Happy High Status

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Everyone wants to feel at home and at ease with themselves. We all want to be able to face any situation, both in life and at work, without feeling daunted, intimidated or stressed. But no-one wants to be labelled over-confident, arrogant or smarmy, or to get caught up in their own hype. So how can you feel authentically, properly confident - without the cringe, and without pretending to be something you're not?

Happy high status is a new way of thinking about confidence and how you relate to yourself. It's how actors and comedians enhance their presence on stage and screen. And in this inspirational guide, Viv Groskop explains how we can access it at any time to lend strength and energy to our interactions, big and small.

Drawing on research, practical tips and lessons from the worlds of comedy, film, television, politics and sport, this is a masterclass in how to project status, minimise self-doubt and move effortlessly through life. All, crucially, with no risk of anyone thinking that you are your own biggest fan.

©2023 Viv Groskop (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

  • Reassuring, inspiring and wise – a practical handbook for anyone held back by self-doubt

    Julia Samuel
  • Like all of Viv’s writing, this is joyous, thoughtful and, best of all, bloody useful

    Cariad Lloyd
  • Friendly, fun and incredibly useful

    Cathy Rentzenbrink
  • How can you seem confident, gracious and charming when inside you’re anxious, annoyed and on a short fuse? Is it ok to pretend to be someone you’re not? If people are looking to you for confidence and clarity when all around you is complexity and chaos, you could do a lot worse than read this guide to being yourself while also being charming, calm and authoritative. Simple, powerful, funny and practical – I wish I’d read it years ago.

    Matt Brittin, President of EMEA Business & Operations, Google
  • Viv Groskop always makes me feel more confident. Get the magic now in book form

    Katy Brand

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