Susan Jeffers - The Little Book of Confidence: Conquer Your Fears And Unleash Your Potential

Susan Jeffers Ph.D. was an internationally renowned author and teacher who helped millions of people overcome their fears and heal the pain in their lives. Her bestselling books include Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway, Feel The Fear And Beyond and End the Struggle and Dance With Life.

Visit Susans website at www.susanjeffers.com

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First published by Rider in 1999

This edition published in 2018

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INTRODUCTION

Confidence where does it come from? It comes from the knowledge that within you lies an immense amount of power and love to create all that you will ever need in life. Thats confidence! The problem is we too often seem to forget! This little book of confidence is meant to be a constant reminder.

Inside, you will recognise in capsule form the life-changing tools embodied in Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway and Feel the Fear and Beyond.

And as you go through this little book over and over again, you will imprint upon your mind the empowering thoughts that allow your confidence to grow and grow and grow. So read it often, especially when you are facing new situations in your life.

Inspiration will be at your fingertips as you learn how to embrace life fully with a feeling of courage, trust, fulfilment and joy. Enjoy!

From my heart to yours,

Susan Jeffers

TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

THE HIGHER SELF

Inside you is a place filled with joy, creativity, intuition, peace, power, love and all good things. I call it the Higher Self. Whenever in this place, your confidence soars and all seems right with the world.

THE LOWER SELF

Inside you is also a place filled with self-doubt, fear, anger, helplessness, scarcity and all negative things. This is the Lower Self. Whenever in this place, your confidence disappears and all seems wrong with the world.

LOWER-SELF THINKING IS A HABIT

Yes, Lower-Self thinking is only a habit. The good news is that habits can be broken. By practising a Higher-Self way of thinking, your fear diminishes and your confidence rises.

BECOME A HIGHER-SELF THINKER

Your task is set before you it is to take the steps necessary to become a Higher-Self thinker. Many of these steps are embodied in this little book of confidence.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM THINKING HIGH?

When you are thinking thoughts of joy, creativity, intuition, peace, power, love and all good things, you are in the world of the Higher Self.

HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM THINKING LOW?

When you are thinking thoughts of self-doubt, fear, anger, helplessness, scarcity and all negative things, you can be sure you are in the world of the Lower Self. And its time to find the High road.

AWARENESS IS A GOOD START

MEET THE CHATTERBOX!

I call the voice of the Lower Self, the Chatterbox. It sounds like this: Im not good enough. Ill never get ahead. Everyone else does it better than me. Or any other thought that takes away your confidence.

HELP! I CANT SHUT IT UP!

Once you are aware of the Chatterbox, you cant seem to shut it up. When you are lying in bed, showering, driving, eating or whatever, the Chatterbox tries to drive you crazy with fearful thoughts.

AWARENESS LETS YOU KNOW ITS TIME FOR ACTION

Once you are aware of the Chatterbox, at last you can do something about it (even if it is driving you crazy!). When you are unaware of this mischievous little voice, you are at its mercy.

DROWN OUT THE CHATTERBOX

Its so simple. To quiet the Chatterbox, commit to replacing it with the voice of the Higher Self which always tells you that you are good enough and pulls you up into the best of who you are.

AFFIRM THE BEST

POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS: A WONDERFUL TOOL

An affirmation is a strong, positive statement telling you that all is well. With constant repetition, affirmations help you drown out the negative messages of the Chatterbox. Confidence restored!

AFFIRMATIONS WORK

Just saying, thinking or writing positive thoughts make us stronger in every way body, mind and spirit whether we believe the words or not. They calm and heal the scared child within. MAGIC!

ITS ALL HAPPENING PERFECTLY

Repeat this affirmation over and over again. It is a shortened version of: Even if things are not going the way I want them to go, I will simply trust that all things happen for a reason and I will learn and grow from it all.

ILL HANDLE IT

Repeating this affirmation can give you an enormous sense of peace when the frightening What Ifs come up in your life. What if I lose my money? Ill handle it. What if I get sick? Ill handle it. You really can handle whatever life brings you.

ACTING-AS-IF

Affirmations are a form of acting-as-if. If you act-as-if long enough, your mind lets in the possibility that it is so. And ultimately, it is so. Constantly tell yourself: I am powerful and loving and I have nothing to fear. Then watch your confidence grow.

REPETITION IS THE KEY

As you use your affirmations over and over again, you will notice that little-by-little the voice of the Higher Self will get louder and louder while the voice of the Lower Self gets softer and softer.

What a relief!