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It’s something you earn.

People ask me all the time about confidence.

The older I get, the more I believe confidence isn’t something you’re born with.

It’s something you earn.

When I was younger, I thought confident people had some secret. Maybe they were smarter. Maybe they were better looking. Maybe they just had something I didn’t.

Now I see it differently.

Confidence comes from keeping promises to yourself.

That’s it.

You tell yourself you’re going to get up early and go do it.

You tell yourself you’re going to work out and go do it.

You tell yourself you’re going to start the business and go do it.

You tell yourself you’re going to make the phone call, have the conversation, fix the problem, or chase the goal.

Then you go do it.

Every time you follow through, you build trust with yourself.

And that’s what confidence really is.

It’s self-trust.

I’ve had times in my life when I had more money than I knew what to do with.

I’ve had nice cars, businesses, houses, and all the things people think create confidence.

None of those things did it.

The times I’ve felt the most confident were the times when I was doing what I said I was going to do.

Showing up.

Working.

Growing.

Learning.

Getting a little better every day.

The opposite is true, too.

Every time we tell ourselves we’re going to do something and don’t do it, we lose a little trust in ourselves.

Do that enough times and confidence starts disappearing.

Want more confidence?

Start small.

Make one promise to yourself today.

Keep it.

Then do it again tomorrow.

And the next day.

Over time, you’ll stop wondering if you can handle hard things.

You’ll know you can.

Because you’ve already proven it to yourself.

That’s where real confidence comes from.

Not what you own.

Not what people think.

Not what you say.

What you do.

Every single day.