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Confidence Karma: How to Become Confident and Help Others Feel Great Too
Leading UK Psychologist Dr Gary Wood reveals his unique take on how to increase your own confidence by building up the confidence of those around you – as karma tells us, what goes around comes around.
Confidence Karma provides the ultimate guide to building lasting confidence at work, in your relationships and, in fact, in every aspect of your life. Using practical exercises, anecdotes and questionnaires, psychologist and life coach Dr Gary Wood provides you with realistic, practical and achievable strategies for change. Learn how
Influence your body language and project your voice to act confidentlyBuild on your existing strengths and skills, and work with what you already do wellIdentify your goals and values, and learn to live in accordance with themDevelop strength and resilience so you can bounce back from temporary setbacksBecome more comfortable pushing yourself out of your comfort zoneStop selling yourself short and appreciate your value to others
Confidence Karma not only provides you with all the tools you need to increase your self-worth, it also encourages you to share the confidence. After all, confidence is a social practice – by working on your own, you can help boost other people’s, and so each chapter ends with a “karma call”, asking you to think about how you can apply your new knowledge and skills in making your colleagues, friends and family their most confident selves as well.
Confidence Karma provides the ultimate guide to building lasting confidence at work, in your relationships and, in fact, in every aspect of your life. Using practical exercises, anecdotes and questionnaires, psychologist and life coach Dr Gary Wood provides you with realistic, practical and achievable strategies for change. Learn how
Influence your body language and project your voice to act confidentlyBuild on your existing strengths and skills, and work with what you already do wellIdentify your goals and values, and learn to live in accordance with themDevelop strength and resilience so you can bounce back from temporary setbacksBecome more comfortable pushing yourself out of your comfort zoneStop selling yourself short and appreciate your value to others
Confidence Karma not only provides you with all the tools you need to increase your self-worth, it also encourages you to share the confidence. After all, confidence is a social practice – by working on your own, you can help boost other people’s, and so each chapter ends with a “karma call”, asking you to think about how you can apply your new knowledge and skills in making your colleagues, friends and family their most confident selves as well.
282 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 20, 2023
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About the author
Gary Wood
33 books7 followersDr Gary Wood is a social psychologist, life coach, author and broadcaster who specializes in communicating evidence-based psychological and coaching insights to a wider audience. He has taught psychology, research methods and learning skills in several UK universities and is widely quoted in the media.
He is the author of 'Letters to a New Student', 'The Psychology of Gender', 'Unlock Your Confidence', 'Don't Wait For Your Ship to Come In. . . Swim Out to Meet It' and 'Sex, Lies and Stereotypes'.
Gary runs his own training and coaching practice and research consultancy in Birmingham and Edinburgh, UK. In his spare time he eats, reads, sleeps and occasionally sings.
Connect with Gary here on Goodreeds, Twitter and on his coaching and psychology Facebook page: http://www.facebookpage.com/drgarywood.
He regularly blogs at: http://www.psycentral.wordpress.com
He's not the Gary Wood who writes about heaven!
He is the author of 'Letters to a New Student', 'The Psychology of Gender', 'Unlock Your Confidence', 'Don't Wait For Your Ship to Come In. . . Swim Out to Meet It' and 'Sex, Lies and Stereotypes'.
Gary runs his own training and coaching practice and research consultancy in Birmingham and Edinburgh, UK. In his spare time he eats, reads, sleeps and occasionally sings.
Connect with Gary here on Goodreeds, Twitter and on his coaching and psychology Facebook page: http://www.facebookpage.com/drgarywood.
He regularly blogs at: http://www.psycentral.wordpress.com
He's not the Gary Wood who writes about heaven!
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May 3, 2023
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, what I need is a work/life coach but is an indulgence I could never afford, then this book is for you. For the price of a book, you will have yourself a mentor, a voice that will help you establish where you are now, where your strengths are, and how you can improve on them.
Like all self help books, this isn’t a quick fix magic wand. The reader does all the work. And you’ll be doing a lot of that. So grab yourself an A4 size notebook and some of those index tabs and sticky notes and get your thinking cap at the ready. Throughout the book there are quizzes for you to complete, which will help you analyse different aspects of your levels of confidence. There’s lots of helpful tips and advice on how to talk yourself up rather than putting yourself down. Recognising the skills you already have and how you can improve on them. Relaxation tips and short breathing exercises is a really helpful section in the book.
We could all use a boost to our confidence from time to time, and who better to give that boost than you! Gary Wood and Confidence Karma will show you exactly how to achieve it.
I chose to read the book as I’m a terrible procrastinator. I will put everything off right until the last minute, until the pressures of time force me to get on with things. They do say procrastination happens as a result of fear. Fear of getting it wrong, fear of not achieving what you set out to do, and for me a fear of getting bored and not seeing something through to the end. After reading this book, I honestly think it could help with all of that. It’s an interesting, informative and helpful book, easy to read and digest. However this is the kind of book you’ll want to keep by the bedside to dip in and out of regularly, after all, confidence doesn’t just happen, you have to work at it.
**Thank you to Netgalley and the author for an advance copy of the book.**
Like all self help books, this isn’t a quick fix magic wand. The reader does all the work. And you’ll be doing a lot of that. So grab yourself an A4 size notebook and some of those index tabs and sticky notes and get your thinking cap at the ready. Throughout the book there are quizzes for you to complete, which will help you analyse different aspects of your levels of confidence. There’s lots of helpful tips and advice on how to talk yourself up rather than putting yourself down. Recognising the skills you already have and how you can improve on them. Relaxation tips and short breathing exercises is a really helpful section in the book.
We could all use a boost to our confidence from time to time, and who better to give that boost than you! Gary Wood and Confidence Karma will show you exactly how to achieve it.
I chose to read the book as I’m a terrible procrastinator. I will put everything off right until the last minute, until the pressures of time force me to get on with things. They do say procrastination happens as a result of fear. Fear of getting it wrong, fear of not achieving what you set out to do, and for me a fear of getting bored and not seeing something through to the end. After reading this book, I honestly think it could help with all of that. It’s an interesting, informative and helpful book, easy to read and digest. However this is the kind of book you’ll want to keep by the bedside to dip in and out of regularly, after all, confidence doesn’t just happen, you have to work at it.
**Thank you to Netgalley and the author for an advance copy of the book.**
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