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#535 - James Smith - How Do You Develop Real Confidence?

Modern Wisdom

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Confidence Breeds Competence

In the Bible they talk about it's in Matthew which is why it's called the Matthew principle. From those who have everything more will be given, from those who have nothing more will be taken. This isn't some cis heteronormative patriarchal superstructure, right? This is simply the reinforcement mechanism. Almost all of the rivers almost all of the water in rivers are held by only the biggest ones. And then you look at the people at the bottom and it's brutal because if you don't have the confidence to develop competence you are going to reinforce that same cycle.

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