The Confident Mind

A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance.

You don't have to be born confident. You can learn to be confident. Here's how.

Dr. Nate Zinsser works with the cream of the US military to prepare them mentally for leadership and for action. He also trains top sportsmen and women to develop the self-belief essential for world-class performance. Now he shares the tried and tested techniques he has perfected over many years to help anyone who wants to acquire the confidence that will enable them to perform at their very best, whatever the environment, however stressful the situation. In the process he shows how to make positive use of nervousness, what acquiring a success cycle involves, and why self-assurance, like all skills, requires constant practice.

Drawing on the latest research, and packed with real-life examples, this is a supremely practical - and inspirational - guide to achieving bullet-proof confidence.

Preface
What Confidence Is and Isn't
Accepting What You Cannot Change
Building Your Bank Account #1: Filtering Your Past for Valuable Deposits
Building your bank account #2: Constructive thinking in the present
Building your bank account #3: Envisioning your ideal future
Protecting your confidence every day, no matter what
Deciding to be different
Entering the arena with confidence
Playing a confident game from start to finish
Ensuring the next first victory: Reflect, plan, and commit - or what? So what? And now what?
The bus driver, the general, and you
Performance imagery script sample
After action review worksheets
Acknowledgments
Reference notes
Index