How to Build Confidence Before You Go Big

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The real driver of all of this is stakes. If the stakes are low, like, I really don't care. And there's also no great opportunity to build your confidence or to need confidence in order to actually let this out. It's when the stakes start to rise that all of this becomes an issue. So how do you test ideas before you go big? The 51 49 rule allows me to slowly habituate to the level of stakes as they rise and like do this dance of like building my confidence along the way to release the big thing.

Have you ever looked at someone else, someone you admire, who’s maybe accomplished a lot, and just assumed they must be wildly confident and always winning at everything? You’re not alone. But, the truth, it turns out, is much more complex.

So many of those luminaries are not, in fact wildly, or even remotely confident. And if they are, they go through cycles of profound change, self-doubt, struggle and, when they learn to harness these experiences, revelation and even reinvention.

In today's episode, Jenny shares a deeply personal and timely example of her own journey through seasons of confidence, struggle, and renewal.

And in an unexpected, yet deeply powerful moment, Jenny shares a ‘Sparked Exclusive’ revealing that she began, almost covertly, creating something ‘from the mess’ in hopes of helping others feel less alone in their struggles. She wonders: Can sharing our human flaws and uncertainties actually complement our expertise and advice, providing value in its own way?

Find out more about Jenny’s vulnerable reveal here: http://itsfreetime.com/secret

Watch ‘Save Me’ on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxFNprPOdss

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Jenny is a podcaster, career and business strategist, and an award-winning author of three books: Life After College, the groundbreaking Pivot for navigating what’s next, and her recently published Free Time for optimizing what’s now.

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