Confidence : overcoming low self-esteem, insecurity, and self-doubt
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- ISBN: 9781594631269 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1594631263 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
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ix, 258 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York, New York : Hudson Street Press, 2013.
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General Note: | "First published by Hudson Street Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2013"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-249) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Confidence Ain't Competence: -- Difference between feeling and being able -- Me, me, me (the narcissistic society) -- Wanting versus needing confidence (and Coke) -- Higher confidence does not cause competence -- Most confident people are deluded -- Ignorance ain't bliss -- Perils of chasing confidence -- Confidence-competence cycle -- Why feeling down can be a good thing -- Confidence-competence grid -- Taking Advantage Of Low Confidence: -- You can benefit from insecurities -- Low confidence protects you -- Low confidence helps you improve -- Being other focused -- Successful people are rarely themselves -- If you fake it you'll make it -- Reputation Is King: -- If character is destiny, reputation is fate -- Others value humility, not confidence -- Everyone's a psychologist -- Do others know what we are like? Do we? -- Why you should care about others' perceptions of you -- Self-knowledge matters more than self-belief -- Successful Career: -- What top performers do better -- Debunking career myths (confidence, talent, and arrogance) -- Three things top performers do better -- How to boost your career confidence (even though you don't have to) -- Social Confidence And People Skills: -- How to master interpersonal relations -- Social confidence as presentational strategy -- Toxicity of high social confidence -- Adaptive side of lower social confidence -- How to use your low social confidence to enhance your social competence -- Early childhood experiences determine your social confidence (and that's ok) -- Turning your low social confidence into high social competence -- Loving Relationship: -- How to boost your dating confidence -- Dating confidence is not dating competence -- Four ways to succeed in romantic relationships -- There's a time to fake dating confidence -- Healthier Life: -- Your well-being is in your hands -- Unhealthy side of high confidence -- Healthy side of lower confidence -- Low confidence extends life --- Earning confidence (through well-being) -- Easier Said Than Done?: -- All you need is a bit of willpower (and low confidence) -- Embracing low confidence -- Success is the best medicine for your insecurities -- More competent you -- More competent, less confident world -- Final thoughts -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
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Subject: | Self-confidence Self-esteem |
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Kirtland Community College Library | BF 575 .S39 C43 2013 | 30775305471675 | General Collection | Available | - |
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