A short instructional talk (YouTube) by Florencia Andrés presenting the “Total Confidence Pill,” a quick mental exercise to boost confidence by recalling personal successes, strengths, and obstacles overcome. The speaker describes a paired one-minute exercise for sharing past wins, explains physiological benefits (a hormone cascade), and recommends a solo 60-second version performed as a mental trailer before challenges.
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There's a method I have which is, out of all the techniques I have, is the one that produces the fastest results. It's called the Total Confidence Pill. Real confidence comes from remembering your wins. Real confidence comes from remembering all the obstacles you had to overcome. Real confidence comes from remembering and using your talents. Real confidence comes from leaning into your natural strengths. But you see, ever since we entered the educational system, we're pushed to do the exact opposite. We're forced to focus on the things we're weak at, don't we? So we get an A in writing and we get a D in maths. And what is the conversation going to be about at home and in school? The D in maths, of course. Are we going to worry about it? Are we going to talk about it and stress about it? And the A in writing? Well, you don't have a problem there, you know, just forget about it. And just like that, we get trained to not pay attention to the things we're naturally good at, but pay very close attention to the ones we're not good at. And then we ask ourselves, why am I not confident? There's a method I have which is, out of all the techniques I have, is the one that produces the fastest results. And I want to share that with you today. It's called the Total Confidence Pill. This is a technique, by the way, that I have taught and I teach every elite athlete I work with right before they go into a difficult game. It's a technique I've taught my master's degree students in university when I used to teach there right before they went into exams. And it's a technique I always do before getting on stage. I want to teach this to you so that you have something to do right before you enter challenges. This is what you need to do in order to understand how the pill works. I need you to work with the person sitting next to you. So get in pairs and I will explain what you have to do. Then one of you will be A, the other will be B. So it's a one minute exercise, okay? One of you will speak, the other will listen. Then we will switch roles. What will you speak about? You will tell this other person. You will share your past successes. This could look like I graduated, I bought my first car, I traveled to that country, I got married, I got divorced, I had children, whatever. Decide who is going to be A. Who is going to be B? A raise your hand and when I say go, B starts go. Who here feels good after doing this exercise? Say I. I. Yes. And we feel good. You know why? Because when we start speaking about our successes, about things we feel proud of, about obstacles we had to overcome, there's a cascade of hormones that instantly, instantly invades every cell of our bodies. And these hormones not only make us feel better, they make us think better. They make us act better. That's why I really recommend that right before you take on a challenge, you don't need a partner to do it. This was just a demonstration. You're on your own. You go to the bathroom, you close your eyes, and for 60 seconds, you remind yourself, as if you're watching a trailer of your own life, of things you've done right. You will see how your energy changes, how you speak better, how you walk better, how you perform better.
