Coach Yourself Confident

COACH YOURSELF CONFIDENT:DITCH THE SELF-DOUBT TAX, UNLOCK HUMBLE CONFIDENCE (WINNER GETABSTRACT INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 - BUSINESS IMPACT, READERS' CHOICE) (THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED TITLE 2024/25) Description: ***WINNER getAbstract International Book Award 2024 - Business Impact, Readers' Choice*** **The People's Book Prize Longlisted Title 2024/25** "I devoured every page of this wonderfully written book." - Sergio Ezama, Chief Talent Officer, Netflix Want to be more confident at work? You're not alone. So many of us grapple with self-doubt. Perhaps you're an exhausted achiever? You're delivering results and progressing in your career, but you feel utterly worn out. You're compensating for a lack of confidence with excessive effort and punishingly high standards. Or perhaps you're feeling frustrated and unfulfilled? Self-doubt is making you hold yourself back, you're avoiding challenges that could demonstrate how good you really are. This book can help. Distilling over a decade of real-life research into clear insights, practical tools and impactful activities, Julie Smith shows you how to Coach Yourself Confident. Review: A useful resource to keep close to hand to refer back to, as our confidence levels ebb and flow depending upon the slings and arrows that life throws at us. Read with an open mind in a spirit of curiosity, it offers best practice to recognise bad habits or ingrained self-doubt. 'Coach Yourself Confident' can set you on the road to freeing yourself from your inner critic and unlocking your hidden potential. - Entertainment Focus Cards on the table, I know the author. But all that means is I can validate the content even more. The concepts are brilliant and put together in practical and easy ways with tips to help you land them yourself. As a read its so easy to step in an out of, but I reckon once you have started it you won't put it down. - LinkedIn An absolute standout book for anyone looking to boost their self-confidence. - Amazon 5* Julie Smith has an incredible way of writing that feels as though I am in a physical coaching space with her! From start to finish, Coach Yourself Confident is packed full of practical (highly accessible) exercises, meaningful story telling and such a sense of honesty. - Amazon 5* Once in a while a self help book comes along that you want to pop in your bag, either to share with a client or to enjoy again...Julie Smith's new book...is such a book - it offers an enjoyable first read, but potential multiple reuses with exercises, insights and ideas to add to your own coaching practice, or to share with others for their own journeys. - Jonathan Passmore, LinkedIn This is not just a book-it's a transformative experience waiting to be embraced. I encourage you to seize the opportunity to acquire this gem; its ease of comprehension belies its profound impact, making it a valuable addition to any library! - Sally Brys, LinkedIn Contents: Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of activities Introduction: How to coach yourself confident Mapping out the territory Why 'coach yourself confident'? Doing the work 1 Fuel for life What does confidence give us? Better odds A willingness to say YES The trust of others A collective power The difference for you How do we grow confidence? The momentum of confidence Feeling the fear and doing it anyway 2 The self-doubt tax How self-doubt shows up The inner critic Words that sow the seeds of doubt Nerves and butterflies Counting the cost Paying the self-doubt tax in missed opportunities Holding back Staying small Slowing the pace Leaving potential unfulfilled Paying the self-doubt tax in overwork Achievement addiction Hero complex Over preparation Emotional exhaustion Show yourself some compassion 3 The humble confidence benefit Painting a picture The humble confidence mantra Right-sized self-doubt Getting too big for your boots Uniquely you A paradox 4 Faulty calibration A hall of mirrors An uncertain grasp Owning your strengths Feedback through a filter The highest of bars The longest of lists 5 Confidence saboteurs The inner critic Comparisonitis FOPO Mindreading Overthinking Perfectionism Fear of failure Tiredness Underminers 6 Comings and goings A wobbly line That so this Steep drops Bumps and knocks Job changes Free range confidence 7 Homegrown confidence Confidence by proxy Over-reliance on others Borrowing confidence People pleasing Leaving ourselves vulnerable Confidence in community From borrowed to owned Just enough support Keeping up with yourself Permission to be you A few final words of encouragement Acknowledgements About the author Bibliography Index Prizes: Winner of THE READERS' CHOICE GETABSTRACT BUSINESS IMPACT AWARD WINNER 2024. Long-listed for The People's Book Prize 2024. Author Biography: Julie Smith, founder of leadership consultancy Talent Sprout, is a sought-after coach who has been supporting leaders to grow their confidence for three decades. Through this real-world research she has developed, tested and honed frameworks and tools that unleash conscious confidence.