People wait to feel confident
before they start.
That's backwards.
Confidence isn't a thing
you locate inside yourself
one lucky morning.
It's a thing you build,
slowly, from evidence.
And you only get the evidence
by doing the thing
before you feel ready.
Every time you act despite the doubt
and survive,
you add a small brick.
Look, I did that.
It wasn't perfect. I'm still here.
Enough bricks,
and one day you notice
the doubt is quieter,
because you have proof now
where you used to have only fear.
Waiting to feel confident
is waiting for a house
you haven't built yet.
So don't wait.
Act first.
Let the confidence
follow the evidence
the way it always has.
You don't find it.
You earn it, one attempt at a time.
ā Asael Shinder
