Episode #141 Double your confidence (in 30 days or less)

I want to talk about doubling your confidence in 30 days.

Can I actually prove that number? No. But what I'm about to share has worked for me, and it's worked for client after client inside Be The First — so I'm confident it'll work for you.

Do you find yourself preparing twice as much as everyone else, just so you feel ready?

Rewriting the same email four times before you let yourself send it?

Staying quiet in the meeting because you're not 100% certain you're right and doubt you have value to add

Turning down the opportunity before anyone gets the chance to turn you down first?

If any of that sounds familiar, you're in the right place. That's Imposter Syndrome — as evidenced by the overworking, the overthinking, the playing small, the quiet self-sabotage that's holding you back without you realising.

But here's the thing I want you to know: Imposter Syndrome isn't a problem you need to fix. It's just a question about identity you haven't fully answered yet.

The confidence you get when you do is the no.1 factor that matters when you're junior, and matters increasingly as you get more senior. Yes you can progress without it. But it gets harder, not easier. The rooms get whiter. The doubt gets louder.

So in today's episode, I'm giving you one shift. Not a mantra, not a hack, not something you'll forget by Wednesday.

A simple exercise to double your confidence in 30 days: List 100 successes.

It's simple, yes. Easy? No. Worth the discomfort you feel when you go to do it? 100%.