The Essence of Confidence in Advisory Work

Advisory Secrets with Deb Halliday · Apr 23, 2026 · 2m · transcript

Episode 6 Show Notes

Confidence Without Ego

Summary

In this episode of Advisory Secrets, Deb Halliday explores one of the most important and often misunderstood traits in advisory. Confidence.

Many accountants and bookkeepers hold back from stepping into advisory because they feel they are not ready. They believe they need more knowledge, more experience, or more certainty before they can speak with confidence.

But advisory confidence does not come from knowing everything.

It comes from how you show up in the conversation.

Deb explains the difference between confidence and ego, and why…