Short excerpt from a Dr. Aziz YouTube video arguing that confidence is a decision and that confidence grows as a byproduct of taking "bold actions"—those that make you uncomfortable or scare you. The speaker urges taking such actions today (not later), starting with small steps if needed, and cites personal experience of living with social anxiety for over a decade as motivating evidence for the approach.
Over a decade.
Confidence isn't just.
A feeling, it's a decision.
And confidence comes as a byproduct of.
The actions that you take.
What kind of actions can you decide.
To take that.
Will skyrocket your confidence?
Today, the.
Shorthand version is the ones.
That make you uncomfortable, the ones that scare you.
What I would call bold action. And so if you want more confidence, not just today, but tomorrow and the next week, and you want your confidence.
To actually grow.
Over time, there is.
Only one.
Way, and that's to take bold action and to do it today. Not next week, not next year. Because that waiting, that hesitating, is part of the problem that has eroded your confidence in the first place. Trust me, I know this. I lived for over a decade in a cage of social anxiety, and I was avoidance city. And it only shifted when I started taking bold action. So start small at first, doesn't have to jump into the deep end, but one little step at a time and watch your confidence transform.
