A guide to gaining self-confidence and feeling your best
Do you value yourself as a human being? Do you believe that you’re able to get the things you want?
Exercise. When you take good care of yourself, you feel more confident and positive. For good health, exercise for 30 minutes a day most days a week. Do something fun, like playing tennis, going for a walk with a friend, or dancing to your favorite music.
Stop comparing yourself to others. You are one-of-a-kind, so you’re not going to be like everyone else. Instead of using others as a measuring stick for success, use your past self. That way, you can focus on creating a life that makes you happy. Try to remember that what you see on social media is just the high point of someone’s life.
Set and pursue (追求) realistic goals.
| A．Write down everything you do well. |
| B．Your dreams are totally within reach. |
| C．Schedule time to pursue your hobbies. |
| D．Schedule exercise into your day so you won’t forget. |
| E．You usually don’t see the bad days and moments of self-doubt. |
| F．A good support system helps you stay focused on your best qualities. |
| G．If not, we’re here to help you go after your dreams and believe in yourself. |
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【推荐1】People who don’t feel confident in social situations often have trouble interacting with others. However, anyone can boost their confidence by ensuring their, body language conveys a positive message.Practice these gestures and movements to project an airport confidence.
Lean Forward
When you are in a conversation, leaning forward indicates interest and attention, while maintaining distance indicates that you are disinterested. Research suggests that nonverbal signals such as leaning forward and facing straight ahead help convey feelings of interest.
Slow Your Movements
Fast movements make you appear more anxious. Everything from hand gestures to your walking pace can make a difference; slow down and notice how you feel more confident when you take your time.
The key, however, is to maintain other signals like eye contact and posture while moving more slowly. Slow movements combined with poor eye contact and slouched (耷拉的) posture may cause people to see you less confident.
Keep Your Chin Up
Do you look at the ground when you are walking or talking? Instead, keeping your head up and facing your conversation partner conveys interest and confidence. It might feel unnatural initially, but you will eventually become used to this more confident pose.
Give a Firm Handshake
A weak handshake is a sign of a lack of confidence, so offer a firm hand when meeting others. How long your handshake lasts can also influence how people perceive you.
Research has found that the length of a normal handshake is around three seconds or less. Handshakes lasting longer than three seconds are associated with less enjoyment of the interaction and more anxiety.
1. Which way of walking conveys confidence?| A．Walk fast with head straight up. |
| B．Move fast with a leaning posture. |
| C．Walk slowly with proper eye contact. |
| D．Move slowly with maintained distance. |
| A．Lean Forward. | B．Slow Your Movements. |
| C．Keep Your Chin Up. | D．Give a Firm Handshake. |
| A．Those who have a passion for body language. |
| B．Those who run projects about body language. |
| C．Those who lack confidence in communication. |
| D．Those who desire to boost their language skills. |
【推荐2】How to Have a Healthy Diet
Many people with serious illnesses would give anything they have for a single day of perfect health.
Dink more water.
Eat breakfast. A light, healthy breakfast is enough to reap the benefits of eating early.
Consider going meatless. In case you haven’t noticed, meat hasn’t played much of a role in what we’ve talked about so far.
| A．Eat at the right time. |
| B．Eat midnight snacks properly. |
| C．Water plays an important role in our health. |
| D．Adult humans should drink 2-3 liters of water per day. |
| E．Research shows that breakfast skippers actually eat more! |
| F．Therefore, being vegetarian is a good way to reduce your calorie intake. |
| G．After all, it’s only when you lose your health that you realize what you once had. |
【推荐3】Becoming more optimistic can help you see people, situations and tasks with a more positive outlook.
Keep a gratitude journal. Write every day in a gratitude journal. A gratitude journal is a place where you regularly write things you feel grateful for. The things you’re grateful for can be small, such as a good meal or a sunny day.
Do activities you enjoy, Spend time on hobbies or interests that naturally boost your mood or make you laugh. Pursuing activities you enjoy can help you reduce stress levels.
Limit your consumption of the news.
| A．Take action against the negative. |
| B．Spend time with optimistic people. |
| C．Optimists are often interested in trying new things. |
| D．It’s important to stay informed about the world around you. |
| E．Some people might believe that people are born with optimism. |
| F．They can also be larger or more complex, such as a loved one or a good job. |
| G．When you feel more joyful, it can become easier to look at situations positively. |
The question has caught many interviewees off guard．Even Mo Yan who recently won a Nobel Prize，responded by saying：“I don’t know”．
While the question has become a buzz phrase and the Internet plays host to heated discussions，we ask：What exactly is happiness ?And how do you measure it?
In the 1776 US Declaration of Independence，Thomas Jefferson set in writing the people’s unalienable right to“Life，Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”．Last year，235 years on，China’s Premier Wen Jiabao told the nation：“Everything we do is aimed at letting people live more happily．”At last year’s National People’s Congress，officials agreed that increasing happiness would be a top target for the 12th five-year plan．
US psychologist Ed Diener, author of Happiness：Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth describes happiness as “a combination of life satisfaction and having more positive than negative emotions”，according to US broadcasting network PBS．This may sound straight forward enough，but it still doesn’t explain what determines people’s happiness．
Many argue that happiness is elusive and that there is no single source．It also means different things to different people．For some，happiness can be as simple as having enough cash.
Researchers believe happiness can be separated into two types：daily experiences of hedonic(享乐的)well-being；and evaluative well-being, the way people think about their lives as a whole．The former refers to the quality of living，whereas the latter is about overall happiness，including life gods and achievement．Happiness can cross both dimensions.
Li Jun，a psychologist and mental therapy practitioner at a Beijing clinic，says：“Happiness can mean both the most basic human satisfaction or the highest level of spiritual pursuit. It’ s a simple yet profound topic .”
Chen Shangyuan，21，a junior English major at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics，said his idea of happiness always evolves．“At present it relates to how productive I am in a day,”he said．“It might be linked to job security or leisure time after I graduate．”
Then there is the question of measuring happiness．Does it depend on how many friends we have，or whether we own the latest smart phone? Is it even quantifiable?
Economists are trying to measure happiness in people’s lives．Since 1972，Bhutan’s GDP measurement has been,replaced by a Gross National Happiness index．It is calculated according to the peoples’sense of being well-governed，their relationship with the environment，their satisfaction with economic development,and their sense of national belonging．
In 2009，US economist Joseph Stiglitz proposed “to shift emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-being”.But is well-being more easily measured?
1. From what Thomas Jefferson and Wen Jiabao mentioned in the passage，we know_______．
| A．people’s happiness is determined by great people |
| B．people’s happiness is an important target for the development of a country |
| C．people in all countries have the right to ask the government for a happy life |
| D．People both in China and America are living a happy life |
| A．CCTV journalists are concerned about people’s happiness out of sympathy． |
| B．the question has led to heated discussions about who are the happiest people in China， |
| C．Bhutan’s new index shows that people there are the happiest in the world |
| D．it is not easy for us to decide what determines people’s happiness |
| A．Available． | B．Easy to get． |
| C．Hard to understand． | D．Accessible． |
| A．Are You Happy? | B．The Measurement of Happiness |
| C．GDP and Happiness | D．The Secret of Happiness |
How to express your angerThe best way to manage anger is by dealing with it directly—you must learn to express your anger in a healthy and helpful way.Expressing yourself when you are very angry can be difficult. But it can also be very helpful.
| A．You can talk to a doctor. |
| B．I am the only one that it is really hurting. |
| C．Words can be extremely damaging to a relationship. |
| D．Try to look at the situation from the other person’s point of view. |
| E．When people can express their needs, they feel like they are solving the problem. |
| F．Instead, you could say “I am angry that you did not offer to help me clean the home”. |
| G．But there are things people should remember when they express their needs when angry. |
【推荐3】Failure in a relationship, business and exam or sudden loss of a close one can make you lose patience and calmness.
•Create some peaceful moments in your life.
•Open your mind. Don’t let yourself be troubled by any beliefs and thoughts.
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| A．Learn to manage anger. |
| B．Sit relaxed on your sofa. |
| C．Go to a calm and cool place. |
| D．In short, there are many ways to be calm in any situation. |
| E．But if you just do so, you’ll slowly get into a state of peace. |
| F．Of course, this doesn’t mean you’ll stop thinking in your life. |
| G．However, the only person who can help you keep calm is none but you. |
