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Many famous people from various walks of life who appear to possess an enviable amount of confidence have disclosed that they had an inner struggle to achieve their outstanding success. Keira Knightley, David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Eddie Murphy, Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss, JK Rowling, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Richard Branson are just a few examples of such celebrities who have battled with issues of low self-belief and extreme anxiety. Others have found the strain of living up to their super-confident image just too great. Through the media, we all know of examples of many highly talented and hard-working successful people who have resorted to drugs and alcohol to help get them through and whose lives subsequently have ended in tragedy.

And this is of course true and just as tragic for many other people who are not in the public eye. This is why inner confidence is just as important as outer confidence.

The two main keys to feeling good inwardly are:

1. SELF-KNOWLEDGE

2. SELF-LOVE

We shall look at how we can improve the first in this chapter, and then deal with the second in the following one.