CHAPTER 3 OUT NOW: https://youtu.be/n4rq8ejNNhM Always say hello with QUO. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://www.quo.com/solved Where does confidence actually come from? Not from thinking your way into it. In chapter two, Drew and I get into the most surprising answer in psychology, and it starts with a Stanford researcher named Albert Bandura and a room full of snakes. Bandura took people with life-crippling phobias and, in a single afternoon, walked them from terror to holding snakes in their laps. The twist: those people didn't only lose the fear. They went back to their lives more willing to speak up at work, ask for raises, and take risks in areas that had nothing to do with snakes. That accidental discovery flips the whole self-help formula on its head. You don't feel confident and then act. You act, you build evidence, and the confidence shows up after. We cover the four sources of self-efficacy, why starting absurdly small is the cheat code, the meta-analysis showing performance drives belief far more than belief drives performance, and the case for being a little delusional about yourself, and who that actually works for. Get your free PDF guide: https://solvedpodcast.com/confidence This is chapter 2 of our episode on Confidence. New chapters drop every few days. Watch the full episode now on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/a2fhww9a ⇨ Sign up for my newsletter, Your Next Breakthrough. It will help make you a less awful person: https://go.markmanson.net/cdi1xzha ⇨ Get clarity on what actually matters. Try Purpose, Mark's AI mentor app that learns your patterns, challenges your blind spots, and helps you take action. Get started at https://go.markmanson.net/217i5ys5 FOLLOW MARK Mark's IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/markmanson⁠ Solved IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/solvedpodcast/⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/markmanson⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmanson/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@IAmMarkManson #Confidence #MarkManson #Psychology