Sessions

The Confidence Code

In this candid, motivational speech, Claire Shipman offers up surprising new research from her latest book, The Confidence Code, which suggests that confidence may well be the missing ingredient for women who are eager to find both success and satisfaction at work and at home. And while Shipman’s research is focused on women, the questions and subsequent answers she provides are compelling and applicable to both men and women looking to increase their confidence level. She gets to the bottom of the confidence conundrum with basic, provocative questions like:

• Is confidence more important than competence?
• Is there a confidence gene?
• What are we doing, or learning wrong?
• Can we blame our parents?
• Does perfectionism impede confidence?

The answers are counterintuitive. Some come from the frontiers of neuroscience—part of our confidence is hardwired, it turns out, but not all of it. And we can redo that wiring with fairly basic actions that Shipman outlines. Inspiring, insightful and persuasive, this session will leave you understanding that by acting on your best instincts and by daring to be authentic, you can feel the transformative power of a confident life.