Be Bold: A Guide to Unbreakable Confidence

by Anna Goldstein

Be Bold is an interactive journey for readers looking to discover and create their own unbreakable confidence. Learn how to transcend fear, trust your gut, and take practical steps to build your self-esteem. Once you break free from what’s holding you back, clarify your vision, and step into your power, you will see measurable changes in all areas of your life.

Feeling stuck or that something is just not quite right? You know you are meant for more, so how do you access the clarity and confidence to take your life to the next level? You won’t discover it by simply thinking positive thoughts or by squaring your shoulders and faking it. It requires a choice: less people-pleasing and perfectionism and more action, risk-taking, and fast failure. If you're ready to take control of your life, Be Bold is here to help you gain a deeper understanding of the internal forces shaping your life's direction. With this knowledge, you can fully realize your potential to live in a body you love, have fulfilling relationships, a meaningful career, and more.

Each chapter builds upon an important facet of building up unbreakable confidence within yourself and has an exercise and a mantra to help guide you through each step of your journey towards boldness.

Here are some of the things that self-assured people (and soon enough, you!) do:
Applaud their imperfections
Say no
Trust their own judgment, and also listen to others’ opinions
Don’t mirror others to find what makes them happy
Open themselves to love
Ask for help
Strive to understand their emotions
Release guilt
Love watching their friends soar
Dispel the illusion that the reason you can't achieve something is a lack of adequate resources. All you need is within you now and this book will show you how to tap into this innate potential from the inside out. You got this!

The Live Well series from Rock Point invites you to create a life you love through multiple acts of self-discovery and reinvention. These encouraging gift books touch on fun yet hardworking self-improvement strategies, whether it’s learning to value progress over perfection, taking time to meditate and slow down to literally smell the roses, or finding time to show gratitude and develop a personal mantra. From learning how to obtain more restful sleep and creating a healthy work/life balance to developing personal style and your own happy place, the Live Well series encourages you to live your best life.

Other titles in the series include: Progress Over Perfection; Find Your Flow; Be Happy; Seeking Slow; Finding Gratitude; Eff This! Meditation; The Joy of Forest Bathing; Find Your Mantra; It Had to be You; Men’s Society; Genius Jokes; The Calm and Cozy Book of Sleep; Beating Burnout; Ayurveda for Life; and Choose Happy.

Genres: Self Help

144 pages, Hardcover

Published July 13, 2021

Reviews

[Lizzie B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone who's struggled with feeling confident, I found Anna's take on unbreakable confidence to be a refreshing change from many other books out there about developing confidence. I've often felt like authors really didn't understand the deeper challenges I experienced with confidence--In this book, I felt Anna has truly walked her path and can understand my (the reader's):) challenges on a deep level.

There are some deeply spiritual concepts hidden inside this book! Confidence comes from being with our weaknesses and vulnerabilities just as much as our strengths. It's through falling up and getting back up again that we build confidence. She also brings in scientific perspective to give us some insights to why our brains may be wired the way they are! Overall, I felt inspired after her book to take action and move towards my goals, feeling more lightness and playfulness in the pursuit of them... and isn't that the whole thing we are seeking with confidence? So, what do you know... Confidence snuck right in! :)

[Aubrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

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"Begin to notice that thinking is happening all the time -- and recognize that these thoughts arise and come and go. Treat them as thoughts, without believing they are true. Watch your thoughts come and go like clouds, coasting through clear blue sky."

[Joni Owens · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this would be an amazing read for a teenager/young adult. Anyone struggling with confidence will be helped with this but I definitely will be getting this for my teenager.

[Julia Hahn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is great for anyone who needs to figure out how they can be more confident in their everyday life. I’ll be personally referring to it when I feel like I can’t achieve something.

[Robin G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible book! I am learning so much about what confidence really is. Great read. Highly recommend. It will get you thinking! Thanks, Anna, for helping me gain a new perspective on growing confidence!

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Be Bold is written as the title declares “A Guide to unbreakable confidence”. As the author suggests, to get the most out of the book, you likely should go through a chapter at a time, do the exercises and practice before moving on to the next one. I read the book straight through, doing most of the exercises along the way. Nothing is earth shattering to learn, but the author does a great job of connecting the ideas into an actionable journey. The book is an easy read with stories interspersed to add credibility to the book’s ideas. I recommend this for someone looking for motivation to improve their life by defining and working toward a personal vision - and generally trying to live their best life (to use a cliche).

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I requested Be Bold from Netgalley, I was looking to branch out from what I ‘normally’ read. Lately I’ve been branching out into reading things to help my mental state. I thought this would be a fantastic addition to that mental arsenal I’ve been building up.

I like the bright colors in the book. It really helped pick out these sections and made the subject matter–which has the potential to not be all that fun–feel exciting and fresh and fun. Goldstein also did a good job on relating to the readers by explaining times in her life where she wasn’t quite so confident.

I found I didn’t get all that much out of it. A lot of the content seemed outwardly focused, not quite in a ‘fake it ’til you make it’ way, but in stating that to be confident, you must be working to do something that will benefit others. I think the problem with this is that I’m not sure I agree with the core concept, so reading a ‘philosophy’ I didn’t think was accurate soured things a little bit for me.

Another roadblock I ran into was that while Goldstein told us a lot about her own journey to ‘confidence,’ her personal story was a bit scattered, and while it wasn’t necessary, the disjointed nature made it hard to form a timeline of how things ‘might’ look if I was to follow her philosophy.

If you’ve never picked up a ‘self-help’ book, and you’re looking for some tips to gain some confidence and achieve your goals, I’d recommend this to you. It’s light, and fun, and very easy to read. Sometimes, books of this nature can be confusing and jargon-y, but not this one. And, like I said, the colorful pages make it really fun to keep turning them, and the activities do make you think and get a little introspective, which is always nice.

(Actual rating 2.5, rounded up as always)

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

[Dr. B · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was so excited to start this book but it completely missed the mark for me! I would still recommend it to anyone who's never read books on this topic since, compared to others, this one is an easy breezy read.

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full review coming soon on Instagram @career_coach_tiffany but I really enjoyed this book. https://www.instagram.com/invites/con...

[Brandi Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm new to the self-help book realm, so I don't have a lot of books to which I can compare this one. I enjoyed the writing style of the author and the various exercises designed to help someone find their innate confidence. The book is bold and is divided into 9 easy to digest chapters, each with a new lesson. I definitely feel more in tune with my confidence after reading this book.

[Juste Mas · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great book to start with. Picked it up because I liked that it is colourful and fun. It is positive and fun but felt like I’ve read a longer post on social media not a book. Still give it a try.