The Confidence Gap

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Sally Kohn: I think it was statements like what were you thinking when you committed to this field? How could you be so off base in your calculation that this was right for you? So a lot of those thoughts. And then of course, like there's avoidance in addition to that, which is sometimes we put our heads down and we don't even entertain, listen to those thoughts. We can get really stuck in talking to ourselves mode or why can't you just power through this rather than saying maybe having an honest conversation with yourself.

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