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Unstoppable Confidence: How to Use the Power of NLP to Be More Dynamic and Successful
“If you are serious about gaining more confidence, you must get this book!”
--Robert Allen, bestselling author of The One Minute Millionaire Imagine having the confidence and courage to go after your goals: a successful career; a rewarding relationship; a richer, fuller life. If you can dream it, you can do it--using the scientific methods of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). Through NLP, author Kent Sayre transformed himself from a painfully shy introvert into one of the nation's most dynamic NLP trainers. He's taught thousands how to break out of their shells and go after their dreams. Now, with his proven system, you too can harness the power of NLP and:
--Robert Allen, bestselling author of The One Minute Millionaire Imagine having the confidence and courage to go after your goals: a successful career; a rewarding relationship; a richer, fuller life. If you can dream it, you can do it--using the scientific methods of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). Through NLP, author Kent Sayre transformed himself from a painfully shy introvert into one of the nation's most dynamic NLP trainers. He's taught thousands how to break out of their shells and go after their dreams. Now, with his proven system, you too can harness the power of NLP and:
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First published November 1, 2001
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August 21, 2011
Unstoppable Confidence has some good points. First, the author emphasizes that you have to do something to get confidence, you have to work at it. And second, the author gives examples of how confident people view situations, this is one of the best things about the book.
Worth reading for the valuable advice, but I felt I had to do a lot of skim reading to get past the airy-fairy stuff.
I found the first half of the book most useful, but then the author started talking about his 20 tricks, which were mostly NLP techniques (visualisation, imagination etc). IF NLP works for you, then this book could be even more powerful.
Beware the book talks about confidence mostly from a social perspective. If you are looking for confidence in other areas of your life, this book may disappoint.
Worth reading for the valuable advice, but I felt I had to do a lot of skim reading to get past the airy-fairy stuff.
I found the first half of the book most useful, but then the author started talking about his 20 tricks, which were mostly NLP techniques (visualisation, imagination etc). IF NLP works for you, then this book could be even more powerful.
Beware the book talks about confidence mostly from a social perspective. If you are looking for confidence in other areas of your life, this book may disappoint.
May 12, 2024
A basic primer on neurolinguistic programming - i.e., fake it 'til you make it. Readers of Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, Nido Qubein and the like can skip this book, as you've likely heard all the highlights before. Readers unfamiliar with NLP may enjoy this book as an intro to those techniques.
July 10, 2024
Good book.
The author talks about neuro linguistic programming he begins that here should be no doubts and you should aim to think confident i will do and so on aswell NLP goes that you think in beliefs and not in i would rather and u redirect you’re mind toward smart goals.
NLP is using the right words for achieving the goal or do the right thing for progression.
Also positive thinking is talked about, similair to what Anthony Robbins had spoken out with in his lectures and books.
The author talks about neuro linguistic programming he begins that here should be no doubts and you should aim to think confident i will do and so on aswell NLP goes that you think in beliefs and not in i would rather and u redirect you’re mind toward smart goals.
NLP is using the right words for achieving the goal or do the right thing for progression.
Also positive thinking is talked about, similair to what Anthony Robbins had spoken out with in his lectures and books.
November 4, 2018
I listened to this audiobook originally only intending to learn a bit more about NLP, but I actually ended up quite enjoying the book as a whole. I can't say a lot of the ideas are new or original concepts but being reminded of ways to improve your day to day confidence/mindset can't be a bad thing, in my opinion. The audiobook's narrator was particularly motivational, which also helped.
August 9, 2024
The author shows his path to achieving unstoppable self-confidence.
The book provides many examples and exercises that lead to increased self-confidence.
The exercises involve the use of Neuro Linguistic Programming, visualizations, affirmations, goal setting etc.
It is important to remember that without action there are no effects, so only performing these exercises can change how we perceive ourselves and how others do.
It is also worth remembering an interesting extension of the expression "SMART GOALS" from the book. According to the author, "SMART" means: SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, REALISTIC, and TIMED - these are the terms for what our goals should be.
The book provides many examples and exercises that lead to increased self-confidence.
The exercises involve the use of Neuro Linguistic Programming, visualizations, affirmations, goal setting etc.
It is important to remember that without action there are no effects, so only performing these exercises can change how we perceive ourselves and how others do.
It is also worth remembering an interesting extension of the expression "SMART GOALS" from the book. According to the author, "SMART" means: SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, REALISTIC, and TIMED - these are the terms for what our goals should be.
July 17, 2013
This was a good read. Although I felt a lot of the content was something Anthony Robbins already speaks or spoke about. However, repetition is a good thing.
January 17, 2016
Excellent book about confidence and getting out of your own way. I work in network marketing and it definitely helped and gave me dome great ideas.
November 17, 2017
A very interesting book using NLP techniques to clear barriers that are holding you back and use toner techniques to push you forward.
A lot of NLP is common sense. The way you think (especially repeatedly - your default thought patterns) and speak has an influence on your thoughts and actions creating self fulfilling cycles.
You need to break free and live with the discomfort to develop a new normal. If you keep doing that you could be transformed from where you were.
A lot of NLP is common sense. The way you think (especially repeatedly - your default thought patterns) and speak has an influence on your thoughts and actions creating self fulfilling cycles.
You need to break free and live with the discomfort to develop a new normal. If you keep doing that you could be transformed from where you were.
June 14, 2019
So, do you need a book to tell you how to repeat affirmations? Probably not, but if you do, this is one of them. Having read a number of books on the concept of influence recently, I wasn’t surprised to see what is discussed here are really a number of basic influence techniques, but where the influencer is also the influencee. Kinda interesting, but also very obvious. This has some new-age overtones that made this sound more spiritual than scientific.
December 29, 2017
I got this book to help me be more confident in myself. This book was more geared towards getting over being shy, which is great but wasn’t what I was looking for. I’m definitely going to use the exercises just not in the intended way 👍🏼
May 28, 2018
This is a great book to remember that visualizing the output is very important, without vision we have no point of reference.
it reminds us that this visualizing can also lead into very low level states as well, if used poorly.
overall i recommend it for a one time read!
it reminds us that this visualizing can also lead into very low level states as well, if used poorly.
overall i recommend it for a one time read!
May 20, 2019
No. Just no. This is the first book I decided to stop listening to after 30 minutes. I might not be the best audience for this book but wanted to hear it because of curiosity.
The reason I stopped was that it is written like a script for selling special knives on TV. No. Just no.
The reason I stopped was that it is written like a script for selling special knives on TV. No. Just no.
January 25, 2021
I feel like the book presented stuff that we already know we need to know but reading it in a compact manner increases the value of the book. some techniques mentioned in this book are quite helpful in real life. I really hope to use some of them in future.
February 22, 2022
The ideas in the book are not brand new. When you think a while you can remember moments from your life when most of the techniques described in this book subconsciously have been used. This reminder will help to do conscious steps in uncertain situations.
January 29, 2017
Although valuable insights are provided, the book reminds me too much of "Change your life in 7 days" by Paul McKenna...
June 19, 2017
Nothing really new here. The audiobook narrator had a motivating voice though.
November 7, 2019
Cheesy and nothing backed by research. There were a couple of reminders here but nothing new. Was just a coincidence they I became confident again around the time of reading this book
December 16, 2019
Very good book !
January 10, 2020
Obvious shit.
March 25, 2020
Nice Book. It is good to refresh your memory.
July 19, 2021
I may have read this before some years ago but this time listened to the audiobook on YouTube. Very helpful and understandable book that I would highly recommend!
March 18, 2022
I was looking forward to this book. I was so dissapointed. Hopefully the next book will be better because this is not it.
October 6, 2022
I did get a few ideas out of this book, but the author tends to ‘drone’ and some of the material is repetitive.
May 14, 2024
Absolutely fantastic. Worth reading. Would read again
September 14, 2024
You down with NLP? Yeah. Well, maybe. Push through the hokeyness and remember that the author has something you want. You down with NLP? Yeah! You know me…
February 10, 2024
It’s actually not bad, I just had an allergy for books saying in the first chapter, this book is different from the others and how it will save my life.stop doing it
July 30, 2018
The author explains different methods of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in the beginning of the book to set the stage for the remaining chapters. Using different tactics of NLP, different issues are addressed to help you improve.
August 29, 2011
This is a book that I wish I had read 20 years ago. The tips and advice in it would have helped me overcome shyness and be more successful in just about any part of my life. (Don't get me wrong -- I'm pretty happy with what I've achieved, but I could have done it much earlier in life if I had gotten over the shyness and lack of confidence earlier).
Even for someone who does not consider themselves shy, there are a lot of great insights in this book. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in becoming more successful, advancing in their career, etc.
My reason for knocking off one star is that I felt some of the examples in the book were poor choices. Although I could understand what point Sayre was trying to make, I often disagreed with the example he choose to prove his point. The one that sticks out in my mind the most is when he talks about how beliefs that you once had but no longer have tend to have an image in your mind that lacks color, is small (or distant) and maybe not very clear. I understand his point (that you can paint a mental picture of something as distant or small or black and white if you want to minimize it in your life), but the example he choose to illustrate his point was Santa Claus. I don't know about anyone else, but my image of Santa Claus is huge, colorful, and crystal clear, so the example seemed to go completely against what he was trying to say. There are others like this in the book. I decided to just move past them and not get distracted by them, because I feel the content of the book is still worthwhile. If you decide to read this book, just be aware you may need to do the same.
Even for someone who does not consider themselves shy, there are a lot of great insights in this book. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in becoming more successful, advancing in their career, etc.
My reason for knocking off one star is that I felt some of the examples in the book were poor choices. Although I could understand what point Sayre was trying to make, I often disagreed with the example he choose to prove his point. The one that sticks out in my mind the most is when he talks about how beliefs that you once had but no longer have tend to have an image in your mind that lacks color, is small (or distant) and maybe not very clear. I understand his point (that you can paint a mental picture of something as distant or small or black and white if you want to minimize it in your life), but the example he choose to illustrate his point was Santa Claus. I don't know about anyone else, but my image of Santa Claus is huge, colorful, and crystal clear, so the example seemed to go completely against what he was trying to say. There are others like this in the book. I decided to just move past them and not get distracted by them, because I feel the content of the book is still worthwhile. If you decide to read this book, just be aware you may need to do the same.
January 20, 2016
I am so grateful that I found this book while I was checking out my library shelf's for some motivational books. I am very shy and lack of confidence but i can't believe from the time i have read the Unstoppable confidence book and followed whatever the author Kent Sayer has mentioned to do has really helped to build confidence. I can see the difference specially when I answer in the class participation with full confidence and without having second thoughts even though I know my answer can be wrong :p Thank you..
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