Stuart M. Smith

Building Confidence One Step at a Time In Carla the Conqueror, Anna DiDio beautifully captures the fragility of each of us. Sure, it is about Carla’s fear and anxiety with reading aloud to her classmates. But each of us has come up against our own hurdles that we’ve had to confront. Through Carla, Anna teaches us the power that understanding, support and empathy from a significant person or persons in our life can have on helping us conquer our feelings of inadequacy. With each successive achievement, we build our competence and our confidence. Shouldn’t that be the focus of every parent, teacher, coach, and leader? Stuart M. Smith, Ph.D. Management Consultant & Executive Coach Targeted Performance Solutions, LLC