Certified Executive Coach and U.S.

Military Veteran Rossana Corniel

brings you:

5 STEPS TO LUCID

CONFIDENCE
stand firm in your beliefs

STARTING RIGHT HERE. STARTING RIGHT NOW.

© 2020 Lucid Ventures, LLC

HELLO THERE!
I’m thrilled that you’ve decided to take the first step in
building the kind of critical thinking and decision making skills
that they don't teach in graduate school. I show professional
women how to achieve empowered growth, success and
fulfillment on their terms. At the very foundation of thriving in
business and in life is…  Confidence!

THIS IS KEY TO BECOMING THE

BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF

This guide will give you five quick steps on how you can begin
to ingrain confident leadership into your life starting today,
for lasting change.

After years of coaching passionate

and driven career women, I’ve found
that even the most successful
women struggle with confidence.

A lack of confidence does not

discriminate, it happens to all of us,
whether we are mid-level, senior-
level, or entrepreneurs. Many of us
navigate an intricate web of self-
doubt about any number of things,
regularly.
we say things to
ourselves like....
Am I a good leader? Should I be leading people?
I never got the skills I need for the job I want.
There are so many people more experienced at this than I am.
I will never be good at that.
I am irresponsible.
I am not successful or important in the way I want to be.
Nobody wants to work with me.
I will waste all my money and never get ahead.
I am not where I want to be in life..
I don’t belong here.

I know because I've said all these

things to myself at some point... and
so have my clients.

As a U.S. Air Force veteran, corporate communications executive for 16+ years

and now executive coach at my company, Lucid Ventures, I am here to help you
build your confidence in a way that lasts. You will learn exactly how to turn
around  this negative internal dialogue with every-day confidence building
techniques. Unfortunately, female leaders hinge our self-confidence on results.
We only permit ourselves to feel valuable when we achieve a goal, earned a good
income, or cooked a good meal.

After you read this guide, you begin to feel valuable all the time — whether you
just watched TV, went to the gym or did anything in between.
Live Lucid,
Rossana Corniel
Congrats!
First, let me congratulate you for having enough self-awareness to know
that building your confidence will take you to that next level of growth. So
many of us struggle with this issue, and never take any actions to address
it. Knowing you must work on this at all separates you from a vast
majority of professionals out there, and it is a great first step in the right
direction!

Now, I must make one more important distinction. In my practice I have

identified two types of confidence:

1. Empty Confidence
2. Lucid Confidence

WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN

THIS GUIDE IS LUCID CONFIDENCE.
Lucid Confidence lives in your heart and makes you strong, like a
house of bricks. Whereas, Empty Confidence crumbles and falls
apart like a house of straw. Typically rooted in narcissism,
individuals with Empty Confidence may have desirable positions
and financial status, yet never feel fulfilled. Their self-worth will be
founded on things like who they know, how much money they have,
how many followers they have and where they live and work.

You can always tell when someone has Empty Confidence

because they are highly likely to name drop and tell you how
expensive something they bought is.
 With this guide you will go from cloudy
to LUCID

With Lucid Confidence you will learn how to tap into facts
(not fiction) on why you CAN be confident, leverage the
areas where you SHINE and build techniques to move
yourself out of any place of self-doubt, permanently.

For each of these steps I have provided an area where you

can write down the steps that you will take for each
section. This is an especially important part of
solidifying the commitments you are making to yourself to
build that confidence right away.

SO....

let's get started

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STEP 1: GRATITUDE
“Enough is a feast. ”– Buddhist proverb

You’ve got to get out of your own way to have the confidence you desire.
To do this you must change your thoughts. Now, if this were easy,
everyone would do it all the time. Lucky for us, there is a way to ‘hack’
into a new way of thinking, a fresh perspective and another approach
without talking to anyone at all. This begins with gratitude.

Gratitude is scientifically proven to be a cognitive, not just an emotional

process that is deeply rooted in our evolutionary history and DNA. By
first expressing gratitude for whatever situation you are facing, you are
activating specific areas of the brain that offer perspective, moral
cognition and reward. (Whitepaper: The Science of Gratitude – University
of Berkley).

Lucid Moments | What are you grateful for?

Take a moment to write down here what you are grateful for when it comes to
your confidence. Where has confidence helped you in your life already?
Remember and write it down. Do this as a daily practice from now on.
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STEP 2: SHINE
“Shine like the whole universe is yours. ”– Rumi

Get your hair done, put on some nice clothes and smile! This is your time to
shine. This is a quick confidence booster anytime you are feeling down. Even if
there is still nowhere to go in your nice clothes, just do it. If you do not own an
outfit you feel good in, whether that’s because you’ve gained or lost weight,
finances have been tight or whatever the case may be, this is definitely one
investment you need to make.

Many studies have shown that people dress for their mood. Feeling bad? You
will most likely wear clothes that reflect your down mood, such as baggy,
unflattering clothes. To start shaking off your self-doubt is to shake off any
clothes that look like self-doubt. Instead, find a photo of someone you admire
wearing an outfit you like. Find something like what they have at a retail store
and buy it! Wear that to start your shift to Lucid Confidence.

Lucid Moments | How will you SHINE today?

Will you be wearing one of your outfits that you have not put on in a while?
Will you be washing your hair and doing your nails? Dying the grays out?
Getting a facial? Doing your make up? Or perhaps you want to take a step
towards dressing like a person you admire. Hold yourself accountable for
taking your next steps to SHINE. Take a moment to write how you will shine
today.
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STEP 3: LUCID AFFIRMATION
“Affirmations open the door. It's the beginning point on the path to

change. ”– Louise L. Hay

When you have negative self-talk, you have a lack of confidence. Studies have
shown that out of all the self-talk we do in one day, an overwhelming
majority of it is negative (77%).

Negative self-talk sounds like anything (and more) that I listed in the first page
of this guide. It sounds terrible in our heads, but the reality is that this our
brain’s way of trying to protect us. Counter-intuitive right? Yet, this is proven in
the science of how our brains are wired whenever we feel afraid of something.

Maybe you are trying to get a promotion and you keep getting rejected. Maybe
you just got dumped by your boyfriend. Maybe you are afraid of getting laid off
because of all the job cuts around you lately. Any of these things and much
more can feel like an attack on our well-being and attacks on you, lead to the
very strange bodily defense mechanism of negative inner voices telling you
that you are not enough as you are. It’s hard not to listen to the negative talk
when it sounds so loud in your head!

You will need to force some positive self-talk into your inner narrative in
order to balance the confidence scales in your favor. You can do this with a
Lucid Affirmation. A Lucid Affirmation is much like a positive affirmation, but I
really want you to base it on a fact about yourself that you can prove. This is
important to convince your brain that the positive affirmation is true and
thereby it increases the success rate.
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STEP 3: LUCID AFFIRMATION CONTINUED
Lucid Moments | Find your Lucid Affirmation

Make a list of the things that make you awesome, I mean really awesome. For
this I urge you to look into any birthday cards, Social Media posts, kind words
from a family member, look around for anywhere something positive that
happened and write it down. Then, create one Affirmation that you can repeat
over and over whenever the negative thoughts take hold. Below I’ve included
an example:

I care about my friends and want to help them

I love my family
I am a good writer
I paid all my bills this month
I recycle and care about the environment

My Lucid Affirmation: I am caring, loving and kind. I find beauty in everything.

This is the affirmation that I repeat to myself whenever a negative thought

creeps in. I get to control and shift my inner dialogue with this at every turn.
I’ve done this so much that I do it every day with a different affirmation. Now
it's your turn!
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STEP 4: TINY STEPS
“Even the mighty oak starts as a small acorn." unknown

Those of us that are serial-overachievers and perfectionists have a big

tendency to dismiss any small accomplishment. This happens because we have
always told ourselves that we should be working harder or doing even more,
making the small stuff seem insignificant when compared to the bigger goal
we have not achieved yet. This is why it is so important to praise yourself for
even the smallest accomplishment of your goals, so that you can track your
progress.

Tracking progress is also important in solidifying any new behavior, including

building confidence, because it reminds your brain that you are moving
forward. Right now, you can congratulate yourself for the tiny step of
downloading this guide and getting started on your path to achieving your
goals. As you move toward any new goal in your life be sure to track it by
writing it down in you journal and reminding yourself of what you have
accomplished on a regular basis.

Lucid Moments | Track your tiny

Take a moment now to list the tiny steps you have recently taken toward your
goal of building your confidence. Downloading this guidebook and completing
Steps 1, 2 & 3 above totally count! Feel free to list as many more as you like, in
fact I think you should.
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STEP 5: LUCID POWER
“No one is you and that is your power." Dave Grohl

How are you sitting in your chair right now? Are your shoulders slumped? Is your
chin down? Are your legs or ankles crossed? All these physical poses are
indications of a low level of confidence. Many studies conducted by social
psychologists, including Amy Cuddy at Harvard, have demonstrated that if you
adopt a habit of “power posing,” for two minutes even if you don’t feel confident,
you can boost your confidence level.

Start to harness your Lucid Power now by taking some cues from the research to
begin power posing right away. Some great power poses that I use are below. Try
these while standing in front a mirror for two minutes while smiling

Stand with your shoulders back, chin up and arms up in the air like you just won
a race
Do the same as above but with your hands turned into fists and place them on
your hips like Wonderwoman
While sitting at the computer and working, sit with your back straight and
shoulders back

Lucid Moments | Commit to YOUR power poses every day

Now, write down which power poses you will commit to doing every day for
two minutes a day!
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle Lucid Moments | Repetition

Make extra copies of this page and use this space to write every day and build the permanent
habit of confidence!

1. Gratitude

2. SHINE

3. Lucid Affirmation

4. Track Your Tiny

5. Lucid Power
Ready, Set - Activate Lucid Confidence

Remember, building a new habit of confidence takes time!

Start today and repeat these same five steps every day
until you start to shine with confidence during every
single interaction in your day. After about 30 days of
repetition, these confidence hacks will become part of
your daily life.

If you miss a day, forgive yourself and start again the

next morning.

If you have a terribly bad day full of stress and pitfalls,

then crank up these seven steps and commit to doing
them even stronger.

Once you have adopted Lucid Confidence, you will begin

to see tangible changes in your life at every turn.
 What others are saying....
A strong foundation of confidence is how you will begin to listen to your
intuition and trust your inner voice. Mary and Carla did the work, and
they have reaped the rewards: .

"Sometimes you need someone to help you shift

your perspective. By seeing yourself from another
angle you are ready to take the right kind of
action - Lucid Action as Rossana calls it. Her
methods and approach are so refreshing,
effective and unique. By applying her insight and
tools in my life, I now have the confidence I
wanted. I am so much more energized, motivated
and driven towards my personal goals.”
- Mary Arfeli

"I've been applying Rossana's expert coaching in

my life for several years and it has made the
world of difference. Her deep insight and straight
talk have helped me reach new heights with my
multimedia projects and I know that anyone
working on their confidence will also benefit
greatly from the tools in this book.”
- Carla Curiel

Intuition, also known as listening to your gut, gets foggy and clogged
up when we aren’t confident. We lose trust in our inner voice because
there are so many negative voices swirling around causing confusion.

I get it — who wants to trust a voice that spews unhelpful, negative

banter? Once you start to improve your confidence you get the added
benefit of getting better at trusting yourself. It’s just like a BOGO!
 there's more...
So much of our lives we are taught to focus on
external factors. We look outside of ourselves and
find someone or something to blame for our issues.
Then, when we figure out that we need to take
responsibility for ourselves, for our emotions and
actions, we have no idea how. The work you will do
with me will give you the clarity you need to get
there.  The mastery of self is the ultimate individual
empowerment and I aim to empower YOU!

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© 2020 Rossana Corniel