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Coach Yourself Confident
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Coach Yourself Confident

Ditch the self-doubt tax, unlock humble confidence

Julie Smith
Practical Inspiration Publishing, 2024
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Is a lack of confidence holding you back? Career coach expert Julie Smith empowers you to challenge your inner critic, embrace your strengths, and navigate the ups and downs of self-doubt with grace and resilience. Through personal stories, practical exercises, and evidence-based approaches, she offers a road map to a self-assured future where confidence fuels every aspect of your life. Whether you seek to enhance your professional performance, enrich your personal relationships, or simply live with greater authenticity, this guide is your essential companion on the journey to self-confidence.

Summary

Growing your confidence is essential for performance success.

Confidence plays a crucial role in maximizing and growing your skills and abilities. Consider the story, “The Little Engine That Could”: The Little Engine succeeds in climbing the mountain by telling herself, “I think I can, I think I can.” Your belief in your abilities shapes how you approach challenging tasks. A positive mindset not only helps you take the kinds of risks that enhance your life and career but also leads to a more vivid demonstration of your strengths, creating a self-fulfilling path to success. By minimizing doubts and distractions, you increase your chances of mastering the challenges you face. 

To understand and enhance your confidence, begin by identifying moments when you feel most and least confident, taking note of both scenarios and discerning underlying patterns that influence these feelings. Reflect on your confidence-related aspirations. Ponder the changes you wish to see, how these alterations would affect you, and how others would perceive the shift. This exercise aims to provide a clear understanding...

About the Author

Author Julie Smith is an expert career coach with over three decades of experience helping executives and leadership teams manage self-doubt and enable self-belief.

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