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Growth Spurt: Confidence Comes After Action · The Growth Project

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You.
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Welcome back to another growth spurt episode. Our mini series related to the Growth Project podcast.
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I'm Doctor Gabby. Caveat is. And today, I'm going to be talking to you about building confidence
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and primarily how confidence is built. Not given. Most people think confidence comes first
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and then performance follows. But in high performers it actually works in the opposite way.
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Confidence is not a personality trait, it's a memory bank of evidence of your past accomplishments and
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psychologist Albert Bandura research on confidence and the sources of confidence showed that self-efficacy,
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primarily grows through mastery experiences or moments where you successfully complete a task or accomplish a new skill.
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The problem is, most people wait to feel confident before acting.
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However, high performers do the opposite. They act. Gather evidence and information from their
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task or performance, and then confidence catches up.
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Confidence is simply your brain asking one question do I have the proof that I can handle this? So if you want to build confidence, focus on three things. First, shrink the challenge. Focus on small wins
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that you achieve on the path to a big win.
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Second track the evidence. So write down moments where you handle something well. And third, repeat under pressure.
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Try again. Try again. And put yourself in those high pressure environments.
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Confidence isn't built by thinking differently. It's built by doing and recording the proof and continuing to try again. Again,
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I challenge you to reframe the way you're thinking about confidence and
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take this three step approach to building your confidence through mastery experiences.
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Thank you all so much for joining me for this Growth Spurt episode, and look forward to seeing you all in the next one.