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Confidence Where It Counts
It’s hard to accomplish much of anything, let alone create work that changes people, without confidence.
No, not absolute confidence that you’ll 100% that you’ll achieve what you set out to do. You’re probably not aiming high enough if that’s the case.
Not confidence that your work will get the response you hope for. No one can ever predict that.
Not arrogance or cockiness or blind confidence in spite of signals telling you to change course or reconsider.
But confidence in yourself.
Confidence that whatever happens, you can adapt.
That you can find the answers you need when you need them.
That you can persevere.
That you can remain consistent when the going gets tough.
Confidence that whatever the world throws at you, you alone remain the master of your mindset, emotions, and response.
Confidence builds when we set a goal and achieve it.
When we’ve done something once we know we can do it again.
Which presents a catch-22.
How can we have confidence in completing a journey we’ve never taken before?
