Self-Confidence: A Philosophy

Written by Charles Pépin

Narrated by Chris Courtenay

An essential read for anyone who has encountered a crisis of confidence.

Where does self-confidence come from? How does it work? Why are some people more confident than others? On the surface, these seem like simple questions – but answers can feel hard to come by when we need them most.

In this bestselling book, Charles Pépin brings to light the strange alchemy that is self-confidence. Pépin examines the role confidence plays in the lives of our most respected public figures including the likes of Madonna, Mozart, Frieda Kahlo, Martin Luther King and Serena Williams, and argues that above all, to live a life of confidence is to live a life of action.

Drawing on the collective wisdom of philosophers, psychologists and the lives of people we encounter on a daily basis, Pépin invites us to probe the mystery and mastery of self-confidence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Release date: Jan 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9780008324032

Charles Pépin

Charles Pépin is a philosopher and novelist, translated into some thirty countries. He is the author of Philosophers on the Couch, When Beauty Saves Us and Joy. His latest essay, The Virtues of Failure, sold over 65,000 copies and was translated into thirteen countries. With the designer Jul, Charles published the best sellers The Planet of the Wise and 50 Shades of Greeks. He is also the organizer of Lundis Philo at MK@2 Odéon in Paris.