I have over a dozen books to read for review, I can never commit to just one. Somehow this one jumped at me this weekend, I picked it up and read it cover to cover. This is a great book, and even better book if you are a Christian woman. Although you may not be of Christian belief or religious at all, there are some very great points in this book that ever woman can draw from. Joyce Meyer shares with us, her journey and broken heel moments to finding herself, and being the confident woman she is.  I in my opinion the best part of the book, that everyone can relate to is below, the 7 secrets of a confident woman.

7 Secrets of a Confident Woman

1- A confident woman knows that she is loved

2- A confident woman refuses to live in fear

3- A confident woman is positive

4- A confident woman recovers from setbacks

5- A confident woman avoids comparisons

6- A confident woman takes action

7- A confident woman does not live in “if only” and “what if”

Here is an excerpt from Chapter 1

Chapter 1

What is confidence? I believe confidence is all about being positive concerning what you can do-and not worrying over what you can’t do. A confident person is open to learning, because she knows that her confidence allows her to walk through life’s doorways, eager to discover what waits on the other side. She knows that every new unknown is a chance to learn more about herself and unleash her abilities.

Confident people do not concentrate on their weaknesses; they develop and maximize their strengths.

For example, on a scale of 1 to 10, I might be a 3 when it comes to playing the piano. Now, if I were to practice long and hard-and if my husband could put up with the racket-I could, maybe, transform myself into a middle-of-the road, level-5 pianist. However, as a public speaker, I might be an 8. So, if I invested my time and effort into this ability, I might just be able to get to a level 10. When you look at it this way, it’s easy to see where you need to invest your efforts.

The world is not hungry for mediocrity. We really don’t need a bunch of 4s and 5s running around, doing an average job in life. This world needs 10s. I believe everyone can be a 10 at something, but our problem is that we often work so hard on trying to overcome our weakness that we never develop our strengths. Whatever we focus on grows larger in our eyes-too large, in fact. We can turn something into a huge problem when, in reality, it would be a minor nuisance if only we viewed it in perspective with our strengths. For example, let’s say you are not a “numbers” kind of person. You struggle to figure out a 15% tip at restaurants, and your checkbook hasn’t been balanced since 1987.