350: Stop Waiting to Feel Ready - The Sequence You've Had Backwards
For years I had the sequence backwards. I thought the path was believe in yourself, then act from that belief. So I tried everything to manufacture the belief: affirmations, journaling, hype playlists before big meetings. And it kept not holding. Not because positive thinking is worthless. But because feelings are not a stable foundation. They shift with every piece of feedback, every comparison, every moment where something doesn't go the way you hoped.
The sequence that actually works is: act, build evidence, let the belief follow.
You don't think your way to confidence. You do your way…
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