confidence

9 statements across 8 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Aug 18, 2020 by Shane Parrish · across every show →

Everything said about confidence, oldest first

Aug 18, 2020 positive
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Parrish: Confidence stems from internal self-talk rather than past accomplishments
“I think that a lot of confidence comes from not necessarily what we've done, but how we talk to ourselves.”
Shane Parrish Aug 18, 2020 ▶ 45:36 #90 Apolo Ohno: Process Versus Prize
Sep 1, 2020 positive
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Parrish: Great accomplishments and trying new things require ego
“Like nothing great would be accomplished without ego. We'd never try anything new. We'd never you know, endeavor to do anything because we would, we need to feel confident.”
Shane Parrish Sep 1, 2020 ▶ 22:26 #91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence
Sep 1, 2020
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Hudson: True confidence arises organically from being somatically embodied
“Organically, confidence arises out of our relationship with our body. Like, the more I feel embodied, the more I feel I'm here, I feel like I belong here. Like, it's, in a sense, right for me to be here, or I have a right to be here, and it's not an inner deba…”
Russ Hudson Sep 1, 2020 ▶ 24:01 #91 Russ Hudson: The Pursuit of Presence
Sep 21, 2021 positive
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Chris Bosh: Expecting success without preparation is ego, not confidence
“That's what, in the book, I try to like, that's ego. It's like, ah, yeah, I'm gonna pass without studying. Yeah, that's the ego talking. Confidence is like, no, to me, confidence comes from work, you know, putting the work in,”
Chris Bosh Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 49:20 #120 Chris Bosh: Hunger and Greatness
Dec 21, 2021 positive
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Duckworth: Overcoming difficult struggles is the primary source of human confidence
“The number one thing is that people develop confidence When they have struggled to overcome something and they have come out victorious.”
Angela Duckworth Dec 21, 2021 ▶ 1:32:23 #127 Best of 2021: Conversations of the Year
Oct 18, 2022 positive
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Pasricha: Confidence requires a high opinion of both yourself and others
“What is confidence? My definition is a high opinion of yourself and a high opinion of others.”
Neil Pasricha Oct 18, 2022 ▶ 1:46:28 Neil Pasricha: Simple Rules for Happiness
Nov 14, 2023 negative
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Valiante: Ego-driven success is fragile because it requires unbroken confidence
“The only way to be ego oriented and be successful is you better never lose your confidence. Cause what we know is confidence is a variable. Sometimes we're more confident than others. If you're ego oriented and you lose your confidence, that's where the embarr…”
Dr. Gio Valiante Nov 14, 2023 ▶ 17:30 Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success
Feb 6, 2024
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Kennedy: Confidence Is Trusting Yourself When Struggling, Not Feeling Superior
“To me, confidence is self-trust, which I think is very different from feeling good about yourself. And in, in a related way, you know, I think often, like, confidence isn't feeling like the best at something. It's feeling like it's okay to be you when you're n…”
Dr. Becky Kennedy Feb 6, 2024 ▶ 26:09 Dr. Becky Kennedy: The One Thing You Can Say That Changes Everything
Jul 7, 2026 positive
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Valiante: Confidence and motivation matter more than intelligence in predicting performance
“Of all the variables that psychology measures, the two that I think are the most important are confidence and motivation, right? Confidence and motivation. People think it's intelligence, but it's actually not.”
Dr. Gio Valiante Jul 7, 2026 ▶ 26:59 The Mindset That Unlocks Your Full Potential | Dr. Gio Valiante
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