5 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOOST YOUR CONFIDANCE!

We are now living in an era when people should be confident and open about their feelings. Self-confidence or belief in oneself is crucial in almost every situation, for example when we need to present something to other people or when we don’t know what to do in some situation and our one way out is to ask other people. Confidence is the key to living a fulfilling life, and it all starts with having strong self-esteem. The term ‘self-love’ covers self-esteem, self-worth, and self-image. They are constructs that describe how we see ourselves, perceive ourselves as individuals, and project our personalities to the rest of the world. Also, self-confidence is something that someone should learn and improve. So, these are some of the books that can help you build your self-confidence.

• Percaya Diri itu Dipraktekin by Tim Wesfix.

This book will easily help you be more confident in yourself by giving good stories about some people’s history, achievements, quotes, etc. This book is easy to understand because it has pages full of graphics and colors to prevent you from getting overwhelmed.

• How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety by Ellen Hendriksen.

Dr. Hendriksen guides the reader through the origins of social anxiety and why it persists, how we may rewire our brains through our behavior, and how to silence our inner critic. By reading this book, you may finally be your authentic self to build confidence, think through the buzz of nervousness, and feel at ease in any scenario.

• You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.

Reading You Are a Badass will show you how to identify and change self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors that prevent you from getting what you want; blast past your fears so you can take significant, exciting risks; learn to love yourself and others; set big goals and achieve them; and it will show you how to create a life you love and how to do it now. You’ll learn why you’re the way you are, how to love what you can’t change, and how to change what you can.

• What’s Right With Me: Positive Ways to Celebrate Your Strengths, Build Self-Esteem, and Reach Your Potential by Carlene DeRoo and Carolyn DeRoo.

You’ll find a pleasant and entertaining series of activities in this book to help you figure out what’s right in your life because this book is motivational and it encourages you to develop a strong sense of self, and it explains why positive thinking is the first step toward healthy self-esteem.

• The Monk who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma.

This remarkable story shows you how to live a life of more incredible courage, confidence, harmony, abundance, and joy, step by step. It showed us what it means to be happy and accept who we are at our core. You can attain your goals no matter what you do in life if you focus all of your efforts on them.

So, these are a few book recommendations that can help you boost your self-confidence. Hope it helps!

References:

10 Best Self-Confidence Books for Buidling More Confidence. (2021, October 16). Nerdy Creator Book Club. https://nerdycreator.com/bookclub/books-to-help-with-self-confidence/

Chowdhury, R. B. M. A. (2022, January 31). 27 Best Books to Improve Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, and Self-Image. PositivePsychology.Com. https://positivepsychology.com/books-self-esteem-worth-image/