Are You Good Enough?: 15 Ways to Build a Confident Mindset - Paperback

by Bill McFarlan (Author), Alex Yellowlees (Author)

Following the success of Drop the Pink Elephant, Bill McFarlan and leading psychiatrist Dr Alex Yellowlees from The Priory, offer explanations about what affects confidence and practical advice to build confidence to become a happy, well-rounded individual. Whether you are leading a high powered corporate lifestyle, at home raising a family, studying at university or unemployed Are You Good Enough? will help to create confidence and boost it so that you reach your goals, banish low self- esteem and eliminate self-doubt, explained in terms that all can understand.

Imagine being able to replace negatives with positives, having clarity and being able to pay and accept compliments with sincerity. Think about how good it would be to be direct with your manager about being overworked on your project and not being able to make a deadline without feeling anxiety and stress. Gain knowledge in pruning friendships from unhealthy "all take" and "no give " to healthy balanced friendships. Learn how to boost your own confidence and pass your awareness of self-esteem onto your children, encouraging them to thrive and be confident adults. It is not possible to alter the past and your own set of circumstances that had detrimental consequences on your mindset but it is within your grasp to learn how to change your attitude and outlook to become that contented, confident person you would like to be. Let Are You Good Enough? based on real life experiences, triumphs and tragedies and solutions to deep-seated problems, show you how.

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"A terrific read - an invaluable insight into confidence."
--EAMONN HOLMES

"This is an excellent read with some sound advice on maintaining your self-esteem - which is a crucial skill in modern life."
--Dr Chai Patel

People now have more choices than ever before - but are they any happier?

There's evidence to suggest that many are drowning under the weight of their responsibilities and losing confidence in their ability to juggle more and more tasks.

Steve and Lynn Clark are one such couple.

Married with a 5-year-old child, they are successful and happy. On the surface.

But their relationship is beginning to stagnate and their confidence in their life together - and each other - is starting to crumble.

Until, that is, an unsolicited text message asks a searching question. It's the first of a series of texts that cause them to question their behaviour and values - and devise a series of remedies to their growing problems.

Together, Steve and Lynn create and explore 15 ways to build confidence. Simple principles that anyone can apply to their own lives with similar results.

Through this modern parable, Bill McFarlan (author of the bestselling Drop the Pink Elephant) and psychiatrist Dr Alex Yellowlees (one of Britain's foremost experts in self-esteem) get to the root of issues that affect us all. Are you good enough? will help you walk tall, reach your goals, eliminate self-doubt and banish low self-esteem for good.

Author Biography

BILL MCFARLAN is Managing Director if The Broadcasting Business, one of Britain's leading media consultancies and communications training companies. He works with leading companies across Europe, building the confidence of senior executives in dealing with television interviews and in making major announcements. Bill's spent 30 years as a journalist and broadcaster, and is now the author of the best-selling communications handbook Drop the Pink Elephant, first published by Wiley Capstone in 2003. He's presented TV programmes as devices as BBC Breakfast News and World's Strongest Man. Bill's a regular speaker at conferences and a passionate advocate of confidence-building techniques.

DR. ALEX YELLOWLESS is Medical Director of the Priority Hospital, Glasgow. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Alex Practices clinically as a consultants psychiatrist and has special expertise in the treatment of eating disorders. Interested in the development of emotional health, he runs conferences, seminars and workshops on building self-confidence and maximizing personal potential.