Confidence: The Science & Art of Self-Belief
By Steve Knox
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About this ebook
My own personal story as the son of an engineer and an artist, and a decade(+) research from coaching and consulting, has led me to the hypothesis that confidence is not some elusive leadership trait but a skill that can be developed by anyone. Confidence: The Science & Art of Self-Belief, is a tool to help you develop confidence in your everyday life.
Among Confidence's most valuable insights:
• Why confidence is more caught than taught
• How your mindset shapes your future
• Daily practices that will enable you to build resilience
• How to turn your fear into inner-strength
• The difference between arrogance and true confidence
• A ThirtyOne day practical guide for developing confidence
My goal is for this book to be personal, confronting, and hopefully even life-changing.
Confidence is a simple daily guide for practically transforming your life from the inside out.
Steve Knox
Steve Knox is an expert on Leadership and Team Culture. Through assessment, coaching and consulting, Steve has impacted over 300+ organisations and 250,000+ people over the past 15 years. They include Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and not-for-profit organisations throughout the world.As a facilitator, Steve has the rare ability to engage and equip an audience with powerful insights and practical tools for creating lasting change and providing individuals with a better way to live and work.He holds an MA in Entrepreneurial Leadership and is the author of two books, including The Asymmetrical Leader: Embrace Your Weaknesses, Unleash Your Strengths. In 2017, Steve co-founded imprint—the world's simplest personality assessment tool. To date, 10,000+ individuals have been assessed, and 50,000+ have experienced imprint online.Discover how you are wired to lead at imprinttest.com.Have a question?Continue the conversation with Steve here:steve@steveknox.us@knox_orbitingwww.steveknox.us
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Confidence - Steve Knox
A WORD BEFORE
My story as the son of an engineer and an artist, combined with over a decade of research from coaching and consulting, has led me to the hypothesis that anyone can develop confidence.
It’s not an elusive leadership trait, it can be learned.
By you.
Confidence: The Science & Art of Self-Belief is divided into two parts: the first defines confidence, and the second is a daily reading for developing confidence.
The goal of the book is simple: help you move from self-doubt to self-belief. Every single person has struggled somewhere along the way with trusting themself.
This is a simple guide for developing the confidence you need to overcome whatever challenge you’re facing.
The second part of the book is designed to be read slowly. It’s a meditative guide based on the ancient practice of Lectio Divina. ThrityOne daily readings to help you build confidence.
Before you open the daily reading, take ten deep breaths. Read it through once, then re-read it contemplatively.
And if you’re really courageous, invite a friend to read it with you.
I hope this book educates and inspires you.
THE SCIENCE & ART OF SELF-BELIEF
Confidence early 15c., from Middle French and Latin confidentia ‘firmly trusting, bold,’ present participle of confidere ‘to have full trust or reliance,’ from assimilated form of com, here probably an intensive prefix (see com-), + fidere ‘to trust.’
‘Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.’
— Lao Tzu
‘If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.’
— Vincent van Gogh
‘Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.’
— E. E. Cummings
‘Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.’
— Leo Tolstoy
Quotes on the left-hand side of each daily reading can be attributed to The Asymmetrical Leader:
Embrace Your Weaknesses, Unleash Your Strengths.
CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH
I watched a blind man leap off a cliff.
It was a sunny Thursday afternoon in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. I was accompanying a group of college students from Houston, Texas to help with community service projects in the favelas of Niteroi.
This was our first day of R&R on the trip and we decided to see the beautiful sites of the city. Our host and translator suggested we visit one of the highest parks in Rio overlooking the bay in-between the two Brazilian sister cities of Rio and Niteroi.
When we arrived at the top it was stunning, we could see everything — the cities stretching into the distance, the bright and dark shades of the green tropical landscape, the edge of the coastline snaking beside the azure blue ocean.
We noticed a group of parachuters gathered around an edge of the park’s many cliffs. In turns they, either in tandem or individually, prepared their parachutes, waited for the perfect gust of wind then jumped off the cliff and flew gracefully down to the beach far below.
The wind was a major factor in the safety of a takeoff. If it suddenly changed, it could cause tangled parachutes, personal injuries or even death.
A tandem group stepped up to the launch point. They were strapped in