Tracy Brian The Power of Self-Confidence Become Unstoppable Irresistible and Unafraid in Every Area of Your Life John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2012

Contents
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Foundation of Self-Confidence
	You Become What You Think About
	Personal Growth is Not Easy
	Your Inner Life Predicts Your Outer Life
	Start with Your Inner Life
	Determine Your Values
	Values in Business
	Clarify Your Personal Values
	Values are Nonnegotiable
	Values Clarification
	Organize Your Values
	Order of Values Forces You to Choose
	Integrity Revisited
	Set Peace of Mind as Your Highest Principle
	Your Values are Only Expressed in Your Actions
	The Law of Reversibility
	The Act-As-If Principle
	The Principle of Resistance
	Developing Inner Strength
Chapter 2: Purpose and Personal Power
	The Law of Indirect Effort
	Become More Confident and Competent
	Thought is Creative
	The Law of Attraction
	The Law of Correspondence
	The Law of Concentration
	The Law of Substitution
	The Law of Emotion
	The Power of Decision
	The Importance of Goals
	The Master Skill of Success
	Remarkable Success Stories
	Fear Holds You Back
	The Comfort Zone
	Resistance to Change
	The Attainment of Personal Greatness
	Imagine No Limitations
	Categorize Your Goals
	Organize Your Goals
	Focus and Concentrate
	Make It Measurable and Bound by Time
	Make Your Plans
	A Simple Technique
Chapter 3: Achieving Competence and Personal Mastery
	The Edge of the Envelope
	Expand Your Envelope
	Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
	Build Your Own Self-Confidence
	Achieving Peak Performance
	Getting Into the Flow Experience
	Find Your True Place
	Grandma Moses
	Follow Your Heart
	Courage and Confidence are Essential
	The Four Quadrants of Work
	Examine Your Work History
	Design Your Ideal Work Life
	Maximize Your Return on Energy
	Do What You Love
	Two Questions to Test Job Suitability
	Commit to Excellence
	Excellence is Learnable
	The Law of Accumulation
	The Law of Incremental Improvement
	Pattern Recognition
	The Grand Masters
	The Foundation of Self-Confidence
	Moving to the Top
	Identify Your Key Skills
	Analyze Your Skill Levels
	Deliberate Practice
	Identify Your Key Skill
	All Skills are Learnable
	Your Most Valuable Financial Asset
Chapter 4: The Inner Game of Self-Confidence
	The Law of Belief
	The Power of Belief
	The $500,000 Check
	The Man on the Bridge
	First Convince Yourself
	The Power of Suggestion
	Control Your Suggestive Environment
	Control Your Emotions
	Think Before You React
	The Power of Self-Suggestion
	Make Self-Control into a Game
	The Power of Autosuggestion
	A Quick Review
	Take Charge of Your Life
	Actions Have Consequences
	Problems versus Facts
	Accepting Responsibility is the Beginning
	Control Your Thoughts
	Positive Self-Talk
	Your Interpretive Style
	Practice Positive Expectations
	Talk to Yourself Positively
	Control Your Thoughts and Feelings
	Unlimited Potential
	Written Affirmations
	Practice Visualization
	Mental Rehearsal
	Improve Your Mental Pictures
	Get Your Dream House
	The End of the Movie
	Feed Your Mind
	Get Around Positive People
	Attract Positive People into Your Life
	Everything Counts
	Take Action Continually
Chapter 5: Capitalizing on Your Strengths
	Your Area of Excellence
	Choose the Right Field
	Happiness and Satisfaction
	Living Congruently
	Courage is Essential
	Follow Your Heart
	Be Honest with Yourself
	Compensating for Weaknesses
	Developing Strength and Resiliency
	You are a Bundle of Resources
	Assess Your Strengths and Weaknesses
	Increase Your Return on Energy
	Differentiate Yourself
	You are the President of You, Inc.
	Join the Top 3 Percent
	Designing Your Future
	Find Out What You are Meant to Do
	Be Prepared to Develop New Skills
	Be Aware of Yourself
	Invest in Yourself
	Self-Analysis and Self-Disclosure
	List All Your Current Skills and Capabilities
	Cluster Your Roles and Activities
	Set Priorities on Your Roles
	Ask for Input from Others
	An Important Insight
	Determine What Motivates You
	Make a Real Difference
	Accept Your Weaknesses
	Sales versus Management
	Situational Weaknesses
	You May Be Hypersensitive
	Amenable to Education
	Weaknesses are Good Indicators
	Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter 6: Triumphing over Adversity
	Persistence is Essential
	The Reality Habit
	The Test of Character
	Play Well on the Team
	Crisis Management
	Reversals of Fortune
	The Challenge-Response Theory
	Deal with the Challenge Effectively
	All Civilizations Eventually Decline
	The Story of Your Life
	The Rise and Fall of a Business
	Your Responses Determine Your Future
	Problems and Difficulties Come Unbidden
	Adversity and Character Development
	Your Response-Ability is the Key
	Responding Well to Disappointment
	Crisis Anticipation
	Advance Thinking and Planning
	The Concept of Failure
	Double Your Rate of Failure
	Our Greatest Inventor
	Success is a Numbers Game
	Learn from Every Failure
	Plan for the Future
	Spread the Risk
	What Could Go Wrong?
	Become Intensely Solution Oriented
	Never Consider the Possibility of Failure
	Courage and Persistence
Chapter 7: Self-Confidence In Action
	Self-Confidence is Critical
	Try More Things
	An Inauspicious Beginning
	Early Behavior Problems
	Failure from the Beginning
	Laboring Jobs
	Selling from Door to Door
	The Big Question
	The Big Turning Point
	The Importance of Goals
	Three Great Ideas
	We Sabotage Ourselves
	You Can Develop Any Quality
	The Secret of Success
	The Four Ds of Success and Self-Confidence
	Positive Knowing versus Positive Thinking
	The Gallup Success Survey
	Five Essential Success Qualities
	Be Good at What You Do
	Self-Reliance
	Intelligence is More Than IQ
	Income and IQ
	How is Intelligence Defined?
	Intelligence Defined
	Make Your Actions Congruent
	Avoid Self-Delusion
	Getting the Job Done
	Get Onto the Fast Track
	Do What the Top People Do
	Plan Your Work and Work Your Plan
	Do Your Work Quickly and Well
	Dedicate Yourself to Continuous Learning
	Take Continuous Forward Action
	Be Your Own Cheerleader
	Control Your Mental Pictures
	Develop Discipline and Courage
	Take Excellent Care of Yourself
	Speak Up with Confidence and Clarity
	Practice No-Limit Thinking
About the Author
Brian Tracy: Speaker-Author-Consultant
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