The Art of Happiness

confident and there’s no sense of regret forhaving taken that course.”Fearless and honest self-appraisal can be apowerful weapon against self-doubt and low selfconfidence.The Dalai Lama’s belief that this kindof honesty can act as an antidote to thesenegative states of mind has in fact been confirmedby a number of recent studies that clearly showthat those who have a realistic and accurate viewof themselves tend to like themselves better andhave more confidence than those with poor orinaccurate self-knowledge.Over the years, I’ve often witnessed the DalaiLama’s illustrating how self-confidence comes