Confidence is the key to leading a successful and happy life - you can't function well without it, and you need it to help you in every area. Good confidence levels make taking decisions easier, and smooth the way in making friends, building relationships, and helping you to maintain a successful profile at work.

 1 First Impressions

14 Creating Instant Impact

16 Learning Body Language

18 Improve Your Body Language

24 Be Confident in Your Looks

26 Relaxing with Confidence

 2 Inner Confidence

30 Beat Confidence Sappers

34 Work towards Optimism

40 Externalize Your Concerns

44 Winning Visualizations

 3 Confidence and Relationships

52 Emotion

58 Build Dating Confidence

62 Making New Friends

70 Keep the Relationship

  Alive

 4 Confidence at Work

78 Becoming Visible atWork

82 Learn to Mind Map

86 Preparing for Interviews

90 Gain Interview Confidence

98 Make Meetings Work

100 Confident Team

Management

102 Present with Confidence

104 StartYour Own Business

 5 Your Confident Future

108 ChangeYour Habits

110 Explore Your Goals

112 Find Your Energizers

114 Use Encouragement and

Support

116 Learn to Face Forward

118 Index

120 Acknowledgments