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10 Things You Can Do to Boost Self-Confidence Take charge of your feelings, and start overcoming obstacles.

By Chris W. Dunn Originally published

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"Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand brake on." -- Maxwell Maltz

Nobody is born with limitless self-confidence. If someone seems to have incredible self-confidence, it's because he or she has worked on building it for years. Self-confidence is something that you learn to build up because the challenging world of business, and life in general, can deflate it.

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