Claire HayekFounder, Mind. Soul. Purpose (MSP) Teambuilding · Pressure-Proof Leadership | Neuroscience-based leadership

You Dont Build Confidence by Waiting #shorts

21 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this short motivational monologue, the speaker argues that confidence is a result of taking action rather than a prerequisite for it. They distinguish between being qualified and being capable, emphasizing that even if you feel less qualified than others, acting will build confidence. The speaker advises that when confidence is lacking, you should simply act and learn through experience. They explain that taking action activates the “sage brain,” the calm, clear‑thinking prefrontal cortex, shifting the brain from a high‑beta (fight‑or‑flight) state to lower beta or alpha states. This neurological shift weakens the internal saboteur voices—fear, doubt, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome—thereby improving mental fitness. By repeatedly acting, you reinforce positive patterns, diminish negative self‑talk, and move toward the best version of yourself.

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Confidence doesn't come first. You act first, then confidence follows. So this is where we're talking about qualified versus being capable, right? You might not be as qualified as somebody else, but if you're taking action, the confidence will follow. If you're missing that confidence, just take action, just do it, and you learn as you go. And so this is where you reinforce those different patterns and You weaken the imposter syndrome patterns, the fear. The thing is, the more you activate that sage brain, your calm, clear-thinking prefrontal cortex basically, so where you're not operating in fight or flight, you're not in beta-3, you're in the lower beta level or even alpha. So the more you activate that sage brain, the weaker your saboteur voices, fear, doubt, perfectionism, so on and so forth. You actually do something in order to boost that mental fitness because that's gonna help you along the way and weaken this imposter syndrome and weaken all these negative voices in your head that are actually stopping you from stepping into the perfect version of who you can become.