Where does your confidence come from?

Is it authority?

Is it something else?

That was a question I was asked recently and I’m answering it in this week’s podcast.

A listener asked:

>> When you stand up as a public speaker, how do you build your confidence? Through authority, or something else? And, if authority, is it internal or external authority?

What a question!

Listen in to hear my exploration, including:

• When external authority is important in building your confidence

• How to build your internal authority

• How to recognise the authority that others ascribe to you

• Why using my ‘brag bag stories’ is a powerful way to build your confidence around your authority

• Why the conversations you have repeatedly are often a source of fabulous authority (even if it seems too obvious to you).

>> I would LOVE your help to celebrate 200 episodes of Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson. If you’re listening on a platform that allows comments, leave a ‘toast’ for the podcast that I can read out on the show, or ask me a question I can answer on episode 200!

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>> Want to know more about brag bag stories and establishing your authority?

Listen to episode 143 - How To Establish Credibility without sounding braggy - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C2ap7T1cPRJUjkeOkcZoJ?si=mTF_fmvARqGXUD3rKHYU_g

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