Confident until I’m wrong

Most people approach confidence backwards.

They wait until they’re certain before they act with confidence. They want proof before they move forward. They need to know they’re right before they believe in themselves.

But that’s not how confidence works. And it’s definitely not how progress works.

Do your best to live with this mindset: I’m confident until I’m wrong. Then I make adjustments.

You can’t be confident about what is true without discovering what is untrue. You can’t confirm what works without testing what might work. You can’t find the right path without walking down some wrong ones.

The person who waits for certainty never moves. The person who needs proof before confidence never gets either one.

But the person who acts confidently, learns from mistakes, and adjusts? That person earns confidence and produces results.

You know what happens when you’re wrong? You learn something valuable. You get information you didn’t have before. You discover what doesn’t work, which brings you closer to what does.

Being wrong isn’t failure. Staying wrong is failure.

Event + Response = Outcome. Do the work.