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Self-Trust · The Talent Brief

Jeff Ganter: I think a lot of people are chasing the wrong thing. They think they're chasing confidence. If I were more confident, I'd have the conversation. If I were more confident, I'd make the move. If I were more confident, I'd finally take the chance. But after more than 20 years in recruiting and coaching, I've come to believe confidence isn't what changes people. Self-trust does. And they're not the same thing. Confidence usually comes after you've done something. Self-trust self-trust comes before. Confidence says, I've done this before. Self-trust says, I haven't done this before, but I trust myself enough to figure it out. That's where most people get stuck. Not because they don't know what they want. Not because they lack awareness. Not because they haven't thought it through. They get stuck because they keep looking for someone else, someone else to validate what they already know. Another opinion, another conversation, another sign, another reason to feel certain. And while they're waiting, something subtle happens. They stop listening to themselves. I see this all the time. A leader knows the conversation needs to happen, but keeps delaying it. A candidate knows a role isn't right, but takes it anyway because it looks good on paper. Someone feels ready for more, but keeps convincing themselves to wait. Not because they're confused, because trusting yourself is risky, especially if you spent years overriding your instincts. But here's what I've learned. Self trust isn't built by getting everything right. It's built by realizing you can survive getting something wrong. You can adapt, you can recover, you can learn, you can move forward. That's why self trust changes everything. Your decisions become clearer, your boundaries become stronger, your leaderships become more authentic. Not because uncertainty disappears, because you stop abandoning yourself every time uncertainty shows up. So if so if you've been following this conversation over the last few weeks, here's what it all leads. Week one was about recognizing that you're overriding yourself. Week two was realizing awareness isn't enough. Week three was understanding that movement matters more than perfection. And week four, it's this. The goal was never confidence. The goal was learning to trust yourself again. So here's my challenge for you. Where in your life are you still asking for permission? And what would change if you trusted yourself just ten percent more this week? Because sometimes that's all it takes. Not a complete transformation, just one decision, one conversation, one step, one moment where you stop looking outward and start listening inward. Thanks for listening to the Talent Brief. I'm your host, Jeff Gantor. Now go trust the signal. See you soon. Bye.