I meet many people on my journey today who say something like: “I could always manage my anxiety and how I showed up in the world for most of my life…and then ________ happened.” Life hits them and beats them down. They feel defeated. Feeling like they have to start from point A, from the beginning of the drawing board, without a clue, again. It turns out that “figuring it out” every day, is sort of like stitching yourself together, while the plane is falling down through the clouds and while more stuff is breaking. A lot of the times you start to realize you actually were never truly confident. You were just making it up and trying to figure out how to get by in each moment. You found a crutch, a source of escape, validation from others, something you could lean in to give you those feelings that you are confident in, especially in front of other people and social scenarios. I’ve read so many articles about how to be confident, and like most things on the internet, many of them are filled with BS. Giving people short-term, shallow, shortcuts, that don’t produce long-term results. Let’s change that and dive into 5 ways to be confident without faking it. Read the rest of the show notes: https://markmetry.substack.com/p/how-to-be-confident-without-faking ~~~Helpful Links~~~ - Youtube: https://bit.ly/3gDQXUi - Read or Listen to my book Screw Being Shy: https://bit.ly/2PqV2QI - Subscribe to my FREE Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eANWld - Apply for 1 on 1 Coaching: https://bit.ly/2Pslqd0 ~~~CONNECT w/ MARK~~~ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markmetry - Twitter: https://twitter.com/markymetry - Website: https://www.markmetry.com/ - Email: [email protected]