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The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback and updated with a new introduction

Confidence. We want it. We need it. But it can be maddeningly enigmatic and out of reach. The authors of the New York Times bestseller Womenomics deconstruct this essential, elusive, and misunderstood quality and offer a…

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2 authors picked The Confidence Code as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book transformed the way I think about confidence. Kay and Shipman combine science and personal stories to tackle why women often underestimate their abilities and how to change that.

Reading this helped me see that confidence is a skill—not an inherent trait—and it inspired me to take bold steps both personally and professionally. I recommend it to anyone looking to own their power.

I’ve been personally teaching and coaching women about transforming their relationship with money with my work at the Institute on Holistic Wealth, including issues such as financial trauma and money/wealth mindset and one of the major issues women face is a lack of confidence.

A fear of failure, negative thought patterns as well as environmental factors all play a role in women’s lack of confidence.
Here are the 3 most empowering lessons I got out of this book: confidence is a connector between what we think and what we do, stereotypes and innate differences between men and women cause women…

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