Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Boost Connections, and Make Bold Bets on Yourself - Paperback

by Selena Rezvani (Author)

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Hands-on, bite-sized strategies for improving your confidence

In Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Create Connections and Make Bold Bets On Yourself, best-selling author and renowned leadership speaker Selena Rezvani delivers an effective and eye-opening new approach to building confidence and presence for professionals. In the book, the author walks you through--and helps you leap over--the 9 most common obstacles that stand in the way of building authentic confidence. She offers digestible actions, behaviors, and exercises you can use to change the way you think and the way you present yourself to others.

Relying on sound, scientifically validated data, the book helps you zero in on one actionable method at a time, from making a memorable entrance to stoking confidence in those around you. You'll also find:

• Mental, physical, and interpersonal routines that will lock in your new and confident persona for lasting change
• Techniques for using silence strategically and refusing to overexplain to enhance your credibility and presence
• Ways to overcome the intimidation factor that goes hand-in-hand with dealing with powerful people

A hands-on playbook for professionals at all stages looking for effective confidence-building advice that goes beyond "fake it 'til you make it," Quick Confidence is a fun and rewarding journey to a renewed self-image and enhanced well-being.

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Leadership and business literature is filled with clichés that supposedly help you build confidence. Unfortunately, most, if not all, of these supposed solutions fail to create lasting change for the ambitious professionals they're meant to serve.

In Quick Confidence: Be Authentic, Boost Connections, and Make Bold Bets on Yourself, bestselling author and renowned leadership speaker Selena Rezvani delivers an eye-opening discussion of the 9 common obstacles that stand in the way of building authentic confidence. The book offers digestible tips that include actions, behaviors, and exercises that help you change how you think and the image you project to the people around you.

The author relies on sound, scientifically grounded data to help you zero in on one actionable technique at a time, from taming negative thoughts to making an entrance, stoking confidence in others, moving from a victim mindset to a creator mindset, using silence strategically, and banishing overexplaining. In the book, Rezvani makes the daily work of growing confidence fun and straightforward, showing you how to create new habits that will form the foundation of a confident, authentic version of yourself that stands the test of time.

You'll learn to develop the mental, physical, and interpersonal routines through small, everyday actions that will lock you into behaviors with the potential to propel your confidence--and your career--into the stratosphere.

A life-changing playbook for today's professionals who seek effective and actionable tips to improve their confidence and presence, Quick Confidence will also earn a place in the libraries of established executives looking to sharpen their edge and for anyone trying to eliminate self-doubt for good.

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Praise for QUICK confidence

"The perfect clapback to the ultimate existential crisis of not feeling enough. This is a beautifully written manual for the self on how to get there from here when it seems too far and too hard."
--MARGARET CHO, comedian and actor

"This book delivers an instant injection of inspiration. Writing with both wit and compassion, Rezvani shows how to stop playing it safe and live a life of greater boldness. Whether making meaningful first impressions, pitching your next big idea, or staying resilient in the face of rejection, Quick Confidence is insight, persona, and best of all, actionable."
--DANIEL H. PINK, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret, Drive, and To Sell Is Human

"If you want to move, speak or think with more confidence, this is the book for you. Selena Rezvani masterfully distills the most essential confidence-building habits, so you can go after your biggest, boldest goals."
--JASON FEIFER, Editor-in-Chief, Entrepreneur magazine

"By the time you finish Selena Rezvani's book, you'll have kicked your limiting beliefs to the curb. Her stories are relatable, her tips are relevant and fresh--you'll be inspired to believe in yourself more and to keep reaching higher."
--COBY MILLER, 2x U.S. Olympian and Medalist, Track and Field

"A powerful, thought-provoking book about how we can develop self-belief in our careers and beyond."
--MIKA BRZEZINSKI, Morning Joe co-host and Know Your Value founder

"If you want to feel unstoppable and supremely inspired, read this book. Selena Rezvani shows us how to conquer the moments that matter most by multiplying self-belief--one action at a time."
--ANN ANAYA, SVP and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at AmerisourceBergen

Author Biography

Selena Rezvani is a sought-after speaker, content creator, and commentator on leadership. She is focused on helping emerging leaders build confidence and self-advocacy skills, enabling them to elevate their presence--and others--along the way. She is the author of Pushback and The Next Generation of Women Leaders.