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Confidence Boosters- Part 1

How to Feel Good Enough to Go For It!

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Jessica Neighbor
Aug 14, 2024
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If you feel like you are never quite good enough to ask for that promotion or write that book, you are in good company.

Many women struggle with confidence. Why is this so?

In their excellent book, The Confidence Code, authors Katty Kay and Claire Shipman share why, despite great progress, women on average feel less confident than men.

They share two prevalent tendencies that decrease our confidence: Perfectionism & People-pleasing.

Today we will explore perfectionism, and next week we’ll investigate people-pleasing.

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