Paul McGee 
Self-Confidence [PDF ebook] 
The Remarkable Truth of How a Small Change Can Boost Your Resilience and Increase Your Success, 10th Anniversary Edition

The special Tenth Anniversary Edition of the classic, bestselling guide to increasing self-confidence and boosting personal and professional success

Confidence is profoundly important to virtually every aspect of our lives – it’s the main ingredient for handling anything thrown at us. Whether in our school or business careers, personal relationships or the way in which we present ourselves to the world, confidence is often the deciding factor between success or failure. But how does one increase self-confidence? Sunday Times best selling Author Paul Mc Gee has helped thousands of people answer this very question with his bestselling book Self-Confidence. Blending Paul’s humour and wit with expert insights and practical advice, this beloved resource remains the essential guide to increasing self-confidence and boosting success. Paul shows you how increasing your confidence by even a small amount can lead to dramatic positive changes in your life.

Celebrating its tenth year in publication, this new Anniversary Edition has been extensively updated to address current ‘hot topics’ and trends for improving confidence and driving personal and professional success. Paul offers new guidance on strengthening resilience, promoting well-being, enhancing mental health and much more. Along the way, Paul shares honest and very personal stories from his own life to highlight important lessons and reinforce your confidence-building process. This must-have guide will help you:

* Understand how making small changes will yield enormous results

* Manage self-doubt and overcome anxiety

* Discover who or what crushed your confidence and meet them head-on

* Refuse to let setbacks sap your confidence by turning them into motivation to forge ahead

* Step away from your comfort zone and achieve what you always wanted, but lacked the confidence to pursue

The special edition of Self-Confidence provides everything you need to start on the path to increased confidence, resilience and success. You will be astonished by what you can accomplish when you have the confidence to try.

Table des matières

Preface ix

About the Author xvii

Introduction 1

Section One: The Stuff You Need to Know 9

1 Why Self-Confidence is the X-Factor for Life 11

2 Taking the ‘Con’ Out of Confidence 29

3 Who Shaped Your Confidence? Your Upbringing 47

4 Who Shaped Your Confidence? Other Influences 73

Section Two: The Stuff that Will Really Help 93

5 You’ll Get By with a Little Help from Your Friends 95

6 How to Be Your Own Best Mate 119

7 How to Shine When Your Neck’s on the Line 147

8 Here’s How to Ramp Up Your Resilience 193

9 How to Handle Conflict Confidently 219

10 Have You Got the Confidence to go M.A.D.? 245

11 A Little Extra to Take You Further 263

How It Worked for Me 275

Other Books By Paul Mc Gee 283

Want Paul to Speak for Your Organization? 291

Index 293

A propos de l’auteur

Paul Mc Gee is Capstone’s bestselling franchise author of all time. He is the author of S.U.M.O (Shut Up and Move On, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2015, How Not to Worry, How to Succeed with People, Self-Confidence, & How to Have a Great Life.
Paul is an international keynote speaker and performance coach, and managing director of his own training company and proud creator of SUMO (Shut Up & Move On). He integrates all of his titles into his speaking and teaching in approximately 40 countries and has expanded the S.U.M.O brand into the public, private and education sectors.