Confidence
What it is telling youYou will be fine either way. That is what frees you to try.
How He Sees It.
Asked by a friend how he carries himself so confidently, Eric gave some credit to luck: his family, nearly six years of martial arts, and praise in school. The larger part, he said, is a faith that life is going to work out.
That faith is not passive. It comes paired with doing his best, and it changes the question he asks before a risk from what if this goes wrong to what if this goes right.
On Confidence, Word for Word.
Each line links to the moment it was said or written.
“Confidence is this faith that I have that life is going to work out, even if I can’t see how.”
“I’m willing to take the risk that it might not go how I want it to because I know I’m going to be fine.”
“I think it’s that combination of faith and doing your best that creates the best situations in life.”
What He Does With It.
Does the preparation, then tells himself he has done his best and will be okay with any result.
Episode 7: Where Confidence Comes From, Following Our Own Timelines, and MoreRewrites the narrative from what if this does not work out to what if it does.
Episode 7: Where Confidence Comes From, Following Our Own Timelines, and MoreAdmits his own moments of doubt, fear, and insecurity, and remembers he will be fine in the long run.
Episode 7: Where Confidence Comes From, Following Our Own Timelines, and More