The Confidence Check: 6 Questions That Transform Doubt Into Confidence - E-book - ePub

Introduction. Once upon a time, you were confident. Children start out that way. It's what enables them to reach for a hand or flat surface to pull themselves up to standing when they're just beginning to walk. It's how they play and learn and grow. Visit any playground, and you'll see this kind of confidence in action in a thousand different ways. Sadly, confidence isn't a constant thing. We're never entirely, fully confident.
So, while we might find the courage to ask out that special someone, we might find this same confidence faltering when we think about asking them to marry us after months of dating. Or we're confident enough to do well on the job interview but lack the confidence to ask for a raise even though we've been at the job a while now and know we deserve it. A lot of times this is because something along the way has shaken our confidence, if not broken it outright.
This book is about fixing all that. In the pages to come, you're going to learn how to give confidence a boost when it's flagging. More importantly, you'll learn how to build back your confidence when it's lost by asking yourself 6 Key Questions. We'll start by learning the essentials, asking what confidence is, and talking about why it's essential. From there, we tackle the question of how we can lose our confidence.
We'll end with an entire section on reclaiming confidence when it's lost. Sound good? Then sit back and prepare yourself for a story. The main character is a more confident, happier you. Ready? Let's begin.