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<p>FOREWORD by Suzy Greaves, Editor, Psychologies v</p> <p>INTRODUCTION 1</p> <p><b>1: HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU? 7</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 1: Defining confidence – is it what you think it is? 9</p> <p>TAKE THE TEST: How confident are you? 20</p> <p>CHAPTER 2: Why do you want confidence – and why do you need it? 27</p> <p>TAKE THE TEST: Are you over?]confident or under?]confident? 40</p> <p>CHAPTER 3: How does real confidence feel? Being comfortable in your own skin 47</p> <p>TAKE THE TEST: How comfortable are you in your own skin? 54</p> <p><b>2: WHY DO YOU LACK CONFIDENCE? 61</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 4: Where does your lack of confidence come from? 63</p> <p>TAKE THE TEST: What kind of confidence do you have? 72</p> <p>CHAPTER 5: What can you do when your lack of confidence is paralysing? 79</p> <p>TAKE THE TEST: Do you have faith in your abilities? 92</p> <p>CHAPTER 6: Confidence robbers 99</p> <p><b>3: HOW CAN YOU LEARN TO BE CONFIDENT? 117</b></p> <p>CHAPTER 7: Is confidence a skill you can learn? 119</p> <p>CHAPTER 8: What type of confidence do you aspire to? 133</p> <p>CHAPTER 9: Confidence?]building habits 147</p> <p>CHAPTER 10: Keeping track of your confidence every day 161</p> <p>WHAT NEXT? 181</p> <p>ABOUT PSYCHOLOGIES 182</p> <p>REFERENCES 183</p>

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<p><b>STOP FEELING SMALL</b> <p>How confident are you? Deep down, you probably believe that if you could just be a bit more confident and comfortable in your own skin, then you could do anything you wanted. But there's always <i>something</i> that seems to hold you back. So how can you learn to be more confident? <p><b>START BEING BRAVE</b> <p><i>Psychologies Magazine</i> brings you the latest research and the best experts who are at their top of their fields to show you how to develop confidence for real. Packed with insightful advice, practical tips, helpful tests and inspiring case studies throughout, <i>Real Confidence</i> will help you to: <ul> <li>Develop proven confidence-building skills</li> <li>Incorporate confidence-boosting habits into your daily life</li> <li>Feel relaxed in any situation and accept who you are</li> <li>Stop seeing lack of confidence as an obstacle to your happiness</li> <li>Leave the past behind and become the best you</li> </ul> <p>No more sitting quietly over there, it's time to conquer the world and live a confident life on your own terms. <p><b>"</b>Insightful, practical and human. Inside this book lies the key to building your confidence in an authentic way.<b>"</b> <p>-Chris Baréz-Brown, founder of Upping Your Elvis and author of <i>Shine: How to Survive and Thrive at Work</i>

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