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of inadequacy. Squelch that. Feed your brain what you want it to believe
(which certainly makes more sense than reinforcing what you don’t want
it to accept, doesn’t it?).
Buckminster Fuller wrote, “Everyone is born a genius; the process
of living de-geniuses you.”
When you elect feeling broadly adequate, you will experience a
tsunami of self-esteem. If you don’t make that choice, you will be like a
cork in the ocean—every wave of challenge, attack, criticism, and setback
will bounce, bob, roll, and knock you around.
In every action you take or decision you make, do it from a per-
spective of feeling adequate—not inadequate—regardless of your status
or standing. It’s your choice. You decide that you’re “not enough” or that
you are.

You always have to think you’re right strongly enough. It’s true;
I believe there is no chance I will not succeed.

To Get More Confidence, Do

Confidence-Building Things

Act brave; it’s not required to be brave. Do something scary that you
haven’t done before (and I don’t mean parachute off the Eiffel Tower).
Preparation increases confidence, we all can agree. Therefore, an
example of a brave, confidence-building decision would be to take action
before you have all the time and resources to be totally prepared. Ask
yourself, “What’s the worst thing that could happen?” And if it’s tolerable,
do it now, not later.
Decide to act self-assured regardless of how you actually are. Don’t
wait until you feel it; it may never happen. To change, change. The
change will follow.
As you behave, you will eventually feel. People take you as you pres-
ent yourself. But you have to keep at it to see results.
You improve by incremental improvements after feedback. What-
ever you chose to do, be braver, stretch, reach, and go farther than you
have in past encounters and activities.