Confidence is overrated. People talk about confidence as though it's some rare commodity, something you either have or don't have. But this perspective misses the fundamental truth about how confidence actually develops. Confidence is just another word for repetition and skill. When you do something repeatedly, you become proficient at it. You learn the patterns, anticipate the obstacles, and develop strategies to overcome them. This proficiency is what people mistake for confidence.

You don't need confidence, you need action, and then you need to repeat the action until you feel confident about what you are doing. This is the fundamental truth that separates dreamers from doers. Action builds momentum, and momentum builds the foundation upon which confidence is constructed. Start small, start imperfect, but start nonetheless. Each repetition adds another brick to your foundation of competence.

Courage is just a word for doing things that scare other people, but not you. What terrifies one person may seem manageable to another, simply because they've done it before. The unfamiliarity creates the illusion of danger, but danger and fear are not the same thing. You don't need courage. You need to do small things that scare you a little, until they do no more. Each small step normalizes the experience, removes the sting of the unknown, and transforms what once seemed impossible

Somehow everyone thinks they need to be confident and courageous BEFORE doing anything, like they could amass confidence and courage on the mirror and then trade them for results. People wait for the perfect moment, the right mindset, the ideal circumstances. They believe confidence and courage are prerequisites, things you must possess before you're allowed to act. But this is fundamentally backwards. The path forward requires less inspiration and more perspiration