confidence is really just this successful repetition of any endeavor. You have to do it successfully and multiple times before the confidence comes right? That's such a poignant way of capturing what's missing from most people's ideas of confidence. I think the first step is the courage to take that sort of blind faith step into the unknown, and not knowing whether or not you're going to succeed.
In an illuminating and cerebral discussion, Adam Grant discusses his new book “Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know”—and the value of checking in and checking up on yourself.