ABSTRACT
Many outwardly confident and able people lack confidence in particular situations. Examples include: ‘fast trackers’ who may say nothing at meetings because everyone else there is ‘older’, ‘wiser’ and perhaps ‘male’ (often said by young women) and are scared of ‘looking foolish’; and specialists, whose training leads them to be confident only when they ‘know the answer for sure’. This exercise helps the client to break the negative cycle of lack of confidence leading to ineffective action that has built up, and to replace it with positive action.
