As Ian reminds us in his work, the brain is a remarkable organ whose many complex functions help determine what we do each day and how and why we do it. And while we used to imagine that we were pretty much ‘hard-wired’ to behave in certain ways, research has shown that we can ‘re-programme’ our brains and develop new, healthier behaviours. This optimistic message is at the heart of Ian’s work as a speaker who is now in high demand the world over.

Professional Background

Ian Robertson is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and Co-Director of the Global Brain Health Institute. He is also the T Boone Pickens Distinguished Scientist at the Center for BrainHealth at University of Texas at Dallas and is a Member of Academia Europaea. A trained clinical psychologist as well as a neuroscientist, he is widely known internationally for his research on cognitive neuroscience and psychology, with over 400 highly cited scientific papers. His popular science writing has included five books aimed at the general reader: Mind Sculpture (2000), The Mind’s Eye (2003), Stay Sharp (2005), The Winner Effect (2012) and The Stress Test (2016), all of which have been widely translated. His latest book How Confidence Works is published by Penguin/Transworld.

Confidence: Lose it or Learn It

Confidence can empower you to reach heights you never thought possible. Equally, a lack of it can have a devastating effect on your future. Probing the latest science and neuroscience behind confidence, in this 90-minute masterclass, Ian tells you how confidence plays out in our minds, our brains and indeed our bodies. And shows you how you can learn it.

Ian explains where confidence comes from and how it spreads, with extraordinary economic and political consequences. And why it’s not necessarily something you are born with, but something that can be learned.

What you can expect to learn:

• Confidence makes you physically stronger, emotionally more resilient, socially more persuasive and career-wise more successful.
• Confidence is a set of habits of thought, action, emotion and attention that you can learn.  This workshop will show you how to do that.
• Confidence depends on relationships with other people in your family, workplace and social life.  In this workshop, Ian explains how to build your confidence while navigating these relationships, particularly important when it comes to how the sexes interact.

Other topics include:

The Impostor Syndrome in Women: It’s holding you back

Stress:  Managing it can make you Sharper

Confidence: Lose it or Learn It
Confidence can empower you to reach heights you never thought possible. Equally, a lack of it can have a devastating effect on your future. Probing the latest science and neuroscience behind confidence, in this 90-minute masterclass, Professor Ian Robertson tells you how confidence plays out in our minds, our brains and indeed our bodies. And shows you how you can learn it.

The Science of Confidence
Discover the new science of self-belief, why some people learn how to grow their confidence while others don’t, and what you can do to tap into yours.

In this fascinating session, you will discover the science behind self-belief, and how you can apply it to your own life and you will learn about the incredible effects of confidence on the brain and on the rest of the body. Crucially, you will be guided through exactly why – and how – confidence can be learned, and how to train your complex network of mental processes to reinforce your own. Leave informed, intrigued, and ready to invigorate your life.