Self-confidence is overrated

I have written it for three reasons:

1. To share a new perspective on confidence and success, challenging the belief that the key lies in always feeling secure. I want this message to reach more people, not just those who have access to personalised mentoring.

2. Because too many people feel paralysed by a lack of confidence, waiting for the moment when they feel “ready” to take the next step. This book is an invitation to act despite the doubt.

3. To offer practical tools and reflections that help anyone who wants to free themselves from the fear of failure, stop proving themselves to others and themselves, and move forward with greater authenticity and freedom.

For:

Leaders, professionals, and individuals in transition who want to release the need for external validation and develop a more authentic and grounded approach, with clarity and tools to move forward with confidence, even in uncertainty.

In this book:

I share learnings from over 30 years of experience in the corporate world, from my early career to senior management and my work as a mentor for executives and leaders. But above all, I share my own evolution and the process that led me to question the importance of confidence as we understand it.

Through anecdotes, personal experiences, and practical exercises, you will discover how to stop obsessing over feeling secure and start taking real action, free from self-imposed pressure and fear of judgment.

Confidence Is Overrated is not just a book, it is an open conversation with you, an invitation to challenge what you have always believed about self-assurance and explore a new way of moving forward with freedom.

I wish I had known

I have written it for three reasons:

1. This is how I can share my method and notes with anyone starting in their careers, especially young professionals who can make the most if it, and not just the executives that can afford private mentoring.

2. This is the best way I have found to reduce my waiting list and save the little time available in my diary.

3. To create a useful guide for anyone interested in improving their career, so that they can learn to prioritise and work on the fundamentals, access my methodology to make the most of any course, mentoring process or further study they may undertake, whether with myself or others.

For:

All young professionals entering the workplace in multinational companies, those that are further in their careers and also entrepreneurs.

In any case for individuals with an excellent academic background albeit with some lessons yet to be learned about the challenges they will have to face, that they would normally develop over the years through trial and error, and wishing to find other ways to accelerate such learning.

In this book:

I draw from 30 years’ experience, from my professional beginnings to when I reached the C-Suite and from my mentoring work with people who seek to progress in their company or who do not feel comfortable or recognised, or simply would like to improve.

I share experiences and anecdotes that will make you smile and with which you may personally identify. I also include exercises, learning techniques and reflections, which you can use in your professional career.

PS: If you don’t like the title, or you think it is too commercial, I confess: I didn’t like it at the beginning either. However, if you are a reader beyond 50 that came across it out of curiosity rather than need you will definitely tell me, as others who suggested the title did: I wish I had known!

Reviews and mentions

LinkedIn reviews about myself as a mentor

Amazon reviews for the english version

References on other web pages

Presentations and interviews

Summary of the book launch held in Marbella coinciding with International Entrepreneurial Women’s Day.

Including opinion and comments by Bernard Fay, accredited by his extensive experience as ex-president of UHY Global with more than 8,000 professionals across the world

Interview by Inconfundiblemente Podcast (48′):

Here you have the official presentation of the book held in Marbella making International Entrepreneurial Women’s Day (30′):

Listen to the book launch interview on episode 107 of the GrowCFO Show Podcast (22′):

Interview by The next 100 days Podcast (42′):

All Podcasts