The difference between success and failure often hangs on a concept that our standard education system never touches: confidence. This book walks us around the key issues that stop us from making more of our potential. We hear about the impostor syndrome, the wisdom of imagining the great in their bathrooms, and what Nietzsche and Montaigne (among others) have to tell us about resilience and courage. We often stay stuck with the level of confidence we have because we regard being confident as a matter of good luck. In fact, the opposite is true: confidence is a skill based on ideas about our place in the world, and its secrets can be learnt.

Reading this book day wont just help you to improve your life — it will enhance your life. The whole point of personal development is to expand more of what you've got, not improve what you think is lacking. When you approach each chapter as a treasure map to discover hidden knowledge, you adopt a playful, curious attitude that lets you explore this book from a grounded, expansive place.