Recently, I heard Derek Hough (a fantastic dancer and choreographer) talk briefly about confidence. As soon as I heard him say the word, my interest was piqued.
But why?
What was it about this one word, “confidence,” that seemed to affect me so acutely?
So I’ve been thinking about confidence, and trying to understand and define it from a place of consciousness (mindfulness) instead of ego.
Here’s what I came up with …
Confidence = belief, not only in the self, but in the self + the Universe, which I am part of … belief in “WE” rather than “ME,”
In other words, I’ve had trouble since I’ve been on the path of mindfulness with concepts like confidence — because it felt egoic in nature, very me-centric. But when I got to thinking about the word, and the concept that it represents, I started looking at it a different way. I realized (remembered) that nothing I do is just me doing it — it’s the Universe working through me, with me, to do it. In a way, I’m just the vessel.
When this happens everything works better … from life coaching, to parenting, to my relationship with my wife, to the way my marketing firm functions and thrives.
And from this place, confidence (belief), comes from a place of we, not me.
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And remember, you are not alone …