We get conditioned to draw confidence from lots of external sources:
Our title and rank.
Approval from our superiors.
Praise from our peers.
But those are borrowed.
And borrowed confidence disappears when the conditions change.
Quiet Confidence is something you carry with you.
You bring it wherever you go.
Some think confidence comes from having all the answers.
Quiet Confidence says:
“I don’t know — but I’ll find out.”
Some think confidence means never showing doubt.
Quiet Confidence includes the presence to pause and reconsider.
Some think confidence is about taking charge.
Quiet Confidence listens carefully — and then speaks with purpose.
Some think confidence comes after you succeed.
Quiet Confidence is what enables you to try, before you know how it will go.
Confidence doesn’t come from knowing what will happen.
It comes from knowing who you are, so you can respond to what happens.
Confidence is not a feeling to be acquired from out there.
It’s a shift that grows from within.
Where in your life are you waiting for something external to make you feel confident?
And what would change if you stopped waiting?
