Advice Goddess Radio, LIVE SHOW! Tonight, 7-8pm PT, 10-11pm ET: Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic On True Confidence Through Competence
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My guest on this week's show argues for a less confident world and a more realistically confident one.
Confidence is not all it's cracked up to be, especially because what we laud as confidence is too often actually overconfidence, lack of self-knowledge, and unreasonable expectations about ourselves and the way the world works. This kind of "confidence" also doesn't play as well as we often think it does in impressing and persuading others.
My guest, Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, wants to help you achieve realistic confidence -- confidence based on competence. He is a professor of business psychology at University College of London, the author of seven books and numerous studies, and an authority in personality assessment, consumer analytics, and talent management. His book we'll be discussing on the show is "Conf!dence: Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Insecurity, and Self-Doubt."
Listen at this link from 7-8 pm Pacific, 10-11 pm Eastern, or download the podcast afterward:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/10/21/dr-chamorro-premuzic-true-confidence-through-competence
Don't miss last week's show on the simple little things you can do to be extraordinary.
Unlike the guests on almost all of my shows, this guest is actually not a scientist -- he's business consultant, public speaker, and best-selling author Mark Sanborn.
But, this is the second time I've made an exception and had him on the show, because his thinking is so extraordinary, inspiring, and helpful.
To bring up that word again -- "extraordinary" -- being extraordinary means being a stand-out person in your work, friendships, and relationships. We tend to think being that is either something you're born with or you're not. But Sanborn will show you tonight that this isn't the case.
He'll explain why "extraordinary" is something you can choose to be, and explain how to recalibrate your thinking so you can achieve and maintain that. As for why to do this, his books and this show should make very clear that living "extraordinary" is living and working fulfilled in a way that living ordinary just can't meet.
Last time Mark was on the show, he discussed his New York Times best-seller, "The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary." It was inspired by his postman, a guy named Fred, who used creativity and conscientiousness to become probably the best postman anybody has ever had or will have.
Mark Sanborn's very helpful new book is "Fred 2.0: New ideas on how to keep delivering extraordinary results."
Listen at this link or download the podcast:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2013/10/14/mark-sanborn-fred-20how-to-live-work-be-extraordinary
Join me and my fascinating guests every Sunday, 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time, 10-11 p.m. Eastern Time, at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.
Enjoyable show.
I have enough confidence and reality on-the-job that my co-worker, who was just in our Canada office, says I could own the department within several months if I wanted to.
Social shit -- I admit I suck at.
You need to know your strengths and weaknesses. I think I do. I'm just not willing to go all the way because I don't care to.
But still a good show.
Jim P. at October 21, 2013 7:34 PM
Amy Alkon
http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2013/10/20/advice_goddess_135.html#comment-3996368">comment from Jim P.Thank you so much.
Amy Alkon at October 21, 2013 7:42 PM
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