
80. The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters
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How to Increase Your Confidence
The way most people think is as follows, the more i believe i can do something, then the more confident i am. Most people default to one of these ways of thinking because the chimp is high jacking them into believing there is no alternative to gaining confidence. However, there is an alternative way of thinking, and a small minority of people use this. The alternative the human way, confidence levels remaining at 100 % at all times, no matter what they do. So if you choose the basis of best effort, you will have full control, and your human will take the blood supply. This will mean you see life as full of opportunities, and you will deal with the consequences.
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