Book description
Praise for The Power of Self-Confidence
"Brian Tracy is the master in understanding and teaching self-enrichment. In this priceless book, he unlocks the key to your door of success and fulfillment—belief in your own potential. Internalize his wisdom and you will surely realize your goals."
—DENIS WAITLEY, author of Psychology of Success
"Brian continues to impact the lives of everyone he touches. This book provides a logical road map that everyone can use to maximize their true potential."
—JOSEPH SHERREN, CSP, HoF, author of iLead: Five Insights for Building Sustainable Organizations
"When Brian Tracy writes a new book, I drop everything and start reading. We all need sharp lessons on developing more self-confidence and pursuing challenging goals. This book will make a significant difference in your life."
—PAT WILLIAMS, Orlando Magic Senior Vice President and author of Leadership Excellence
"The one quality that makes all the success principles work is unshakable confidence in yourself. Brian now shows you how to grow your confidence to the point where you become unstoppable."
—JACK CANFIELD, coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul®
"Lacking confidence erodes your self-worth and paralyzes your productivity. In this book, Brian Tracy shares the secrets to developing and maintaining high levels of self-confidence—so that you can live the greatest life!"
—KRISTIN ARNOLD, author of Boring to Bravo: Proven Presentation Techniques to Engage, Involve, and Inspire Your Audience to Action
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction
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Chapter 1: The Foundation of Self-Confidence
- You Become What You Think About
- Personal Growth is Not Easy
- Your Inner Life Predicts Your Outer Life
- Start with Your Inner Life
- Determine Your Values
- Values in Business
- Clarify Your Personal Values
- Values are Nonnegotiable
- Values Clarification
- Organize Your Values
- Order of Values Forces You to Choose
- Integrity Revisited
- Set Peace of Mind as Your Highest Principle
- Your Values are Only Expressed in Your Actions
- The Law of Reversibility
- The Act-As-If Principle
- The Principle of Resistance
- Developing Inner Strength
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Chapter 2: Purpose and Personal Power
- The Law of Indirect Effort
- Become More Confident and Competent
- Thought is Creative
- The Law of Attraction
- The Law of Correspondence
- The Law of Concentration
- The Law of Substitution
- The Law of Emotion
- The Power of Decision
- The Importance of Goals
- The Master Skill of Success
- Remarkable Success Stories
- Fear Holds You Back
- The Comfort Zone
- Resistance to Change
- The Attainment of Personal Greatness
- Imagine No Limitations
- Categorize Your Goals
- Organize Your Goals
- Focus and Concentrate
- Make It Measurable and Bound by Time
- Make Your Plans
- A Simple Technique
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Chapter 3: Achieving Competence and Personal Mastery
- The Edge of the Envelope
- Expand Your Envelope
- Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
- Build Your Own Self-Confidence
- Achieving Peak Performance
- Getting Into the Flow Experience
- Find Your True Place
- Grandma Moses
- Follow Your Heart
- Courage and Confidence are Essential
- The Four Quadrants of Work
- Examine Your Work History
- Design Your Ideal Work Life
- Maximize Your Return on Energy
- Do What You Love
- Two Questions to Test Job Suitability
- Commit to Excellence
- Excellence is Learnable
- The Law of Accumulation
- The Law of Incremental Improvement
- Pattern Recognition
- The Grand Masters
- The Foundation of Self-Confidence
- Moving to the Top
- Identify Your Key Skills
- Analyze Your Skill Levels
- Deliberate Practice
- Identify Your Key Skill
- All Skills are Learnable
- Your Most Valuable Financial Asset
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Chapter 4: The Inner Game of Self-Confidence
- The Law of Belief
- The Power of Belief
- The $500,000 Check
- The Man on the Bridge
- First Convince Yourself
- The Power of Suggestion
- Control Your Suggestive Environment
- Control Your Emotions
- Think Before You React
- The Power of Self-Suggestion
- Make Self-Control into a Game
- The Power of Autosuggestion
- A Quick Review
- Take Charge of Your Life
- Actions Have Consequences
- Problems versus Facts
- Accepting Responsibility is the Beginning
- Control Your Thoughts
- Positive Self-Talk
- Your Interpretive Style
- Practice Positive Expectations
- Talk to Yourself Positively
- Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
- Unlimited Potential
- Written Affirmations
- Practice Visualization
- Mental Rehearsal
- Improve Your Mental Pictures
- Get Your Dream House
- The End of the Movie
- Feed Your Mind
- Get Around Positive People
- Attract Positive People into Your Life
- Everything Counts
- Take Action Continually
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Chapter 5: Capitalizing on Your Strengths
- Your Area of Excellence
- Choose the Right Field
- Happiness and Satisfaction
- Living Congruently
- Courage is Essential
- Follow Your Heart
- Be Honest with Yourself
- Compensating for Weaknesses
- Developing Strength and Resiliency
- You are a Bundle of Resources
- Assess Your Strengths and Weaknesses
- Increase Your Return on Energy
- Differentiate Yourself
- You are the President of You, Inc.
- Join the Top 3 Percent
- Designing Your Future
- Find Out What You are Meant to Do
- Be Prepared to Develop New Skills
- Be Aware of Yourself
- Invest in Yourself
- Self-Analysis and Self-Disclosure
- List All Your Current Skills and Capabilities
- Cluster Your Roles and Activities
- Set Priorities on Your Roles
- Ask for Input from Others
- An Important Insight
- Determine What Motivates You
- Make a Real Difference
- Accept Your Weaknesses
- Sales versus Management
- Situational Weaknesses
- You May Be Hypersensitive
- Amenable to Education
- Weaknesses are Good Indicators
- Strengths and Weaknesses
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Chapter 6: Triumphing over Adversity
- Persistence is Essential
- The Reality Habit
- The Test of Character
- Play Well on the Team
- Crisis Management
- Reversals of Fortune
- The Challenge-Response Theory
- Deal with the Challenge Effectively
- All Civilizations Eventually Decline
- The Story of Your Life
- The Rise and Fall of a Business
- Your Responses Determine Your Future
- Problems and Difficulties Come Unbidden
- Adversity and Character Development
- Your Response-Ability is the Key
- Responding Well to Disappointment
- Crisis Anticipation
- Advance Thinking and Planning
- The Concept of Failure
- Double Your Rate of Failure
- Our Greatest Inventor
- Success is a Numbers Game
- Learn from Every Failure
- Plan for the Future
- Spread the Risk
- What Could Go Wrong?
- Become Intensely Solution Oriented
- Never Consider the Possibility of Failure
- Courage and Persistence
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Chapter 7: Self-Confidence In Action
- Self-Confidence is Critical
- Try More Things
- An Inauspicious Beginning
- Early Behavior Problems
- Failure from the Beginning
- Laboring Jobs
- Selling from Door to Door
- The Big Question
- The Big Turning Point
- The Importance of Goals
- Three Great Ideas
- We Sabotage Ourselves
- You Can Develop Any Quality
- The Secret of Success
- The Four Ds of Success and Self-Confidence
- Positive Knowing versus Positive Thinking
- The Gallup Success Survey
- Five Essential Success Qualities
- Be Good at What You Do
- Self-Reliance
- Intelligence is More Than IQ
- Income and IQ
- How is Intelligence Defined?
- Intelligence Defined
- Make Your Actions Congruent
- Avoid Self-Delusion
- Getting the Job Done
- Get Onto the Fast Track
- Do What the Top People Do
- Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
- Do Your Work Quickly and Well
- Dedicate Yourself to Continuous Learning
- Take Continuous Forward Action
- Be Your Own Cheerleader
- Control Your Mental Pictures
- Develop Discipline and Courage
- Take Excellent Care of Yourself
- Speak Up with Confidence and Clarity
- Practice No-Limit Thinking
- About the Author
- Brian Tracy: Speaker-Author-Consultant
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Power of Self-Confidence: Become Unstoppable, Irresistible, and Unafraid in Every Area of Your Life
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118435915
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