Edited by Yanna Abovyan
‘’Out of all the opinions the most important one is your own opinion of yourself’’, says an American psychologist Nathaniel Prenton. He explains that “To trust means to believe” as first of all, we must believe ourselves in order to be able to be self-assured. According to the author self-assurance is some experience, that is to say, to trust the ability of thinking, choosing, deciding, coping with changes.
The human being can trust himself only when he is able to face and admit realities of his character and life. Nathaniel Prenton introduces six keys to a self -assurance.
1. To lead conscious life.
2. To admit yourself, to have a courage to admit our thoughts, deeds and feelings without trying to escape from them.
3. To be responsible to yourself. To admit that we are responsible for our good and bad deeds, to ask “What must I do?” instead of “Who is to blame?”
4. To assure oneself
5. We must check necessary steps leading to the realization of our goals.
6. To be complete, to create a harmony between our way of thinking. To speak the truth, to respect our promises.
Prenton agrees with psychologist Harry Tarkart's conclusion that: “The sufferings of this world come such people who constantly getting into the search of good opinions about themselves”.
