The Confident Mind

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The Confident Mind is a complete guide to self-belief for professionals in any field: how to understand it, how to build it, how to protect it and how to apply it when your performance matters. Nathaniel Zinsser has spent decades helping Army elites, Olympic and top-tier athletes and business professionals overcome self-doubt so that they can perform to the best of their ability. In The Confident Mind Zinsser shares his a step-by-step logical approach to building confidence and breaks the process down into easy-to-practice steps that everyone can utilise. Zinsser dispels the notion that confidence is instinctive or elusive, and clearly describes the process of applying self-belief when it's time to step into the spotlight.

Throughout the book, readers will hear from champion athletes, army combat veterans and other elite performers and professionals to show how the reader can adopt the same mental strategies to control what can be controlled and to be unfazed by what can't.

© Nathaniel Zinsser 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Critics Review

  • [The] new definitive guide to building and mastering confidence.

    Forbes
  • Gamechanging advice on how to dispel those pesky naysaying voices.

    Guardian
  • Practical, proven methods that will allow you to develop and maintain reliable self-confidence . . . They really work.

    Jon Krakauer, author of INTO THIN AIR
  • Studying confidence with Dr. Zinsser helped me win two Super Bowls. I recommend The Confident Mind to competitors everywhere.

    Eli Manning
  • Confidence is the key that unlocks every player’s and every person’s potential. You won’t find a better, more helpful book on confident anywhere than Dr. Nate Zinsser’s The Confident Mind.

    Dr Bob Rotella, author of HOW CHAMPIONS THINK
  • The Confident Mind is a must-read for all those who ‘perform’ in their chosen field. Dr Nate Zinsser shares constructive and practical insights to empower the reader through stories and science to claim the confidence we each have within ourselves. This book will resonate with anyone who dares to dream.

    Margaret Tracey, director of the Boston Ballet School and former principal dancer, New York City Ballet

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