Results for "Assert Yourself With Confidence" in Business & Careers

All the people you know personally have some self-confidence. If they didn't, you wouldn't know them. They wouldn't be braving the daily world. They'd be hermits, or shut-ins, afraid to do anything. Some self-confidence, in today's world, isn't really enough. What is? Abundant self-confidence. Think of all the things you could do if you enjoyed superior levels of self-confidence in all areas of life that are important to you. What would stop you?

Why are some people more successful than others? Self-confidence! What one great goal would you set if you knew you could not fail? What wonderful things would you want to do with your life if you were guaranteed success in anything you attempted? Your level of self-confidence determines the size of the goals you set, the energy and determination that you focus on achieving them, and the amount of persistence you apply to overcoming every obstacle.

IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner and the author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation, have written a powerful and compelling book on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and...