Review: Bede Draper's SELF CONFIDENCE WITHOUT ALL THE BS speaks to the core of what it means to harness your inner power
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
I read Bede Draper's book SELF CONFIDENCE WITHOUT ALL THE BS with a lot of enthusiasm, because it addresses such an important topic, In a way that is easy to understand and appreciate he tackles what self confidence is NOT and the allows us to see why it is so important in all of our lives. What is self confidence? Draper answers this way: "Self confidence is trusting, relying on and exercising certain powers and capacities that we all possess. We can learn to exercise these powers successfully in our task of living non harmfully and beneficially with other people and engaging in beneficial activities."What a powerful point! This means that each of us has a responsibility to think about the way we see not just ourselves but where we are in the world and how we can affect it. Draper adds: "With enough self confidence, which we can build by practice, we won't retreat from the front lines of life where we need to be. This is especially so when things are uncomfortable and unpleasant or difficult and hard, which life often can be. It is more helpful to think in terms of a positive way of living in the world rather than positive thinking."That means we have to choose to live consciously. Staying focused on the way we live and the way our actions affect others that we meet and might influence. Notice Draper says this is something that we can "build by practice." That means that if you are not where you want to be in walking in confidence you can certainly get there.So what are you waiting for? You have the power right now to affect the world. Bede Draper's SELF CONFIDENCE WITHOUT ALL THE BS reminds us that we don't want to waste a single moment of it.