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

InQuick 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 throughand helps you leap overthe 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. Youll also find:

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.

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 presenceand othersalong the way. She is the author ofPushbackandThe Next Generation of Women Leaders.

Introduction 1

1 Make Strong First Impressions 11

2 Create Belonging Wherever You Go 33

3 Rebalance Power Dynamics 57

4 Release Overdoing, Overthinking, and Overexplaining 81

5 Negotiate Your Success 105

6 Harness High- Stakes Moments 129

7 Overcome Toxic People and Cultures 153

8 Rise above Fails and Setbacks 175

9 Scale Your Confidence 203

Endnotes 229

Acknowledgments 235

About the Author 237

Afterword 239

Index 241