it is easy for us to sit and tell you to defend yourself,there is reason you dont, maybe you just dislike conflict ,maybe you just take the higher ground, without knowing more about you its hard to make an intelligent guess. maybe you were badly by someone in authority when you were younger,the possibilities are endless. i will say this you should always pick your fights , good luck hun🙃🌈

Focus on the positive. The more often you repeat a thought, the stronger it gets. Using multiple senses makes a thought stronger too. Write down the positive thoughts, read them, say them out loud. And repeat, repeat, repeat. If you do that with the positives ones and pay as little attention as possible to the negatives ones, the positive thoughts will put the negative ones in their shadow.

You shouldn't.. it only means you need improve on your planning and organising skills.. there are many good workers, but they just do not how to take up work, plan , commit to a time frame , execute and deliver.. They invariably take up more than what they can chew, always have a backlog and goof up on delivery.

So once you have a systematic workflow, then none can point a finger..

If anyone could answer this concretely there wouldn't be such a market for self-help books.

The only things that can improve self-confidence is a long long time in a consistent supportive environment.

It would seem you're self-confident enough. Or is that just when it comes to knowing the ideas of what it means to be self-confident, not actually implementing it?

You should defend your cause... but the how and why are very situation dependent. Just remember, sometimes, sadly - people have their own issues and that's why they attack others.

small steps it will take a while but be proud of one thing completely today n build off that

Criticism ? Comes with the job 😌. Walk away,take a long walk and think before acting .

You don't always have to fight to defend your corner, you can always go the route of just not giving a damn what they think. Not always easy, I'm well aware. Sometimes it is good to listen to their nonsense and then question yourself, figure out why they are right/ wrong... and eventually you can stand up for yourself with reason. And that makes all the difference. being able to look at them and let them know why they are wrong and having solid cause to stand your ground is a really nice feeling. stating facts as apposed to arguing or just telling them they are wrong with no basis for your argument, usually doesn't do anything more than get them to hurl more insults.

If you don't believe in you ....

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Hey Portia, cheers for best answer, I think your confidence is fine ,I wonder if you were ever Bullied ,as a child .🤔

always remember this is not a perfect world you WILL make mistakes, so dont beat your self up if you screwed up something .

Confidence, arrogance, ignorance. These are all close cousins, beware.