Thorough preparation is the foundation of confidence. A student who studies for a test performs better, and the same principle applies to work: preparation combined with mental habits and self-belief lets you enter any room with poise.
Step 1 for someone who wants to build confidence: prepare. Yeah, you know, if you're, if you're in school and you walk into a test and you didn't do your homework, you're screwed, right? Of course you're gonna have no confidence. But if you really worked at it and truly put in the time, then you'll have the confidence and you'll probably do well.
So for example, like if someone's in a corporate business, right, and they have a role and there's only so much they can prepare for in that role, do you think that them preparing in their own life outside of work, whether it's through working out or training for a marathon or doing something that they have to control their impulses. Do you think that leads to confidence in the workplace?
I do. I think it's way more than just studying or preparation. I think there's a whole package, and I talk about it more or less as a roadmap in the book, that it's a combination of change, confidence, clarity— yes, but curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, the ability to really get inside of issues so that when you do walk into that boardroom, you have a better understanding what it is. But there's also this other balance that you and I talked about, that belief in yourself or in a greater force.
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