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![]() ![]() ![]() Identify what’s holding you back from going after what you want or getting what you want.Identify the factors influencing your self-confidence.You will unravel the mysteries behind self-confidence and self-esteem.So what is self-confidence, really and why is it important you possess this unique quality? How can you overcome insecurity, stop self-sabotage, be unstoppable, and confident to achieve your goals? The answers lie in the guides written by best selling and award-winning authors who distill the practical steps to boost your self-confidence in books. There’s still a lot of confusion about what self-confidence really is. Certain times, confidence is mistaken for being cocky or full of one’s self. Often times we think a person is self-confident if they are the first to speak or that person who is so sure of their opinion. Though, grasping the concept of self-confidence and being able to measure its significance is one that most people find challenging. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. One important key to success is self-confidence. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I couldn’t wait to see if they actually found proof of its existence! I smiled so many times as the main character’s friendship with the new guy she met in Greece blossomed, and I loved watching her form relationships with everyone there. ![]() The magical undertone of hunting for Atlantis immediately pulled me in. Here’s a quick blurb about it: “From the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a Mamma Mia–inspired tale about a teen girl finding romance while trying to connect with her absent father in beautiful Santorini, Greece.” Click here to learn more. What was the last book that exceeded your expectations? Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch has been a favorite of mine since the moment I read it…and now I think I may love LOVE & OLIVES even more!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() His novels have been translated into more than 30 languages with some optioned for film. He currently writes for several newspapers including “The Independent” and “The Guardian.” Matt made his writing debut with “The Last Family in England,” a novel he published in 2004. Haig established and ran an internet marketing company and also worked for a nightclub in Spain while writing on the side. Failing in his studies because he could not grasp Economics, he decided to switch to History and English and then got his masters in English from Leeds University. As a teen, he went to Hull University to study European Studies though he had to change courses halfway through. He went to a Nottinghamshire primary school before he proceeded to a Newark-on-Trent secondary school. The forty-three-year-old author penned the bestselling titles “Notes on a Nervous Planet,” “Reasons to Stay Alive, “and several novels for children including the very popular “The Truth Pixie.” Unlike many authors who grew up wanting to become authors, this was not the case for Haig, who dreamt of becoming a graphic designer. He is known for blending the world of outright fantasy with domestic reality. ![]() Matt Haig is a horror, children’s fiction, literary fiction, science fiction, and young adult fantasy author from Sheffield England. ![]() ![]() ![]() Grey tackles complex religious, social, and cultural issues in his best-selling novel that epitomises the life and times of pioneering men and women and the Code of the West. When she refuses her father's wish that she marry into the polygamist family of a church elder, her struggles are reflected in Grey's epic descriptions of the American West. Heroine Jane Withersteen is the owner of a successful ranch and a member of the Mormon church. She loved it all-the grove of cottonwoods, the old stone house, the amber-tinted water, and the droves of shaggy, dusty horses and mustangs, the sleek, clean-limbed, blooded racers, and the browsing herds of cattle and the lean, sun-browned riders of the sage.-Ch. And she thought of what that great ranch meant to her. She wished only to go on doing good and being happy. She was Mormon-born, and she was a friend to poor and unfortunate Gentiles. Trouble between the Mormons and the Gentiles of the community would make her unhappy. ![]() She wanted the sleepy quiet pastoral days to last always. She meant to do so much more for her people than she had done. ![]() Zane Grey (1872-1939), American author wrote Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) Jane prayed that the tranquility and sweetness of her life would not be permanently disrupted. ![]() |