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Setting confident goals

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

Henry David Thoreau, author

In this chapter you will …

  • identify the personal strengths that help you to perform at your best
  • set effective, motivating goals that you will actually want to achieve
  • uncover the personal values that will allow you to live a contented and confident life
  • take practical steps to creating the more confident you.

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