If You Wait Until You Are Confident, You Will Never Take the Leap

Confidence Matters · Sep 17, 2026 · 6m

This is the third post in this months theme of building confidence.Week 1 - All I Wanted Was to Be Susan’s Friend and to Own a PonyWeek 2- I Didn’t Only Build My Confidence, I Uncovered Who I Was

For much of my life, I didn’t feel good enough.

I was a high achiever who felt like an imposter.

So working in a career where league tables rated performance was ideal.

I could see where I stood compared to my peers. It gave me the external validation I needed to prove to myself that I was good enough.

I imagine this was true for many of my peers, although we didn’t realise it at the time.

Then the…