Aug 12, 2026 · 14 min · 8 segments
What actually is confidence, and why can you feel confident in one situation but completely doubt yourself in another? In this Confidence Session, we look at the science behind confidence, what your…
On the agenda for today then, I really wanna go in depth in terms of what confidence actually is.
I would like us to try to pinpoint together what it actually is, and I hope you find this beneficial, and that it gives you a perspective that you can take away.
It is important to mention, though, before we go into this, is that you are different and everybody is different.
You have different life experiences, which means it's, it's never a one-size-fits-all approach with confidence.
However, there are some extremely useful things that we can take away from scientific studies and research that has been done in order to look at how confidence works and how to build it.
In this episode today, and I think I'm probably gonna continue this for a couple of episodes, we're gonna be looking at a specific book which has been on my shelf for several months now.
It's something I bought and I've been coming back to time and time again to really read through and, you know, when you read something once but you kind of have to read it again and, and every time you read it, you take away something different.
Well, this book is by Ian Robertson, and it's called How Confidence Works: The New Science of Self-Belief.
If you're really inclined to do it and this is a topic that you find very interesting, perhaps it could be a good read.
But I'm gonna take some of the key things that I've actually underlined, and I'm gonna walk you through them, and I'm gonna throw in some examples as well and, and some of my thoughts on it.
On the agenda for today then, I really wanna go in depth in terms of what confidence actually is.
I would like us to try to pinpoint together what it actually is, and I hope you find this beneficial, and that it gives you a perspective that you can take away.
It is important to mention, though, before we go into this, is that you are different and everybody is different.
You have different life experiences, which means it's, it's never a one-size-fits-all approach with confidence.
However, there are some extremely useful things that we can take away from scientific studies and research that has been done in order to look at how confidence works and how to build it.
In this episode today, and I think I'm probably gonna continue this for a couple of episodes, we're gonna be looking at a specific book which has been on my shelf for several months now.
It's something I bought and I've been coming back to time and time again to really read through and, you know, when you read something once but you kind of have to read it again and, and every time you read it, you take away something different.
Well, this book is by Ian Robertson, and it's called How Confidence Works: The New Science of Self-Belief.
If you're really inclined to do it and this is a topic that you find very interesting, perhaps it could be a good read.
But I'm gonna take some of the key things that I've actually underlined, and I'm gonna walk you through them, and I'm gonna throw in some examples as well and, and some of my thoughts on it.
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Two Kinds of Confidence Problems
Not every confidence problem needs more practice
Confidence Comes From Evidence
Confidence grows when your brain gathers evidence
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