Confidence might begin with that first step, but it’s built in the next one.

REAL Confidence - Simone Knego

What if confidence isn’t something you’re born with, but something you can build?

Realconfidence book

Everything is breathtaking from the top and the only way to see that spectacular view is to climb.

Confidence isn't something you find. It's something you build, from the inside out. In her USA Today bestselling book, Simone Knego offers a practical roadmap for reclaiming your voice, your worth, and your unshakeable confidence. Written with warmth and just the right dose of humor, REAL Confidence gives you the tools to stop second-guessing yourself and start showing up as who you really are.

Awards & Accolades

REAL CONFIDENCE: A Simple Guide to Go from Unsure to Unshakeable

The ExtraOrdinary UnOrdinary YOU: Follow Your Own Path, Discover Your Own Journey

USA TODAY Best-Selling Booklist 
GOLD MEDALIST 2026 Living Now Book Awards! 
FINALIST Next Generation Indie Book Awards! 
WINNER of their Multi-cultural Nonfiction Award
Distinguished favorite in the NYC Big Book Award
Top 3 FINALIST: Inspiration Award

Everything is breathtaking from the top and the only way to see that spectacular view is to climb.

4.6 Rating on Amazon

Do you wake up every day feeling like you’re going through the motions, that the hundreds of choices you make have almost no impact on the people around you?

Many motivational books will tell you that in order to better the world, you must first better yourself. But you really only need to change the way you see yourself and the world around you will change.

What you do everyday matters and inspires others. By sharing your story, you can motivate and encourage those around you, and in doing so, you change the world.

Everyone has a story, and in The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, Simone Knego takes you inside her unique journey and the extraordinary moments which have shaped her life and defined her mission. Sharing the lessons she’s learned from life’s ups, downs, and laugh-out-loud moments, you’ll be inspired to discover your own journey, and to go out into the world and be the good. The world is waiting for The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You, and you already have everything you need to get started, simply by being you.

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"Simone's life experiences serve as a testament to the power of maintaining an open-mind while pursuing one’s passions.”

International Speaker, USA Today Bestselling Author & TEDx Presenter

Simone Knego is a keynote speaker, two-time TEDx presenter, and USA Today bestselling author who helps people stop waiting to feel ready and start taking the bold steps that lead to real results. Through her REAL Method®, organizations build more confident leaders and teams who speak up, make decisions, and perform at a higher level.

Simone shares her message with corporate teams, leadership conferences, associations, and women’s leadership events. She mixes humor and real-life stories with practical tools that audiences can use right away. Simone wrote REAL Confidence: A Simple Guide to Go from Unsure to Unshakeable and The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You. She also co-hosts the podcast Her Unshakeable Confidence with her daughter, Olivia. She’s been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Entrepreneur, and Yahoo News.

Simone earned her accounting degree at the University of Florida and worked as a CPA before becoming a stay-at-home mom to six children. With no hiking experience, she decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. That adventure became her most popular story and inspired her work about what you can achieve when you stop waiting to feel ready. Simone has been married to her husband, Rob, for 33 years, and they live in Sarasota, Florida.