Seven Figure Standard
Episode 175: How to Build Confidence Before You Feel Ready
You’ll learn why experience is the fastest path to confidence, how small wins can strengthen your identity, and why the most powerful decision you can make is often to simply go for it.
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About the Episode
What if confidence isn’t something you gain before taking action, but something you build by taking action? In this episode of the Seven Figure Standard Podcast, Mykie Stiller and Arash Vossoughi unpack why so many people stay stuck waiting to feel ready, and why confidence actually comes from moving forward before you feel capable. They explore the connection between confidence, competence, courage, and identity, revealing how taking action, embracing failure, and betting on yourself can reshape the way you see what’s possible.
Key Points From This Episode
- Today’s topic of conversation.
- Why confidence is so important.
- Acting your way to confidence through action.
- The relationship between confidence and competence.
- Arash explains why doing comes first, then confidence follows.
- Betting on yourself: why you can’t be in fear and action at the same time.
- The importance of having a great relationship with failure.
- Arash unpacks the difference between certainty and confidence.
- Discover the fastest way to accelerate confidence.
- The biggest pay-off to improving your confidence.
- He defines identity and confidence, and shares how they work together.
- Building confidence in an area where you feel knocked down.
- Faking it less and making it more: living in your future in the present moment.
- He breaks down the relationship between confidence and courage.
- Activating your I-don’t-give-an-F-muscle.
- Arash’s key takeaway from today’s episode: just do it!
ABOUT THE HOST
MEET Arash
President and Co-Founder
Arash Vossoughi is the Co-Founder and President of Voss Coaching Co., a company committed to helping individuals, professionals and entrepreneurs break through barriers and achieve personal freedom.
MEET Mykie
CEO and Co-Founder
Mykie Stiller is the Co-founder and CEO of Voss Coaching Co, a company committed to helping individuals, professionals and entrepreneurs break through barriers and achieve personal freedom.
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