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A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear of failure A practical guide to attacking the most common of phobias: fear of failure Since its publication in 2011, What's Stopping You? has offered readers a hard look at the quality of their careers and personal lives. For those who'd give themselves a solid "C+", this brutally honest guide to taking stock also offers the keys to self-improvement. By dismantling the fear inhibiting all achievement—fear of failure—author Robert Kelsey offers a set of seven steps designed to help readers map out their actions, and attain what once seemed elusive milestones.Written for the frustrated underachiever or anyone who feels like one, this unique book addresses can the real obstacles hindering both professional and personal growth. Includes a new chapter with tactics for overcoming a fear of failureExplores methods for dealing with different types of people in a host of situations, such as getting a new job, pitching for new work, making presentations, or communicating clearly in an argumentWith a Foreword by one of Britain's most successful businessman, Luke Johnson, this unique handbook to overcoming the most basic of fears is a must for anyone who would like to upgrade the quality of their life.

Robert Kelsey’s What’s Stopping You? has become a self-help classic. His What’s Stopping You? books have helped thousands of people worldwide overcome their limiting beliefs and bash through their barriers to success. Now Robert is back to help us defeat the obstacles that stop us achieving more in our everyday lives. Many of us have the greatest of intentions but find ourselves procrastinating, which results in low attainment and frustrated ambitions. Grounded in solid psychological research Robert helps us examine why we might have these tendencies and how to overcome them in order to feel more together, in control and on-top of everything. Looks at the psychology behind why we procrastinate, in order to understand and change our behaviour, forming new, effective habitsProvides practical solutions to help us ‘get things done’ in real life situations including meetings, on the phone, with e-mail, looking for a job and starting a businessIncludes techniques to improve focus and aid concentrationExamines how disorganisation is not innate and how we can learn processes that will allow us to be more effectiveHow to bring control to certain areas of your life and reduce stress and uncertaintyGet Things Done is emotional ergonomics for the organisationally-challenged individual – at home, at work, with themselves, and with others.

A prescriptive, commonsense approach to self-confidence and success With his bestselling book, What's Stopping You, Robert Kelsey helped thousands of people conquer their fear of failure and unlock their full potential in life.  Now Robert is applying his unique approach to the subject of confidence. According to Robert, it’s not something that can simply be injected into us through motivational exercises and positive thinking. What's Stopping You…Being More Confident? highlights the key reasons why you might be lacking confidence in the first place, what causes self-doubt or makes you feel less able than others. Then we are shown how to turn this around, by examining the traits that make someone confident. Follow-up to the ground-breaking bestseller, What's Stopping You?, with the same intelligent approach to self-helpA road map to help us break down the barriers that make us shy away from achieving our full potentialHow to recognize what you’re good at, but also what you're not good atIncludes tactics for maintaining self-assurance and learning how to apply these in real-life practical situationsBased on extensive research and personal experience"Everyone has moments of doubt - this practical and persoanl book can help remove those demons and boost morale.  I recommend it strongly"Luke Johnson, RSA Chairman, Financial Times columnist and author of Start It Up!"This combination of searing honesty and genuine curiosity about how our lives are shaped makes for compelling reading"Fi Glover, multi-award winning braodcast journalist and BBC radio presenter"An invaluable resource for anyone lacking confidence"John Caunt, author of Boost Your Self-Esteem

What’s Stopping You? Get the Kelsey Collection and get more out of life!With the help of Robert Kelsey’s three best-selling books: What’s Stopping You? What’s Stopping You Being More Confident? And Get Things Done you will discover how to overcome your fear of failure, reach your potential, tackle your self-doubt head on and defeat the obstacles that stop you achieving more in your everyday lives. So you can laugh in the face of procrastination, low attainment and frustrated ambitions and take control of your life.Successful Solutions for Smart People: The Kelsey Collection is: Based on personal experienceGrounded in solid psychological researchPacked with techniques and practical solutionsYour route to being more organized, less stressed and more effective

The New Writer’s Guide to Producing Great ContentEveryone has that fabled “book in them” but not everyone has the talent to write it. Right? Wrong. Great writing’s not a talent. It’s a craft. It can be taught and learnt, affording everyone the confidence to express themselves in words. Writing Well for Work & Pleasure teaches you how to start your writing project and how to keep going. It deconstructs the elements of writing – creating a step-by-step process for generating content that’s ready for publication. With tips on style, eloquence and finding your voice, it also teaches you how to write for different audiences, including professionals, the public, students, customers and even your opponents. And it helps writers talk to editors, publishers and other industry insiders.This book is for professionals and academics wanting to write that book; ambitious executives needing to write a white paper to accelerate their careers; managers being asked to write articles for publication; artisans and hobbyists with skills to convey; idealists and polemicists wanting to inspire and agitate; and anyone wanting to write well in order to improve their communications skills. “If you follow Robert Kelsey’s advice you will produce better prose, which will be both easier for readers to understand and more persuasive, whichever audience you are addressing. I strongly recommend it,” Luke Johnson, columnist, author, serial entrepreneur and Chairman of Risk Capital Partners