The Confidence to Be Yourself: How to Boost Your Self-Esteem

Author: Dr. Brian Roet

There are many books on library shelves that claim they will make you confident enough to become a brain surgeon or an astronaut in six weeks. This book is not one of them. The goal of this book is to explore confidence and explain its true meaning. In the process of this exploration, you will discover aspects of your own confidence and learn ways to improve it. The chapters of the book are arranged to guide you through this exploration. First, we will look at what confidence is and at ways to specifically assess your confidence; then we will look at the different components and how changing them can improve your confidence; then we will explore the role confidence plays in our daily lives. I have worked as a therapist for twenty years, and I have seen thousands of clients in my practice. Regardless of the problem that led them to seek my advice, a lack of confidence and low self-esteem were always present in their attitudes and behaviors. What I will write in the pages of this book is my perspective on the matter. I am more rational than emotional, so the facts I will present will be analytical in nature rather than emotional. I have used the extensive data I gathered from my clients and also from myself, as I believe that clients and therapists are cut from the same cloth.