Why ‘Just Be Confident’ Is Terrible Advice — And What Actually Works

Update: 2025-09-02

Description

Discvoer 14 surprising strategies to finally speak up at work with confidence. These practical tips will help you stop holding back and start owning your seat at the table. In this episode, discover how to find your confident voice to share ideas (even half-baked ones), set boundaries, negotiate with ease, and stop people-pleasing for good.

These are practical, tested tips, not the tired “just breathe” or "use positive affirmations" advice.

🎧 Tune in now and unlock the courage to make your voice matter at work. You'll find out:

✔️The untold truth about confidence at work: what nobody teaches you

✔️The ultimate confidence blueprint to speak up, advocate, and get heard

✔️14 Non-obvious confidence hacks every professional needs

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Chapters:

00:00 Does The Lack Of Confidence Shrinks Your Voice?

02:55 Tip 1: Borrow Someone Else's Confidence

05:23 Tip 2: Train in Discomfort

08:21 Tip 3: Speak for Something Greater Than Your Fear

10:34 Tip 4: Ask Yourself Better Questions

12:48 Tip 5: Use Questions to Reduce Risk