{"product_id":"the-confidence-code-the-science-and-art-of-self-assurance-what-women-should-know-9780062230638","title":"The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, now in paperback and updated with a new introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfidence. We want it. We need it. But it can be maddeningly enigmatic and out of reach. The authors of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eWomenomics\u003c\/em\u003e deconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a blueprint for bringing more of it into our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs confidence hardwired into the DNA of a lucky few, or can anyone learn it? Is it best expressed by bravado, or is there another way to show confidence? Which is more important: confidence or competence? Why do so many women, even the most successful, struggle with feelings of self-doubt? Is there a secret to channeling our inner confidence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Confidence Code\u003c\/em\u003e, journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman travel to the frontiers of neuroscience on a hunt for the confidence gene and reveal surprising new research on its roots in our brains. They visit the world's leading psychologists who explain how we can all choose to become more confident simply by taking action and courting risk, and how those actions change our physical wiring. They interview women leaders from the worlds of politics, sports, the military, and the arts to learn how they have tapped into this elemental resource. They examine how a lack of confidence impacts our leadership, success, and fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, they argue, while confidence is partly influenced by genetics, it is not a fixed psychological state. That's the good news. You won't discover it by thinking positive thoughts or by telling yourself (or your children) that you are perfect as you are. You also won't find it by simply squaring your shoulders and faking it. But it does require a choice: less people pleasing and perfectionism and more action, risk taking, and fast failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspiring, insightful, and persuasive, \u003cem\u003eThe Confidence Code\u003c\/em\u003e shows that by acting on our best instincts and by daring to be authentic, women can feel the transformative power of a life on confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShipman, Claire:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eClaire Shipman is a journalist, author, and public speaker. She's the author, along with Katty Kay, of two \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers, \u003cem\u003eWomenomics: Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance--What Women Should Know\u003c\/em\u003e. Before turning to writing, Claire spent almost three decades as an award-winning television journalist. For the last fourteen years, Claire was a regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/em\u003e and other national broadcasts for ABC News. Before that, she served as White House correspondent for NBC News, where she regularly reported on presidential policy and politics for \u003cem\u003eNBC Nightly News\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e. Prior to that, she worked for CNN for a decade, covering the White House, and she was also posted in Moscow for five years, reporting on the fall of the Soviet Union. Claire's coverage from Moscow helped CNN earn a National Headliners Award and a coveted Peabody Award. She received a DuPont Award and an Emmy Award for coverage of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student uprising, as well as a DuPont Award for CNN's coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. She graduated from Columbia College and later earned a master's degree from the School of International Affairs there. She's now a member of Columbia's board of trustees. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and their two children and three dogs. Visit Claire online at www.theconfidencecode.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKay, Katty:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKatty Kay is the anchor of \u003cem\u003eBBC World News America\u003c\/em\u003e, based in Washington, DC. She is also a frequent contributor to \u003cem\u003eMeet the Press\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMorning Joe\u003c\/em\u003e and a regular guest host for \u003cem\u003eThe Diane Rehm Show\u003c\/em\u003e on NPR. She's the author, along with Claire Shipman, of two \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers, \u003cem\u003eWomenomics: Work Less, Achieve More, Live Better \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance--What Women Should Know\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition to her work on women's issues, Katty has covered the Clinton administration sex scandal, four presidential elections, and the wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. She was at the Pentagon just twenty minutes after a hijacked plane flew into the building on 9\/11--one of her most vivid journalistic memories is of interviewing soldiers still visibly shaking from the attack. Katty grew up all over the Middle East, where her father was posted as a British diplomat. She studied modern languages at Oxford and is a fluent French and Italian speaker with some \"rusty Japanese.\" Katty juggles her journalism with raising four children with her husband, a consultant. Visit Katty online at www.theconfidencecode.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Business","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607251882258,"sku":"9780062230638","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29b1c19c-16f5-4c24-ad0b-c5177d22a395.jpg?v=1732306355","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-confidence-code-the-science-and-art-of-self-assurance-what-women-should-know-9780062230638","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}