The Confidence Trick Nobody Tells You About with Lewis Howes
Tony Robbins and Lewis Howes argue that confidence comes from repeated action and identity shifts, not from waiting until you feel ready.
The gist
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Start with a clear why and what you want, not the how. Waiting for a full plan keeps you stuck in fear.
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Your brain quietly sabotages growth that goes beyond your current self-image, so you have to update your identity to match new goals.
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Shift your focus from wondering if you are good enough to thinking about how to serve the room. Self-doubt fades fast.
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Problems never stop, even for people running 100 or more companies. Accepting that removes the shame that kills momentum.
Lewis Howes uses it
"I took a year of public speaking class with Toastmasters just to get reps in a group of people that are going to give you positive feedback and in a safe environment so I could just get in front of a room, practice a 5-minute speech and know that I'm going to make mistakes."
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