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The Confidence Plan

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The Confidence Plan

How to Build a Stronger You

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15 min read
10 take-aways
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Align your thoughts, feelings, actions, relationships and spiritual core to create a stronger, more confident you!

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Recommendation

No matter how successful you are - or aren’t - this book can have a substantial impact on your self-confidence and your life. getAbstract recommends reading it and doing its confidence-boosting exercises. If you’re an avid reader of self-help books, chances are you won’t discover any huge new "secrets" here. Read it anyway. Author Tim Ursiny delivers a complete, easy-to-follow plan for rediscovering yourself and becoming truly confident. With short, easy-to-read chapters, and entertaining stories you can relate to, it is enjoyable from start to finish. It is also immensely practical, hands-on and right on target.

Summary

Everyone Can Use More Confidence

Self-confidence is your belief in yourself. It’s freedom from doubting your abilities, talents, gifts and instincts. Increased confidence can benefit you in every realm of your life. Of course, everyone has doubts, at least, occasionally. That’s normal. (If you don’t, maybe you aren’t challenging yourself enough and need to get outside your comfort zone.) Even people who look confident experience doubts, but they’ve learned to move forward anyway. They don’t let doubt hold them back. People with self-efficacy believe they can do things. They see obstacles as challenges to overcome.

Sometimes people who aren’t accustomed to success feel awkward and uncomfortable when they begin to experience it. They subconsciously thwart their chances by reverting to their comfort levels. To avoid that reaction, recognize your success comfort level. Replace uneasy feelings with a new appreciation that bypasses your comfort zone. Give yourself permission to let good things happen to you.

However, no one succeeds all the time. Failing sometimes is normal. Confident people learn from their mistakes and develop as a result. Since everyone has a few...

About the Author

Tim Ursiny, Ph.D., is the founder of a consulting firm. He works as a trainer and coach with corporate executives and employees to help them develop confidence and improve their performance and communication skills. He also wrote The Coward’s Guide to Conflict.

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