3917: 10 Things to Remember When You Feel Unsure of Yourself by Marc Chernoff of MarcAndAngel

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🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3917: Marc Chernoff explores the quiet, powerful influence of self-talk and how our inner stories shape everything we do. Through ten deeply reflective truths, he shows how insecurity can be both a challenge and a compass, guiding us toward growth, authenticity, and greater self-awareness. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.marcandangel.com/2015/11/18/10-things-to-remember-when-you-feel-unsure-of-yourself/ Quotes to ponder: "The story you tell yourself is the story you live by." "Your greatest beauty is completely out of sight in shallow social interactions." "The biggest critic lives in YOUR perception of people’s perception of you (not people’s perception of you)." Episode references: Impostor Syndrome Overview – APA: https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2013/11/fraud Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Young-Poet-Rainer-Maria/dp/0486422453 The Dunning-Kruger Effect: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dunning-kruger-effect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.1	by Mark Shernoff of Mark and Angel.com. And I'm Justa Mollick, the guy that reads to you every day
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1:21.5	your life. Ten things to remember when you feel unsure of yourself by Mark Shernoff of
1:31.1	mark and angel.com
1:32.6	It's not what you say out loud to everyone else that determines your life, it's what you
1:38.8	whisper to yourself that has the greatest power.
1:42.4	If you feel unsure of yourself sometimes, I know exactly how you feel.
1:47.1	I used to be incredibly unsure of myself, and sometimes I still am. But it's not all bad.
1:53.7	Heightened self-consciousness, anxiety, and inability to join in and feeling different,
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