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Confidence and you

“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve.”

Clement Stone, entrepreneur and philanthropist

In this chapter you will …

  • learn what confidence is (and isn’t) and what it can allow you to achieve
  • understand that you can take control of your life, no matter what’s going on around you right now
  • discover how your thoughts and behaviour influence how you feel about yourself
  • measure your current levels of confidence and uncover the areas of your life that most need changing.

So what comes to mind when we talk about confidence? Perhaps you think of confidence as how people behave. You may see confident folks and maybe you imagine how they laugh and smile, give unwavering presentations or seem to ace job interviews. Or you ...

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