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What´s Stopping You? Being More Confident: Why Smart People Can Lack Confidence and What You Can Do About It
Robert Kelsey
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Description for What´s Stopping You? Being More Confident: Why Smart People Can Lack Confidence and What You Can Do About It
Paperback. A prescriptive, commonsense approach to self-confidence and success With his bestselling book, What's Stopping You, Robert Kelsey helped thousands of people conquer their fear of failure and unlock their full potential in life. Now Robert is applying his unique approach to the subject of confidence. Num Pages: 256 pages, port. BIC Classification: VSPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
A prescriptive, commonsense approach to self-confidence and success With his bestselling book, What's Stopping You, Robert Kelsey helped thousands of people conquer their fear of failure and unlock their full potential in life. Now Robert is applying his unique approach to the subject of confidence. According to Robert, it’s not something that can simply be injected into us through motivational exercises and positive thinking. What's Stopping You…Being More Confident? highlights the key reasons why you might be lacking confidence in the first place, what causes self-doubt or makes you feel less able than others. Then we are shown how ... Read moreto turn this around, by examining the traits that make someone confident.
- Follow-up to the ground-breaking bestseller, What's Stopping You?, with the same intelligent approach to self-help
- A road map to help us break down the barriers that make us shy away from achieving our full potential
- How to recognize what you’re good at, but also what you're not good at
- Includes tactics for maintaining self-assurance and learning how to apply these in real-life practical situations
- Based on extensive research and personal experience
"Everyone has moments of doubt - this practical and persoanl book can help remove those demons and boost morale. I recommend it strongly"
Luke Johnson, RSA Chairman, Financial Times columnist and author of Start It Up!
"This combination of searing honesty and genuine curiosity about how our lives are shaped makes for compelling reading"
Fi Glover, multi-award winning braodcast journalist and BBC radio presenter
"An invaluable resource for anyone lacking confidence"
John Caunt, author of Boost Your Self-Esteem
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Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
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About Robert Kelsey
Robert Kelsey is author of Capstone's bestselling What's Stopping You? exploring why smart people failed to reach their potential. He has gone on to sell over 64,000 copies across three What's Stopping You? titles. Robert Kelsey is CEO of Moorgate Communications, a financial PR agency, and was previously CEO of Metrocube, a start-up incubator located in London's fashionable "City-fringes". He ... Read moretrained as a financial journalist before becoming an investment banker and a now an entrepreneur, running his successful PR agency. Yet Kelsey remains and perennial outsider. From a rebellious childhood to an adulthood of pursuing a series of unsuitable careers, he has had a lifetime of failing to settle into any group activities, yet lacking the confidence, guile or know-how to profitably "rebel". Kelsey has developed an enormous insight into both the root causes of alienation and the all-encompassing negative consequences. Show Less
Reviews for What´s Stopping You? Being More Confident: Why Smart People Can Lack Confidence and What You Can Do About It
Kelsey has produced a thoughtful and easily accessible book. While it will be of interest to a broad audience, its focus on preventing hubris and achieving potential should resonate with managers (Irish Times, 21st January 2013) ..an excellent book to study, to make your companion and to help you discover what s holding you back and what you could do ... Read moreto improve your situation.' (parentswithouttears.com, January 2013) another helpful practical guide for those clear minds who already know what s missing-confidence all the good decisions and ideas must have a strong base to carry them out; that s what confidence and this book can bring. (Start Your Business, January 2013) admirably broad minded, covering everything from depression to procrastination and calling in almost every philosopher on the market for nuggets of wisdom. (People Management, February 2013) practical, helpful advice (The Sun, 8th February 2013) All good decisions and ideas must have a strong base to carry them out, that s what confidence and this book can bring. (Start Your Business, February 2013) The book has range, depth, integrity and whilst it doesn t threaten you with quizzes or exercises, the congruence of all theories he draws on and the consistency of the message make it worthy of your time. (HR Zone, June, 2013) Show Less
