Confidence

By Gilly Sandford-Bates View Profile
Why are so many self-help books written by Americans? Not that I have anything against them - but it can't be denied - the language is different. They sell their subject with such passion and express themselves with such fervour, you'd be hard-pushed not to believe them. Confidence, the subject of this 100 page book is not as straightforward a subject as you might first imagine. There are many different components to the word 'confidence' and the author explores these and the effect they have on measuring our individual self-worth and our ability to tackle new projects, in other words 'chase our dreams'. She quotes, 'If you wait until you feel confident to do something new or go after a dream, you'll wait forever' No doubt applicable to all those procrastinators amongst us!

She looks at the cause and effect of varying levels of confidence and how it affects our self esteem and the way we live our lives. She offers methods in 'mastering the three types of confidence' - Behavioral - the confidence we have in our ability to act and get things done in our lives. Emotional - our belief and ability to master our emotional world and Spiritual confidence - our trust in the universe. Once we have perfected these to the best of our abilities, then life should be plain sailing. If only!