Angus Nelson on Confidence: How to Stop Waiting and Start Living Boldly

Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life

Erik Fisher

Business, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Careers, Education

4.5 • 875 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this episode, Angus Nelson, author of Confidence Comes Later, discusses his journey of building confidence through action and embracing uncertainty. Angus, an entrepreneur and personal development coach, explores how to disrupt your life by taking bold steps instead of waiting for confidence to appear, and how this can lead to personal growth and transformation. In this conversation, we explore: • The Myth of Confidence: Angus explains why confidence is often misunderstood as something you wait for, and how true confidence is built through action, learning, and perseverance, not certainty. • Certainty vs. Confidence: We discuss how the need for certainty can hold us back, and how embracing uncertainty allows us to take the next step, even when we can’t predict the future. • The Power of Small Sprints: Angus introduces the concept of short-term “sprints” to focus on incremental progress, stressing that it’s the small, consistent steps that lead to big changes over time. • The Fluid Self: We talk about the importance of remaining fluid and adaptable, whether in your career or personal life, and how flexibility allows for growth and overcoming obstacles. • Disrupting Yourself vs. Waiting for Life to Disrupt You: Angus discusses how proactively disrupting your own comfort zone leads to growth, whereas life’s inevitable disruptions can leave you unprepared if you aren’t willing to make the first move. Angus shares powerful insights on how to stop waiting for the perfect moment and start taking action, creating momentum, and embracing the lessons that come from both success and failure. His approach will inspire you to live boldly and confidently. Learn more about Angus and his work at AngusNelson.com and connect with him on LinkedIn here. Connect with Erik: LinkedIn Facebook Bluesky This Podcast is Powered By: Descript Descript 101 Castmagic Ecamm Podpage Rodecaster Pro Top Productivity Books List Make sure to support the show by checking out the sponsors! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.4	And I'm not to saying that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com. Hello and welcome back to beyond the to-do list, a podcast about productivity.
0:52.3	I'm your host, Eric Fisher, and I'm excited to welcome to the show
0:55.3	Angus Nelson. I've known Angus for a long time. He's an entrepreneur, a coach, and author of the
1:01.3	upcoming book, Confidence Comes Later. In this conversation, Angus and I talk about why
1:06.9	confidence isn't something you wait for, but something you build by taking bold, decisive
1:12.2	actions. Angus explains how embracing uncertainty and disrupting your comfort zone can lead to real
1:19.6	personal growth and why it's those small steps that we take every day that create the biggest
1:24.5	changes. So if you're looking to stop waiting for the perfect moment and start building real momentum in your life,
1:31.1	this conversation with Angus Nelson is perfect for you.
1:38.1	Well, it is my privilege to welcome to the show.
1:40.7	Angus Nelson, welcome to Beyond the To Do List.
1:47.5	Great to be here, Eric. Great to see your smiley, bald and bearded face. You as well. It's like we've got mirrored sides of the video.
1:54.7	People can't see this, but they can hear us laughing. We've known each other a long time.
1:59.0	Can they hear the sheen off of our foreheads?
2:01.2	Yes. I think that reflects in the echo of the... I've soundproofed the room to take care of that,
2:05.7	actually. Nice. But... Oh my gosh. I just... We've known each other a long time. I can't think of when
2:11.5	it was that we actually met because it's been so long. But I know that, well, it's not even worth trying to guess, to be honest, because,
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