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On Confidence

By: The School of Life, Alain de Botton
Narrated by: Alain de Botton
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A thought-provoking essay that teaches us that confidence is not a gift from the gods, but a skill that can be learned.

We spend vast amounts of time acquiring confidence in narrow technical fields: quadratic equations or bioengineering; economics or pole vaulting. But we overlook the primordial need to acquire a more free-ranging variety of confidence - one that can serve us across a range of tasks: speaking to strangers at parties, asking someone to marry us, suggesting a fellow passenger turn down their music, changing the world.

This is a guidebook to confidence, why we lack it and how we can acquire more of it in our lives. On Confidence walks us gently and wryly around the key issues that stop us from making more of our potential.

©2020 The School of Life (P)2020 The School of Life Communication & Social Skills Consciousness & Thought Personal Development Personal Success Philosophy Self-Esteem

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A really interesting, amusing and actually very helpful listen. I enjoyed it very, very much!

Very easy to listen to

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Very helpful book. Great narration. Would highly recommend giving this a read. Always enjoy their work.

Fantastic.

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The school of life regularly finds ways to extract deep meaning from aspects of our life where we haven't given a second thought to. The aspects where we feel comfortable and unaware of our shortcomings.

Another hit

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Alain's voice is like a melody. The western philosophy references make the guides and explanations familiar. I wish it was a bit longer book but I enjoyed it very much

Already much more confident :)

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I personally needed to hear everything that Alain De Botton has written on confidence. He debunks the myths and stories we have been told as a collective and in our individual family systems; he draws on fascinating historical references while making them relevant to the 21st century and he makes you laugh out loud! An essential listen for anyone lacking in confidence.

A refreshing, holistic, funny and essential perspective on confidence

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