Hi, this is Sarah from Amazing If, and I'm here with this week's bonus episode to share some

ideas on three techniques to build your confidence. So technique number one, asking why.

This might sound quite simple, but actually if you're experiencing a situation where you're not

feeling particularly confident, keep asking yourself why. Sometimes

the first reason that we think we're not feeling particularly confident or that we're worried about

something isn't really the root course of an issue. And so continuing to ask yourself why

really helps you to get to grips with what is it that's really causing you the problem and actually

what's the thing that you really need to address to be able to get better. So for example, if you

come out of a meeting and feel like, oh, I really lacked confidence in that meeting. Okay, so why

did you have confidence in that meeting? Maybe it was because you didn't answer questions that

you got asked very well. Okay, so why was that? Okay, well, maybe I felt

like I should know all the answers. Maybe I got asked some questions on some things that I just

hadn't anticipated so I didn't feel as prepared as I could have been. And then just keep asking

yourself why. And actually ultimately there, for that example, you might get to the point where

you realize you've maybe got an

unrealistic expectation of yourself you're maybe expecting yourself to know all of the answers

to everything and that actually is unrealistic so actually you don't need to worry about it or it might

help you to identify a specific knowledge gap that you want to go away and work on and learn a

bit more about so that you do feel a bit more

prepared for the next meeting. But do remember on being prepared that just preparing more

or more is not the answer to being more confident. But keep asking yourself why as you're

working on your confidence gremlin as you'll find it's really helpful to be more specific

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