7 Ways to Train Your Brain to Go From Insecurity to Confidence
How do you react when you feel insecure?
What past experience boosted your confidence?
Today, Jay explores how you can break free from insecurity and build lasting confidence using science-backed techniques and practical mindset shifts. Jay opens the episode by addressing the invisible forces that keep us stuck in self-doubt, such as fear of failure, scarcity mindset, and negative self-talk. He explains that our brains are wired for survival, not confidence, which means that many of our insecurities stem from a natural instinct to protect ourselves from perceived threats.
Jay introduces seven powerful strategies for retraining the brain for confidence. First, he explains the importance of stopping the brain’s “threat detection system”, which makes us perceive challenges as dangers rather than opportunities. He then highlights unconscious competence, where we often fail to recognize the skills we’ve already mastered. By tapping into this, we can use our existing strengths as a foundation for greater self-assurance.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How to Overcome the Fear of Being Judged
How to Let Go of What No Longer Serves You
How to Take Control of Your Confidence
How to Shift from Self-Doubt to Self-Belief
How to Train Your Brain to Build Lasting Confidence
Confidence is not about being perfect; it’s about showing up, learning, and giving yourself the grace to evolve. You have everything within you to shift from doubt to self-trust.
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty
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What We Discuss:
00:00 Intro
01:09 Why Does One Feel Insecure?
06:55 #1: Learn How to Rate a Threat
10:47 #2: Harness Your Unconscious Competence
16:23 #3: Face Your Fear of Not Being Seen
20:25 #4: Understand the Power of Sunk-Cost Fallacy
22:52 #5: Reclaim Your Control of the Locus of Control
25:05 #6: Utilize The False Consensus Effect
26:11 #7: Break Free from Imposter Syndrome Using Cognitive Dissonance
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Speaker 1: Now have a couple more I want to share with you.
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Speaker 1: Number six is utilize the false consensus effect. The false
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Speaker 1: consensus effect is when we assume that everyone else thinks
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Speaker 1: the way we do. We think that our mistakes or
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Speaker 1: quirks are glaringly obvious, but the reality is other people
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Speaker 1: don't notice as much as you think. Right, we have
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Speaker 1: a spot on our face and we think everyone sees
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Speaker 1: it that day, and the truth is no one can
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Speaker 1: see it, and we blow that out of proportion and
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Speaker 1: we make it our identity. When you feel insecure, realize
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Speaker 1: that others aren't as focused on your flaws as you
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Speaker 1: might believe, and often you're the one amplifying your flaws
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Speaker 1: so that people start to notice them more. Most people
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Speaker 1: are so preoccupied with their own lives and they're scrutinizing themselves.
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Speaker 1: But when you start scrutinizing yourself publicly, and I've heard
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Speaker 1: people do this like, oh you know I always hand
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Speaker 1: in a bad project. Oh you know I'm always late,
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Speaker 1: that's what starts to create that self fulfilling prophecy and
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Speaker 1: the judgment that people have. So don't take that too
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Speaker 1: seriously and stop repeating who you don't want to be.
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Speaker 1: And the final step is to break free from imposter
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Speaker 1: syndrome using cognitive dissonance. Now, cognitive dissonance occurs when your
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Speaker 1: actions conflict with your beliefs. If you're succeeding in your
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Speaker 1: career or relationships, but you still feel like a fraud,
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Speaker 1: your brain experience is a disconnect, making you feel into
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Speaker 1: How many of you have ever felt that no matter
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Speaker 1: what you do, no matter what you achieve, your always thinking,
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Speaker 1: how am I here? I don't deserve to be I
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Speaker 1: know I've felt that way before. It's really hard. We
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Speaker 1: struggle to celebrate our wins, but we find it so
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Speaker 1: easy to criticize our losses. We will quickly judge our mistakes,
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Speaker 1: but we will very slowly celebrate our wins. Please take
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Speaker 1: your wins as importantly as your losses. Don't overvalue failure
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Speaker 1: and undervalue success. Thank you so much for listening to today.
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Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you trusted me with your time.
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Speaker 1: And remember, insecurity isn't some personal flaw. It's a byproduct
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Speaker 1: of outdated mental patterns. And learn the behaviors that are
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Speaker 1: keeping you stuck. But the good news is you can
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Speaker 1: change all of that by understanding how your brain works.
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Speaker 1: Using advanced psychological theories like cognitive dissonance, sun cast, fallacy,
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Speaker 1: and the locus of control, you can take back control,
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Speaker 1: embrace your unique strengths, and walk confidently into the life
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Speaker 1: you've always wanted. Confidence is not something that comes easily
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Speaker 1: to anyone. It's something you build, and you just started today.
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Speaker 1: Remember I'm forever in your corner and I'm always rooting
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Speaker 1: for you, and I'm so grateful for your love and trust.
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, see you so thank you so
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Speaker 1: much for listening to this conversation. If you enjoyed it,
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Speaker 1: you'll love my chat with Adam Grant on why discomfort
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Speaker 1: is the key to growth and the strategies for unlocking
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Speaker 1: your hidden potential. If you know you want to be
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Speaker 1: more and achieve more this year, go check it out
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Speaker 1: right now. You set a goal today, you achieve it
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Speaker 1: in six months, and then by the time it happens,
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Speaker 1: it's almost a relief. There's no sense of meaning and purpose.
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Speaker 1: You sort of expected it, and you would have been
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Speaker 1: disappointed if it didn't happen.
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