School of Life - On Confidence (hardback)

School of Life - On Confidence (hardback)Meditations on the skill of self belief. 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

remarkable for its range and clarity

Five Lamps

offered in a spontaneous and unselfconscious spirit

and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly through a culture that revolves around the self

- how to understand yourself

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vegetable-based recipes are at the heart of Yotam Ottolenghi’s food

glorious celebration of the differences and similarities of babies the world over

hoping their romantic and familial crises can be righted

wonderfully understated book that oozes humanity

Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia

and against a German foe who would not give up