for yourself. Everyone need to be in a quiet moment
to reaffirm themself. There is a difference between hubris, ego, and false pride because it is
just reminding yourself in quiet silent moments. For the second example which Dr Ivan
Joseph told us how he put down a list, right beside his mirror, about all the things that make
him now and whenever he is down, he bring out his self-confidence letter. A letter he wrote
to himself when he was feeling good. This is because when he is not feeling good he will
read a self-confidence letter to build self-confidence to himself. Self-talk really will help a
people to lift up their spirit and make them a successful people in the world. Meanwhile,
according to the video Jim Cathcart on ‘how to believe in yourself’, he pointed out that we
should know our nature. Which mean to know things about yourself that most people do not
discover. For example, know how smart are you compare to another people. In what ways are
you smart? Know what you care about and what are the values that motivate your choices?
When the people know more about themselves, they will begin to believe their own self on
what they will do. Every person strengths and abilities are different, so it is important to look
for our own strengths and skills so that we can adapt to the pace of self-improvement. When a
person know both of his or her strength and abilities, he or her will easily walk through the
path that has been chose on what to become in the future. When a person improve their self-
confidence he or she will change the perception of people around them and people will have
more faith on him or her. In fact, they will be more confidence on what they will do after.