If You Want to Become Confident
Summary
- To gain confidence, you need to repeat an activity many times until it becomes routine.
- Becoming proficient at something involves doing it so frequently that it feels mundane and predictable.
- Predictability stems from past experiences; when actions become predictable, others perceive you as confident.
- Confidence is a result of proof, not the other way around; it's built through consistent repetition and experience.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest starting by picking one skill or activity that you want to become more confident at. It could be anything from public speaking to coding, as long as it's something that can help you or your business grow. Then, I'd say make a habit of practicing it every day, even for just a little bit. The key is consistency.
Focus on low-cost ways to practice, like using free online resources or practicing with friends. For public speaking, you might join a local group that meets regularly to practice speeches. If it's coding, there are tons of free online resources to help you code a little every day.
As you practice, pay attention to the patterns. What's becoming easier? What mistakes do you keep seeing? Over time, it will start to feel boring and predictable – that's good! That means you're starting to really know your stuff.
Keep doing this, and before you know it, you'll predict the outcomes of your actions. At this stage, if you were teaching someone else, you'd be able to answer their questions with ease. That's when you'll feel that real confidence.
Lastly, remember that every expert started as a beginner. The more proof you have – that is, the more you do it – the more confident you'll become. It's not magic, it's just the result of your hard work and repetition.
Quotes by Alex Hormozi
"To become confident, you do something enough times that it loses its excitement so many times that you get bored of it"
– Alex Hormozi
"Then you start predicting what's going to happen and all you predict is what has happened the last 100 times you did it"
– Alex Hormozi
"People will call you confident at that point but all you're doing is just stating the facts"
– Alex Hormozi
"Because it's the proof that creates the confidence"
– Alex Hormozi
"Not the confidence that creates the proof"
– Alex Hormozi
Full Transcript
to become confident you do something enough times that it loses its excitement so many times that you get bored of it and then you start predicting what's going to happen and all you predict is what has happened the last 100 times you did it people will call you confident at that point but all you're doing is just stating the facts because it's the proof that creates the confidence not the confidence that creates the proof
