David Nurse - The Secrets to Cultivating True Confidence

Nov 2, 2020

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If you are self-conscious and struggling on how to be more confident with yourself, this is a MUST LISTEN!

My guest today is none other than David Nurse — an NBA life and optimization coach, future bestselling author, and worldwide motivational speaker.

As a former professional basketball player (both international and domestic) and a coach for the Brooklyn Nets, David has personally helped over 150 NBA players with their personal and professional development both on and off the court.

In this episode, we will be talking about his so-called 7 Steps to Unshakable Confidence.

If you are self-conscious and struggling on how to be more confident with yourself, this is a MUST LISTEN! You will learn a lot from David as he gives tips and pieces of advice not only to achieve confidence, but to become optimistic as well!

The Pivotal Moment in David's life:

David grew up in the middle of cornfields of Iowa. He always wanted to play in the NBA. That was his whole dream. His whole mission, everything he did on a daily basis was poured into how he could play in the NBA.

Now, he never dunk a basketball once. He can't even touch the rim of 6'2", because he is not very athletic.

College basketball basically grinded David's way to achieve his dream. He played professionally over in Europe. Fast forward, he gets cut from that team.

Not only are all his hopes and dreams and everything that he put into his life with no backup plan, everything was taken away from him.

He came home and his mom told him something he never heard before that really stuck him. His mom said, "David, when one door closes, four open in an entire beachfront patio overlooking the ocean."

That's when it triggered him. He realized that everything he's been doing to play in the NBA has actually been for him to learn how to help others -- how to coach.

The pivot that everything David put into it was to actually coach. He made that decision to become a coach in the NBA.

Tips from David to become optimistic:

- Know that failure is not just a way that we can learn and grow. It is the only way to learn and grow.

- Failure is a big time blessing because not only are we learning and growing, but it's also able to teach someone to help somebody else along their journey, who goes through the same exact thing that we are struggling with right now in our life.

- Know that God's timing always ends up being so much better than our own timing.

- Take 1% steps daily.

David's 7 Steps to Unshakable Confidence:

- Confidence through Comparison

- Confidence through Focusing on Your Strength

- Confidence through Redefining Vocabulary

- Confidence through Creating Your Own Personal Highlight Reel

- Confidence through Pouring Into Others

- Confidence through Your Cue Word

- Confidence through Preparation — The Relentless Consistency

Tune in to this episode to know what those steps mean, so that you will also be able to achieve that unshakable confidence within you!

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