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There’s a version of your confidence that’s a costume.
It’s like a mask you put on before a pitch or a networking event or before a call with a potential client that’s been slow rolling you. You’re comfortable in that mask. It's necessary. The stakes are too high to broadcast every stumble or doubt.
I’ve been thinking about how difficult it is to put the mask on when you’ve not dealt with the lingering doubt. I think we do a lot of the first and nothing of the second. We often just sweep the doubts under the rug or have them on a running loop at 2am … I know I’m not the only one!
Honestly, this is part of why I built the Founder Circle. I've watched too many brilliant people (myself included) weighed down by doubts that a room of founders could've dissolved in twenty minutes.
Most of the founders I know are building without a safety net. They’re the only one in their friend group and those thoughts just stay in your head. On a loop. It makes you hedge when you should take a risk. It makes you hesitate when you should sprint.
Saying the scary thing out loud, in a room where you're actually safe to say it. Makes the doubt smaller.
The thoughts keeping you up at night, that felt like a hurdle you can’t clear usually sounds more like a speed bump when you say it to someone who's navigating the same road. You get actual feedback from an actual human (not Claudette or ChatGPT).
Processing those thoughts out loud relieves you of the mental energy you spend spiraling. You get your brain back for decisions that matter for your business.
Sooooo! I’m encouraging you to process the doubt or the fear so putting your confidence mask on becomes easier. What’s been on your mental loop at 2am? What’s the thing you haven’t let yourself say out loud yet?
Deal with that thing so that the mask is no longer necessary and that confidence is just you.
Talk to you soon,
Kelly
P.S. Founder Circle is for founders who are done spiraling alone. 15 seats. 90 days.
Apply for the waitlist.
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