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
Sep 1, 2020 positive
Sep 1, 2020
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…”
Sep 21, 2021 positive
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,”
Dec 21, 2021 positive
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Nov 14, 2023 negative
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…”
Feb 6, 2024
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…”
Jul 7, 2026 positive
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.”