Confidence
A look back at this blog in 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, I thought it would be fun to look back at this blog and see what we did together over the year. What did you read? (The correct answer to that question is “The Key to Everything”.) The most read blog piece of 2015 wasn’t written in 2015. Sarah Keller’s…
Read MoreWhere Does Confidence Come From? Part 6
Confidence comes from courage accumulation, not knowledge acquisition. Our nature is to think that the more knowledge we acquire, the more confident we will become. We can officially put that in the urban legend file. It’s simply not true. The truth is that the more courage we get from acting, leading and deciding, the more…
Read MoreWhere Does Confidence Come From? Part 5 of 6
Confidence comes from staying close to your mentors. Sometimes when I’m watching a major league game, the camera pans over to the dugout and you see something that illustrates this point. You see rookies leaning against the fence, next to the veterans. Those guys have it right. They’re taking advantage of the talent and…
Read MoreWhere Does Confidence Come From? Part 4
Confidence comes from knowing you are in process. The fear of failure can be a huge detriment to our confidence. It doesn’t matter if we’re a rookie or a veteran, if we let fear of failure drive our actions, we will miss out on innovations, new products or new processes. As leaders, we have to…
Read MoreWhere Does Confidence Come From? Part 3
Continuing in our series on where confidence comes from: Confidence comes from knowing God has called you to this. Ok leaders, before you say “I’m not a preacher” and skip this part, give me a minute. Some of us are in positions where we feel like we were called to be in that position, so…
Read MoreWhere Does Confidence Come From? Part 2
Let’s continue with our series about where confidence comes from. The last point was about knowing you are believed in. That bring us to Confidence comes from believing in yourself. Early in my ministry career, I enjoyed a lot of success right out of the gate. Things were going great and I was…
Read MoreWhere does Confidence Come From? Part 1 of 6
Confidence is a game changer. It can be the difference between the major success of a new business or an idea that never gets beyond being drawn on the back of a napkin at Chili’s. But where does confidence come from? Regardless of what level we lead at, the answer to this question can make a…
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