Chapter 2

Building Your Confident Self

In This Chapter

arrow Turning your life’s experiences into your confidence fuel

arrow Finding your own way of living happily

arrow Taking things one step at a time

arrow Understanding what motivation means and what motivates you

At certain times in your life, even if you can’t recall them instantly, you’ve felt on top of the world, you’ve tasted moments of extreme joy, happiness, courage, excitement, empowerment, high energy, a sense of being truly invincible. As you flex your confidence muscles, your task is to build on the wealth of experience in your life and turn it to your advantage.

You actually have loads of confidence locked inside you pushing to get out. Perhaps you just need help to release it and to know how to keep motivated. So this chapter is about unlocking that inner, intuitive, confident way of being and staying motivated. We explain how to flip over your fears and transform them so that they give you energy instead of reducing it. Specifically, we help you look at how you can take more useful action by getting into a strong way of being – what is ...

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