Stop Doubting Yourself and Go After What You Really Want
1. The actions of confidence come first; the feelings of confidence come later. Mario, describes the confidence gap as the place we get stuck when fear gets in the way of our dreams and ambitions. We believe that we can’t achieve or even work on our goals until we feel more confident. This, he says, is the wrong rule of confidence. The first rule of confidence is: “The actions of confidence come first, the feelings come later.” I realized that I had been putting off some many things, waiting for the day when I would magically feel more confident! Recognizing that this day would probably never come, I started experimenting with strategies and ideas to help me start taking small steps, which, despite the fear and doubt, helped me build my confidence over time. 2. You can always get better. People with fixed mindsets believe that their talents and intelligence are fixed, so they spend their lives trying to prove themselves. Their self-worth is always on the line, and failure is to be...