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Recommended books on confidence:

Whatever your fears, this international bestseller will give you the insight and tools to vastly improve your ability to handle any situation. You will learn to live your life the way you want to live it - and move yourself from a place of pain, paralysis and depression to one of power, energy and love.  

In the workplace, language is power. And too often, women sabotage their own success by using the wrong words or gestures  - and creating an impression of uncertainty. With action plans, specific tips, sound advice and success stories, 'How to Say It for Women' gives you the tools to:

• project a powerful image
• get your message accross
• earn the respect you deserve
• lead with authority, creativity, and empathy

Transitions takes readers step-by-step through the three perilous stages of any transition (endings, the neutral zone and the new beginning), explaining how each stage can be understood and embraced. Offering an elegantly simple yet profoundly insightful roadmap for successfully navigating change and moving into a hopeful future.

Do you worry about how well you're doing? Are you envious of your friends' success? Are you suffering from status anxiety?

We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety.

For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to this universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art and politics - and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries.

'Counselling for Toads' is a joy. Not just because it is an extremely clever Kenneth Grahame pastiche, but because it actually explains counselling as a method of dealing with psychological distress with admirable clarity. Claire Rayner