Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help

leaders rethink how the work gets done, like in ways that are hyperproductive, but also

keep people well and engaged. We deliver the tools and the skills so that leaders learn to build

human goodness into the work instead of trying to bolt it onto the work.

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Okay, on to today.

So today I get to share with you a chat that I had with speaker and author Juan Ben Dania.

Juan is a total delight.

He is an expert on confidence, which is rooted in his own experience of having basically

none of it and just wanting to make change for himself.

So fast forward to him researching over 250,000 leaders, developing a repeatable

science-backed framework that equips leaders with the confidence mindset to take bold action

and tap into hidden potential and ignite extraordinary growth, the confidence cycle, he calls it.

Juan generously shares his own personal story, as well as some seriously

tangible and simple things that any of us can do, like right now, to change the game. So, dive in

and enjoy. Juan Bendanya, speaker and author of the new book, Confident by Choice, three small

decisions for building everyday courage.

Did I get that right? Nailed it. Nailed it. Oh, did you like how I said it with confidence?

And then I just asked, amazing. It is such a pleasure to connect with you. Thank you so much for

joining me today on Modern Mentor. Of course. Thank you for having me. Oh, it's such a pleasure.

So, Juan, tell us just a little

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