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How do you become more confident?

Self-confidence and social confidence.

Concept: go first

Answers by date: 3 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2024), never reversed, in these records.

date who answer source
2024-05-19 Ali Ali gives three ways to boost self-confidence: enactive mastery experiences, vicarious mastery experiences and flipping the confidence switch. Three Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence 🙌 00:00:00
2020-06-12 (said on 2020-05-27, implied) Ali Ali says he tries not to think hard about outcomes: in a race, competing and doing his best is what matters to him, so he has no self-doubt, and thinking about winning seems pointless. Crushes, Challenges and Irritating Habits - Q&A With My Roommate Molly 00:12:13
2018-05-01 Ali Ali says confidence comes from competence: if you are good at something you will be confident at it, and confidence is domain-specific. First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A 00:25:05

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