Julie Smith 
Coach Yourself Confident [EPUB ebook] 
Ditch the self-doubt tax, unlock humble confidence

• Title Page


• Copyright Page


• Dedication


• Contents


• List of activities


• Introduction: How to coach yourself confident
  
  
  
  • Mapping out the territory
  
  
  • Why ‘coach yourself confident’?
  
  
  • Doing the work
  
  


• 1 Fuel for life
  
  
  
  • What does confidence give us?
    
    
    
    • Better odds
    
    
    • A willingness to say YES
    
    
    • The trust of others
    
    
    • A collective power
    
    
    • The difference for you
    
    
  
  
  • How do we grow confidence?
    
    
    
    • The momentum of confidence
    
    
    • Feeling the fear and doing it anyway
    
    
  
  


• 2 The self-doubt tax
  
  
  
  • How self-doubt shows up
    
    
    
    • The inner critic
    
    
    • Words that sow the seeds of doubt
    
    
    • Nerves and butterflies
    
    
  
  
  • Counting the cost
  
  
  • Paying the self-doubt tax in missed opportunities
    
    
    
    • Holding back
    
    
    • Staying small
    
    
    • Slowing the pace
    
    
    • Leaving potential unfulfilled
    
    
  
  
  • Paying the self-doubt tax in overwork
    
    
    
    • Achievement addiction
    
    
    • Hero complex
    
    
    • Over preparation
    
    
    • Emotional exhaustion
    
    
  
  
  • Show yourself some compassion
  
  


• 3 The humble confidence benefit
  
  
  
  • Painting a picture
  
  
  • The humble confidence mantra
  
  
  • Right-sized self-doubt
  
  
  • Getting too big for your boots
  
  
  • Uniquely you
  
  
  • A paradox
  
  


• 4 Faulty calibration
  
  
  
  • A hall of mirrors
  
  
  • An uncertain grasp
  
  
  • Owning your strengths
  
  
  • Feedback through a filter
  
  
  • The highest of bars
  
  
  • The longest of lists
  
  


• 5 Confidence saboteurs
  
  
  
  • The inner critic
  
  
  • Comparisonitis
  
  
  • FOPO
  
  
  • Mindreading
  
  
  • Overthinking
  
  
  • Perfectionism
  
  
  • Fear of failure
  
  
  • Tiredness
  
  
  • Underminers
  
  


• 6 Comings and goings
  
  
  
  • A wobbly line
  
  
  • That so this
  
  
  • Steep drops
  
  
  • Bumps and knocks
  
  
  • Job changes
  
  
  • Free range confidence
  
  


• 7 Homegrown confidence
  
  
  
  • Confidence by proxy
  
  
  • Over-reliance on others
    
    
    
    • Borrowing confidence
    
    
    • People pleasing
    
    
    • Leaving ourselves vulnerable
    
    
  
  
  • Confidence in community
    
    
    
    • From borrowed to owned
    
    
    • Just enough support
    
    
  
  
  • Keeping up with yourself
  
  
  • Permission to be you
  
  


• A few final words of encouragement


• Acknowledgements


• About the author


• Bibliography


• Index

Julie Smith is a sought-after coach who has been supporting leaders to grow their confidence for three decades. A 15+ year corporate career with Mars and Pepsi Co gave Julie first-hand experience of what it takes to succeed in a demanding, fast-paced organization. In 2010 Julie founded Talent Sprout, a highly respected leadership consultancy. Since then, she has coached hundreds of executives and leadership teams internationally, working with L’Oreal, Mulberry, Unilever, Expedia, HSBC and more. She has designed and delivered development programmes that participants describe as ‘life changing’. This work has enabled Julie to gain real insight into what creates self-doubt and what unlocks self-belief, and she has spent more than a decade developing, testing and honing frameworks and tools that unleash confidence. A member of numerous professional networks, Julie blogs regularly about the challenges of leading in today’s world, the critical need for self-awareness and the magic of self-confidence.