How Do You Develop Real Confidence? - James Smith - #535
James Smith is an author, podcaster, online trainer and not a life coach. Many people say that their number one personal development goal is to be more confident. But what if you don't have anything to be confident about? Is competence a required...
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Summary
James Smith is an author, podcaster, online trainer and not a life coach.
Many people say that their number one personal development goal is to be more confident. But what if you don't have anything to be confident about? Is competence a required prerequisite to becoming confident or can you fake it until you make it?
Expect to learn why most entrepreneurs are miserable, how leaving unasked questions can eat up your mental energy, the relationship between anxiety and confidence, how to deal with fear and failures, the heritability of confidence, whether women are actually more confident than men, the simplest way to build genuine confidence and much more...
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(03:17) Are Healthy Foods a Form of Oppression?
(11:17) New Things Learned about Confidence
(17:12) The Power of Rejection Therapy
(23:20) Does Fake It ‘Til You Make It Work?
(34:40) The Matthew Principle
(44:20) Relationship Between Confidence & Anxiety
(55:10) Celebrating Wins Vs Maintaining Focus
(1:03:50) Preparing for Fatherhood & Family
(1:08:15) James’s Relationship with Alcohol
(1:18:07) Imbalances in Self-Judgment
(1:26:45) Bullying Chris into Writing a Book
(1:37:00) Where to Find James
Extra Stuff:
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Check out James' Academy - https://www.jamessmithacademy.com/
Follow James on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jamessmithpt
Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/
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