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What Real Confidence Actually Looks Like | Ross Lewin on Masculinity & Identity
There’s a quiet confusion around masculinity today…
Be confident — but not too much.
Be expressive — but not overwhelming.
Be strong — but also soft.
And somewhere in between, many people are left trying to figure out how to actually show up.
In this episode of Thought Atlas, we sit down with Ross Lewin to explore confidence, identity, and the difference between performance and real internal stability.
We talk about:
Why masculinity feels confusing in modern culture
The difference between real confidence and performing confidence
How people handle rejection — and why it’s so difficult
The…
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