Good Life Project How to Feel Confident, No Matter What Comes Your Way | Ethan Nichtern
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Aug 19, 2024 Ethan Nichtern, a Buddhist teacher and author of "Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life's Eight Worldly Winds," discusses how to maintain unwavering self-trust amid life's storms. He shares ancient wisdom on navigating the duality of pleasure and pain, the societal pressure of praise and criticism, and the importance of mindful awareness. Listeners will discover the four powers of true confidence: compassion, lineage, awareness, and 'wind horse,' which help maintain balance and redefine personal success in a chaotic world.
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True Confidence
- True confidence involves trusting yourself to navigate life's challenges, including failures.
- It's about believing in your ability to handle hope and fear, not just achieving constant success.
Outsourcing Confidence
- People often trust others before themselves, possibly to avoid the greater pain of self-betrayal.
- We outsource confidence to external sources, shifting blame if things go wrong.
Eight Worldly Winds
- The eight worldly winds represent pairs of opposing experiences: pleasure/pain, praise/criticism, fame/insignificance, success/failure.
- These winds, or forces, impact our confidence, either inflating or deflating us.