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Your trust gives me wings

"Building confidence takes longer than losing it."
— Jean-Paul Sartre

Confidence is a realistic self-evaluation in the present moment that allows us to believe we have what it takes to face a given situation. Throughout our life, we build confidence through our experiences and the people we meet.

Trust motivates us – it contributes to our personal growth. From that idea emerged our slogan "Your trust gives me wings" – trust gives us confidence, and confidence gives us the strength and freedom to take flight on our own.

Confidence goes up and down. It can be shaken by a job loss, an immigration process, a difficult break up, the spread of an online rumour, a magazine or newspaper article, etc. Sometimes we lack confidence and other times our confidence is undermined; however, that also means we can find it or rebuild it.

Trust is a treasure we receive and must nurture. We build confidence through the trust others place in us. In return, it is important for us to give the gift of trust to others, through listening, support and compassion, in our relationships and communications.

Since confidence is as vital to people as water, we all need to be attentive aware of how we communicate with othersto the messages we convey.

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Self-confidence, according to Quebecers

The Quebec division of CMHA commissioned the Leger Marketing firm to conduct a study with the Quebec population to identify the main factors Quebecers feel affect the development, maintenance and loss of self-confidence.

The main factors that help Quebecers develop or maintain their self-confidence are:

1Love for others (54%)

2Health (41%)

3Friendship (39%)

4Skill development (39%)

5Learning from experience (32%)

According to Quebecers, the main factors that contribute to the loss of self-confidence are:

1Rejection (46%)

2Lack of money (42%)

3Failure (38%)

4Loss of autonomy (36%)

5Denigration (36%)

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