Sales Letter to Myself #29: Be Confident

original: Facebook post written on December 17, 2021: https://www.facebook.com/mike.ying.personal/posts/pfbid0NSbNxNmSwCS4CMTGhkMncE3Bk132dd3kx7o8HW5zvz8GbfGyVe1pqDE8MvSMw7qQl

Be Confident

Confidence may be the most important feeling ever.

If you are confident, you can take action towards anything.

If you are confident, you can be anyone.

If you are confident, you can dream about infinite possibilities.

"If there is a will, there is a way."

If you are confident, there is always a will and a way.

You can achieve anything you want.

But confidence is a scarce resource in today's world.

The world is focused on the gap instead of the gain.

The media is focused on the negative instead of the positive.

Most people have a fixed mindset instead of a growth mindset.

Most people are unconscious instead of conscious.

Most people are focused on the destination instead of the journey.

Most people are focused on the journey instead of self-improvement.

Most people focus on their ego instead of the harmony of the universe.

You can build confidence with achievements.

But that's not enough.

Your focus also needs to be at the right place.

There is an easy hack to be confident that actors use all the time:

Think about your past experiences where you felt confident, and feel the same confidence that you felt back then.

And if you focus on the gain instead of the gap, you can easily feel a huge feeling of confidence with your library of 'confident experiences'.

If you focus on the gain, every experience can build your confidence.

Be confident -> experience new things -> be even more confident.

When you are stopped by fear, discomfort, or uncertainty, be more confident.

Confidence will make you take action.

Confidence will let you be who you want to be.

Confidence will make you grow.

Just be confident.

All the time.