What if the confidence you’re waiting for doesn’t actually depend on the promotion, pay rise, title, or approval you’re waiting to receive? In this 100th episode, I’m exploring how we can stop outsourcing our confidence to external circumstances and start recognizing the value, capability, and agency we already have. I’ll break down how to separate our identity from our performance, compensation, and feedback, as well as how to recognize when someone else’s behavior or opinion has become a measure of our own worth.
Listen in to hear why confidence dips and imposter syndrome aren’t something we need to eliminate completely, but experiences we can learn to move through more quickly. I’ll share practical coaching tools for identifying thought errors, separating facts from the stories we attach to them, and building confidence without waiting for external certainty. Whether you’re waiting for a promotion, a green light, recognition, or permission to step into your next level, this episode will help you rethink what you’re waiting for and take ownership of what is already within your control.
What You’ll Learn In Today’s Episode:
- Why we outsource our confidence.
- How external validation can keep us stuck.
- Why feedback isn’t personal worth.
- How to distinguish facts from thoughts.
- Why confidence dips are normal.
- How to move through imposter syndrome faster.
- How to recognize unhelpful thought errors.
- Why external certainty isn’t required.
- How to take back your personal agency.
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“You can have confidence in yourself even if you end up tripping, stumbling, failing a bit along the way. It's all okay.” – Elisia Keown Share on X “Confidence depends less on never doubting yourself and more on not staying stuck when doubt shows up.” – Elisia Keown Share on X “Your paycheck is a market rate, it is not a report card on your soul.” – Elisia Keown Share on XResources In Today’s Episode:
- Elisia Keown: LinkedIn | Instagram | Email: elisia@elisiakeowncoaching.com
- Contact Elisia
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