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Happy High Status
- Author
- Viv Groskop
- Narrator
- Viv Groskop
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 29 June 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 52 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Everyone wants to feel at home and at ease with themselves. We all want to be able to face any situation, both in life and at work, without feeling daunted, intimidated or stressed. But no-one wants to be labelled over-confident, arrogant or smarmy, or to get caught up in their own hype. So how can you feel authentically, properly confident - without the cringe, and without pretending to be something you're not?
Happy high status is a new way of thinking about confidence and how you relate to yourself. It's how actors and comedians enhance their presence on stage and screen. And in this inspirational guide, Viv Groskop explains how we can access it at any time to lend strength and energy to our interactions, big and small.
Drawing on research, practical tips and lessons from the worlds of comedy, film, television, politics and sport, this is a masterclass in how to project status, minimise self-doubt and move effortlessly through life. All, crucially, with no risk of anyone thinking that you are your own biggest fan.
©2023 Viv Groskop (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Reassuring, inspiring and wise - a practical handbook for anyone held back by self-doubt
Julia Samuel
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Like all of Viv's writing, this is joyous, thoughtful and, best of all, bloody useful
Cariad Lloyd
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Friendly, fun and incredibly useful
Cathy Rentzenbrink
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How can you seem confident, gracious and charming when inside you're anxious, annoyed and on a short fuse? Is it ok to pretend to be someone you're not? If people are looking to you for confidence and clarity when all around you is complexity and chaos, you could do a lot worse than read this guide to being yourself while also being charming, calm and authoritative. Simple, powerful, funny and practical - I wish I'd read it years ago.
Matt Brittin, President of EMEA Business & Operations, Google
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Viv Groskop always makes me feel more confident. Get the magic now in book form
Katy Brand
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Inspiring. Amazing. Empowering yet relatable, Happy High Status shows you how to channel confidence and embody strength and leadership without feeling like you're being a dick about it. It has made me feel that I - a normal woman with thick ankles and frizzy hair - can embody the charming, insouciant confidence of Michelle Obama or Julia Roberts. I love this - everyone should read it.
Lucy Porter
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Viv Groskop reinvents the very idea of confidence - she turns tired old 'one size fits all' advice on its head and lets us see how we all have 'happy high status' within us. Listen to yourself, not to other people - the results will astonish you. This book changes the way we think about confidence and success.
Isabel Berwick, host of Financial Times’ Working It podcast
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Viv Groskop's no-nonsense approach to confidence is entertaining yet transformative. Show up as you on your best day, every day.
Sara Davies, star of Dragon's Den
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Self-help without the stupidity … warm, super-smart, sceptical, generous and funny.
Charlotte Wood, author of The Luminous Solution
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Details
- Author
- Viv Groskop
- Narrator
- Viv Groskop
- Duration
- 6 hours 52 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 June 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529907476
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Advice on careers and achieving success, Soft skills and dealing with other people, Business communication, etiquette and presentation
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Everyone wants to feel at home and at ease with themselves. We all want to be able to face any situation, both in life and at work, without feeling daunted, intimidated or stressed. But no-one wants to be labelled over-confident, arrogant or smarmy, or to get caught up in their own hype. So how can you feel authentically, properly confident - without the cringe, and without pretending to be something you're not?Happy high status is a new way of thinking about confidence and how you relate to yourself. It's how actors and comedians enhance their presence on stage and screen. And in this inspirational guide, Viv Groskop explains how we can access it at any time to lend strength and energy to our interactions, big and small.Drawing on research, practical tips and lessons from the worlds of comedy, film, television, politics and sport, this is a masterclass in how to project status, minimise self-doubt and move effortlessly through life. All, crucially, with no risk of anyone thinking that you are your own biggest fan.©2023 Viv Groskop (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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