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The Confident Mind
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The Confident Mind

A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance

Custom House, 2022 更多详情


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8

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Many people wish to be better at something, for example sports, work or school. Often, however, an invisible force – a lack of confidence – limits their improvement. Building on decades of experience mentoring athletes, students, executives and others, performance psychologist Nate Zinsser offers an easy-to-follow recipe for boosting success by building confidence. To do so, you need to understand confidence, think constructively about your past, present and future performance, and strategically maintain confidence in the face of internal and external obstacles. This will help you bring your A game to life.

Take-Aways

  • Five common misconceptions hinder people in building confidence.
  • Developing confidence requires accepting the four pillars that affect all human performance.
  • To strengthen your confidence, remember your successes, not your failures.

About the Author

Nate Zinsser is director of the Performance Psychology Program of the US Military Academy at West Point. He also consults with people and organizations seeking a competitive edge.


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