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The 2 Sides of Confidence - Nick Wignall

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When I worked as a therapist helping people with anxiety, I quickly learned that all my anxious clients really had two goals—one obvious, one less obvious: To feel less anxious. Obviously, they wanted to have fewer panic attacks, feel less nervous in social situations, stop worrying all the time, etc. But it turns out, it […]

When I worked as a therapist helping people with anxiety, I quickly learned that all my anxious clients really had two goals—one obvious, one less obvious: To feel less anxious. Obviously, they wanted to have fewer panic attacks, feel less nervous in social situations, stop worrying all the time, etc. But it turns out, it wasn’t just the absence of anxiety they were after. Ultimately, what they wanted was… To feel more confident. They didn’t just want to feel less anxious going to a social gathering; they wanted to feel confident striking up conversations with new people. They didn’t just want

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