In this comprehensive three-week course, you will learn the detailed science of confidence and start to develop effective strategies for improving your confidence and managing anxiety.
With between-session homework and practical exercises, this course will encourage you to interrogate your own beliefs, habits and behaviours and help to identify your personal saboteurs.
Whether you are contemplating change in your personal or professional life, or feeling anxious about changes beyond your control, this highly impactful, action-focused course is your antidote.
Under the expert guidance of neuroscientist and clinical psychologist Ian Robertson, you will learn how to build positive habits towards boosting your personal impact and reducing your anxiety.
Week 1: The science of confidence
Beginning with the foundations, you will learn how confidence really works, and its effect on the brain and the rest of the body.
You will learn the effects of confidence in the real world, its impacts on wellbeing and mental health, and on your personal and professional success. You will also acquire an understanding of potential saboteurs, which seek to undermine your confidence, and how you might start to address these.
Week 2: Attitude, attention and action
In week two, you will learn the importance of attitude - how many situations can be dramatically transformed by shifting our attitude, even when faced with failure.
You will also discover the critical roles that attention and action play, from paying attention to your own thoughts and emotions to taking actions in the face of adversity.
Week 3: Managing anxiety and achieving your aspirations
In the final week, you will learn how to audit and address saboteurs in all aspects of your life, and learn how to effectively deal with criticism and negative feedback.
Reflecting on the learnings from the previous weeks, you will learn how to form strong and effective habits, allowing you to significantly reduce anxiety.
You will discover how to energise your feelings about yourself and how to set realistic and achievable goals.
This course is for…
- Anyone who is contemplating change in their home, social, sport, educational or work lives.
- Anyone with a desire to learn how to improve their confidence and boost their personal impact and decision-making abilities.
Tutor profile
Professor Ian Robertson is a neuroscientist and trained clinical psychologist. His latest book, How Confidence Works: The new science of self-belief, is published by Penguin; his other widely translated books include The Stress Test, Mind Sculpture, The Mind’s Eye, Stay Sharp, and The Winner Effect, which have been reviewed, excerpted or covered across the world, from CBS News to the Times of India, and the Washington Times to the Guardian. Ian is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and co-director of the Global Brain Health Institute.
Course Details
- Date: Across three consecutive Tuesdays; Tuesday 21 February, Tuesday 28 February and Tuesday 7 March
- Time: 6pm-8pm (GMT)
Catch up recordings will be shared after each session and will be available for two weeks.
This masterclass is available globally. If you are joining us from outside the United Kingdom, please use this time zone converter to check your local live streaming time.
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