Exam Study Expert: ace your exams with the science of learning 207. 6 Tricks to Build Confidence That Sticks - with Scott Hardiman
Nov 30, 2025
Join confidence coach Scott Hardiman as he shares his inspiring journey from anxiety and bullying to mastering confidence. He offers six transformative practices to boost self-assurance, including the importance of action, leveraging your 'stretch zone,' and the power of posture. Discover how keeping a 'confidence bank' of successes can shift your mindset, along with the value of making small, consistent promises to yourself. Scott’s insights are practical and relatable, perfect for anyone looking to tackle their own challenges with confidence!
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Confidence Built In Difficult Jobs
- Scott Hardiman moved from an insecure estate-agent role into funeral directing and gradually built confidence by helping grieving families.
- Intense real-world responsibility trained him to show calm and develop people skills that later became coaching assets.
Unstable Youth, Later Success
- Scott grew up moving between difficult neighbourhoods, experienced heavy bullying, and struggled academically despite being bright.
- Those early disruptions explain later drops out from sixth form and college but didn't stop his later success.
Action Trains Confidence
- Confidence grows through repeated action because action builds competence and then confidence follows.
- Treat confidence like a muscle and run micro-experiments to compound small wins into bigger capability.
